My Coldhearted Ex demands a Remarriage by Eva Blackwood

Chapter 477:

Did he harbor feelings for her?

The thought startled her, causing her fingers to curl involuntarily in her lap. “I’m married to Kristopher,” she emphasized, her voice steady. “So I should follow his family’s generational hierarchy.”

Daxton’s expression softened. He retracted his leg into the car and closed the door with measured movements. “Kristopher and I don’t see eye to eye,” he explained patiently. “Honestly, I don’t want to acknowledge this family connection or benefit from the Norris family.”

His gaze met hers, a mixture of vulnerability and resignation crossing his features. “For someone older than you, it’s challenging to accept that a girl I’ve always considered my junior is suddenly a generation above me.”

Carrie studied him, her eyes clearing as if dispelling an illusory moment. She searched his eyes, finding no trace of intimacy or guilt. Her curled fingers gradually relaxed.

Embarrassment crept in.

liked her, he would have confessed during their college years. Back then, she was just a young girl, and he

back teeth, silently chastising herself. With age, she was

flourish. “Stop chatting, everyone,” she announced with a bright, almost performative smile. “Our campus belle has arrived. I wonder

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on the faces of those gathered—except for Carrie. Deep down, they had harbored a hope that Carrie’s radiant beauty would have dimmed, that the once untouchable goddess had descended to their mortal

had graced her with a refined elegance. Compared to

vision of their youthful desires stood before them, more enchanting than ever, yet her heart was pledged to

bitterness, and the sharp pang of lost chances

fervently, “Notice the shimmer of the pearls around

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