My Coldhearted Ex demands a Remarriage by Eva Blackwood

Chapter 6 Despite the throbbing pain in her leg, Elizabeth gathered her strength and said, “Put me down.”

Elijah, however, ignored her, his eyes scanning her leg wrapped in bandages.

His brow furrowed slightly.

“What happened to your leg? Is this some elaborate scheme to win me back?”

At his words, a bitter laugh escaped Elizabeth.

It seemed he saw her as simply craving attention, and when she failed to get it, she had likely fabricated a story to pull him back, dramatizing her injury just to capture his focus.

With a blank expression, she answered untruthfully, “It’s a beauty treatment that shouldn’t get wet.”

“Why did you suddenly decide to go for such a treatment?” Elijah asked, his voice casual as he carried her outside, no longer pressing the issue.

His frame was large, and through his thin shirt, she could distinctly feel the warmth of his body and the firm outline of his chest muscles.

The closeness created an awkward tension for Elizabeth, who had resolved to end things once and for all.

Her voice rose involuntarily, sharper now.

“Oh, since when have you cared about these little details, Mr.

James?”

For the first time, Elijah saw her use biting sarcasm; it struck him as oddly amusing.

responded, “You’re my wife, it’s only

somber edge to Elizabeth’s

seems you’ve never truly

afraid that if I died, you wouldn’t even notice until

had been absorbed, lost in moments with his first love, too preoccupied to listen to her desperate

by her accusation, Elijah’s eyes widened before he let

Just because I missed your call this afternoon? Maybe I’ve been too lenient with you lately,

Elizabeth froze, taken aback.

her of

their marriage had always been

arrangement, a woman who had traded her freedom for financial

than a transaction, yet she had foolishly fallen deeply in

romance, the one who fell first always

Elizabeth reeling, her emotions brushed aside as trivial, a suffocating

down, now!” Elizabeth demanded, jerking her head to

silent, effortlessly carrying her to the

a sudden jolt as the support disappeared, her heart skipping

bodies collided on the bed, her bathrobe slipping dangerously, threatening to fall away with

Elijah gazed down at her, a sly, teasing

wanted to be let go, didn’t you? So why hold on

like a midnight

depths, Elizabeth glimpsed

she was tricked