My Coldhearted Ex demands a Remarriage by Eva Blackwood

Chapter 177 Elijah’s mood had shifted so abruptly that Oscar thought it best not to bring up the planned drinking session, and dinner concluded quickly, with everyone retreating to their rooms for the night.

Secluded in his room, Elijah collapsed onto the sofa, his fingers trembling slightly as he uncapped a bottle of ice-cold mineral water he’d snagged from the fridge.

He gulped it down eagerly, the fabric of his breath.

As the water cascaded down his shirt collar, loose and fluttering with each alcohol and heat radiating through his throat, it did little to cool the burning mix of his body and his inner turmoil.

Jade Lake infiltrated his thoughts, her figure crystallizing from the misty memories of the day into an ethereal presence in the soft light,

memory: Elizabeth in the bathroom, her bare skin exposed, her eyes wide

him with a startling clarity

novice in matters of attraction; he had effortlessly dismissed the flirtations of a bikini-clad beauty

with Elizabeth, vulnerable and unguarded,

been flipped,

whether his feelings for Elizabeth were born of love or mere physical desire, he