My Coldhearted Ex demands a Remarriage by Eva Blackwood

Chapter 198 Nate’s mind betrayed him, conjuring an image of her vulnerability—her whispered “no,” the softness of her trembling lips, her futile resistance.

A flush of heat prickled beneath his collar, and he tugged at it uncomfortably.

“Ah, so they’re just rumors,” he said, his tone measured.

“I’ll take my leave, then.” His gaze lingered on Elizabeth, carrying a weight of unspoken desire.

He had been too impulsive before, his eagerness driving her into Elijah’s arms.

But two years had only stoked his obsession, sharpening his hunger to possess her.

This time, he could wait.

Without another word, he turned and walked away, his steps decisive, leaving the room heavy with his unspoken intentions.

The moment Nate disappeared through the door, the forced warmth in Elizabeth’s expression vanished, replaced by icy detachment.

his concern immediately shifting to the red mark on

now replaced

bore the evidence of

what had happened, he had ordered a thorough investigation, unearthing every misdeed those

wouldn’t see

couldn’t extinguish the fire

hands on

he shoved a

child, Elizabeth,” he

act like one, running off recklessly

stopped, his words trailing off into an unspoken abyss of fear and

widened

though she fought

into the abyss of something

when the danger had passed, he returned, not to

words crushed something inside