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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the situation oddly amusing. Here he was, chatting with Caroline in this weird, intimate

role of a loving couple in public,

you married? Why sleep in different rooms?" Caroline knew everything already, but

voice.

silent

don't have to tell

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

So..."

Alistair would erase this chapter

It would just be burying my head in the

in front of Caroline now

for him.

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

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facts. For some reason, he felt that if she wanted

a long silence, Caroline's voice carried an emotion that

define.

him talk about it with such detachment was something

was apologizing for reopening his old

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

froze. His heart

met you earlier, you could have been Eloise's dad," Caroline continued. "Eloise is such a good kid, and I'm a reasonable person. I wouldn't

and her daughter six years ago, looking back on that

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doesn't offer do-overs," he said

Caroline sighed softly. "Yeah."

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but thankfully, now

came to

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

position.

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

like hours and mere seconds had

she heard Alistair's deep, steady

way he

now.

asleep, he was doing the exact same

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