Flash Marriage to a Stunning CEO (Alistair and Richard)

Chapter 54 Wish I Had Met You Sooner

In the darkness, Caroline's voice was so close that it felt like

Alistair could reach out and touch her.

And he actually could. They were lying on opposite sides of the bed with barely three feet between them, just a hand's reach away from each other.

"I'm pretty still," Alistair answered honestly.

Then he couldn't help wondering if Caroline was a restless

sleeper.

He was hugging the very edge of the bed, taking up maybe twenty inches of the seven-foot-wide mattress. She was petite. The remaining four feet should be plenty of room for her to stretch

out.

With this thought, Alistair unconsciously shifted even closer to his edge of the bed. He only stopped when half his body was practically hanging off the mattress.

After a moment of silence, Caroline spoke again, "Actually, I don't move around much when I sleep either."

"Oh," Alistair responded, not sure why she felt the need to tell him

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this.

Eventually, Caroline sighed, "You should move more toward the

center. What if you fall off in the middle of the night?"

Alistair was left speechless. She caught him.

Alistair gave an awkward laugh. "It's fine. I've always liked sleeping on the edge of the bed since I was a kid."

Caroline rolled her eyes.

"But I'm worried you might fall off in the middle of the night and freak me out," she quickly added. "Just so you know, I get really cranky when I wake up."

Alistair silently shifted toward the middle of the bed.

Caroline felt the mattress trembling as he moved closer, and her heart fluttered in response.

Once Alistair settled in, he went completely still.

"Did you sleep on the edge with your ex-wife too?" Caroline asked, already knowing the answer.

"No, we slept in separate rooms."

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Alistair found the situation oddly amusing. Here he was, chatting

loving couple in

rooms?" Caroline knew everything already, but she

voice.

fell silent

said understandingly. "You don't have to tell me if you don't want

never truly husband and wife. Back then, I needed money, and she needed

So..."

erase this chapter

it do? It would just be burying my head in the

Caroline now didn't feel

for him.

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had been, it was over.

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tell Caroline everything, not to gain sympathy, but simply to state the facts. For some reason, he felt that if she wanted to know, he had an

a long silence, Caroline's voice carried

to define.

about his past was one thing, but hearing him talk about it with such

was apologizing for reopening his old wounds.

nothing, I've moved on," when

froze. His heart suddenly

you could have been Eloise's dad," Caroline continued. "Eloise is such a good kid, and I'm a

Caroline and her daughter six years ago, looking back

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life doesn't offer do-overs," he said

Caroline sighed softly. "Yeah."

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do-overs, but

conversation came to an abrupt

the Barbie dolls Eloise arranged on her toy bed during playtime, a full three feet apart, both perfectly straight and utterly rigid. After just

position.

focus zeroed in on Alistair across that three-foot divide, making

felt simultaneously like hours and mere seconds had

silence, she heard

There's no way he could be

now.

had fallen asleep, he was doing the exact same thing about

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his body screamed in protest from staying frozen in one position. Every