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 with Caroline in this

of a loving couple in public, but rarely talked

different rooms?" Caroline knew everything already, but she wanted to

voice.

silent for a

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

We were never truly husband and wife. Back then, I needed money, and she needed a father for the baby she

So..."

could, Alistair would erase this chapter of his life

it do? It would just be burying

Caroline now didn't feel particularly

for him.

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been, it was over. He'd completely moved on from that

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For some reason, he felt that if she wanted to know, he had an obligation

a long silence, Caroline's voice carried an

to define.

past was one thing, but hearing him

she was apologizing for reopening his old wounds. He

on," when she said wistfully, "I wish I'd met you

His heart suddenly skipped a

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

six years ago, looking back on that time wouldn't have brought pain and suffering, but sweetness, warmth,

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offer do-overs,"

Caroline sighed softly. "Yeah."

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but

came to

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

position.

to stretch like taffy. All her focus zeroed in on Alistair across that three-foot divide, making it impossible

hours and

she heard

no way he could be that chill

now.

asleep, he was doing the

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could be such torture. Despite Caroline's soft mattress, his body screamed in protest from staying frozen in one position. Every