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.

hesitated. For the first time, a faint shadow crossed his

grew heavier with his silence, and the flicker of hope in Lise’s eyes

“Ever since you reconciled with Carrie, I haven’t dared to disturb you. I haven’t even called you, afraid

was a shot at a variety show. With you by her

Kristopher had seen her cry, he would have surrendered instantly, without a shred of resistance. But

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 the

evasive, his tone vaguely warm. “Lise, you could never be a joke to me.

the sun itself revolved around her. But now, the same words sounded hollow, as if their meaning had

the restaurant’s entrance, where Carrie strolled in with Oliver. A moment of silence fell as Lise seemed to weigh her thoughts, then spoke with quiet resolve. “If you help me this time, I’ll finish everything by year’s end, retreat to Izrosa, and never return. I’ll follow the treatment, take care of my heart,

mid-motion, his expression hardening as if he had reached