My Coldhearted Ex demands a Remarriage by Eva Blackwood

Chapter 495:

Kristopher headed toward the window to handle the payment, but Carrie gently pulled on his sleeve. “I’m going to check on him first,” she said, her voice soft.

Kristopher shot her a quick, indifferent glance. “What could possibly be wrong with him? He’s just sitting there, isn’t he?”

Carrie blinked in surprise before playfully punching Kristopher on the shoulder. “He’s your nephew, after all. Mind your words!”

Kristopher pressed his tongue against his back teeth, a hint of indifference flickering across his face. He didn’t argue back.

With her hands tucked into the oversized pockets of her hoodie, looking almost childlike, Carrie approached Daxton and softly called his name, “Daxton.”

He lifted his head, his pale face devoid of color, his lips almost white. Despite his obvious exhaustion, he forced a weak smile. “Carrie, I’m sorry for bothering you so late.”

concerned. “Daxton, if you keep being so polite with me,

and held it out to him. “It’s red date and brown sugar tea. I got it from a late-night

motionless. Instead, he smiled faintly and replied,

man or a woman? You look like a ghost right now—you need this to replenish your blood.”

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Carrie bent down and twisted the lid open for him. Her long hair cascaded over her

mark peeking out from behind Carrie’s ear through her hair. His throat tightened, and the memory of her passionately kissing Kristopher

injured arm. She tilted her head, her

I wasn’t

scratch? The wound was nearly to the bone—you needed over forty stitches! You must take good care of it at home and keep it dry. With this heat, an infection could