My Coldhearted Ex demands a Remarriage by Eva Blackwood

Chapter 408:

She cut him off, her voice cracking. “It’s not about money, Kristopher! It’s about how you treated me.”

His tone remained steady. “The way I treated you before is how I’ll continue to treat you in the future.”

Lise smiled faintly, but the smile didn’t reach her eyes. Beneath the surface, her gaze was fractured, brimming with an ache that refused to fade.

“I used to be your girlfriend,” she said softly. “Your only choice for a wife. Will I still be?”

Hope flickered in her eyes, fragile but persistent, like a candle fighting against the wind.

time, a faint shadow crossed his

flicker of hope in Lise’s eyes extinguished. Desperation overtook her,

with Carrie, I haven’t dared to disturb you.

a shot at a variety show. With you by her side, doors will keep opening for her. But for me, this might be the final curtain

past, if Kristopher had seen her cry, he would have surrendered instantly, without a shred of resistance. But now, hesitation rippled across his face, his uncertainty

keep her identity as Mrs. Norris under wraps, just to preserve my dignity? As long as no one knows she’s Mrs. Norris, I won’t become

be a joke to me. You’re the most

her feel like the sun itself revolved around her. But now, the same words sounded hollow, as if their meaning had shifted with the tide. To Lise, they felt less

seemed to weigh her thoughts, then spoke with quiet resolve. “If you help

hardening as if