My Coldhearted Ex demands a Remarriage by Eva Blackwood

Chapter 558:

Carrie let out a bitter laugh. “If that’s the case, shouldn’t he be going after you? The shot was so precise, so deliberate—and yet, it hit me. Not in the head. Not in the heart. But in the abdomen.”

Carrie’s words left Kristopher unable to respond. She pushed him away once more.

Unable to respond, he could only tighten his hold on her.

Carrie lowered her head and bit down hard on his wrist again. She sank her teeth into his flesh, breaking the skin. Blood filled her mouth, tasting salty and metallic. But there was no pity in her heart—only one thought echoed relentlessly in her mind. The pain her child must have endured when the bullet struck. It had to have been far worse.

He hadn’t thought twice about hurting her, so why should she feel any sympathy for him?

deepened her frustration. She bit harder, her jaw straining until exhaustion overtook

the silence like ice. “I’m tired. I

gaze stayed fixed on her with a mix of worry and caution. He lingered, as if afraid she might spiral into something darker if left

flatly, her tone devoid of

leaned down and pressed a kiss to her hair, trailing his lips down to her neck. At once, Carrie recoiled. A violent churning erupted in her stomach, and she dry-heaved, her body folding in

voice aloud. Kristopher stepped back, his jaw tightening as the realization sank in. She couldn’t stand his

things would begin to mend. Yet the thought of her damaged uterus lingered like

under the covers. Her movements were quick, panicked, like a small animal fleeing from danger. He sighed,

to the office for a while,” he murmured. “I’ll stay here with

Her response was cold, detached. “You