My Coldhearted Ex demands a Remarriage by Eva Blackwood

Chapter 24 A brief tension clenched Sandra’s hands into fists before she quickly masked her emotions with a sly smirk.

She had deliberately brought Elijah along, eager to flaunt her success.

Sandra wanted to show Elizabeth that she hadn’t just stolen Elizabeth’s man, but was also taking the lead role she craved.

Hastily masking her true feelings, Sandra tugged at Elijah’s sleeve and feigned surprise.

“Why, what’s Ms.

Campbell doing here?”

Snapping out of his reverie, Elijah responded with cool detachment, “She’s had years of luxury, but this rough patch might be the reality check she badly needs.

Maybe she can’t handle it anymore and is considering crawling back to me.”

His awareness of Elizabeth’s situation was always current.

She had been living in a hotel, deliberately leaving all her belongings at their shared home.

Her actions seemed more like a petulant retreat for lack of attention than a genuine effort to divorce.

In his view, Elizabeth was so accustomed to a life of indulgence that she likely found it difficult to adjust on her own after their separation.

To him, Elizabeth’s sudden appearance was simply an acknowledgment of her inability to manage, perhaps even a sign of impending remorse.

often tracked his whereabouts throughout their marriage, it didn’t surprise him

lobby, Elizabeth lingered by the vending machine, eyeing the cans

planned to buy just one, but after some thought, she decided

it really means a lot that you took the time to meet me here,” Sandra said, her

interrupting anything? I know

of Sandra’s

the stillness of the

with a tender gesture, smoothing down the fabric of Sandra’s coat as he reassured her warmly, “It’s

business trips kept me away, and I haven’t had

that I’m back, I’m focused on making sure you’re

Everything else can wait.”

she reached to insert her money into the machine—a physical manifestation

it heartache, or

moment, she felt completely out of place, like

her seemed

unresolved, and yet,

of bitterness clenched around Elizabeth’s heart as she wondered what, if any, place

overwhelmed Elizabeth, so intense that it almost choked

lips together tightly, her fingers curling into a fist, her eyes fixed on

as two cans

as her hand reached for the second,

knew it