My Coldhearted Ex demands a Remarriage by Eva Blackwood

Chapter 594:

He was willing to strip himself bare, to grovel in the dust for Lise. The realization hit Carrie like a thunderclap. Her chest ached, her eyes stung, but she tilted her head, forcing the tears to stay hidden.

“Kristopher,” she began, her voice brittle, “do you love me?”

His response came immediately, almost tripping over his own desperation. “Of course, I love you! It is because I love you that I cannot let this marriage end. I cannot let you go!”

The urgency in his tone, the near-frantic need to convince her, was almost pitiable. He seemed ready to bare his soul at her feet if only it could prove his words true.

But Carrie stood unmoved. She spoke slowly, deliberately, her tone laced with bitterness. “Is this your way of showing love? By using my feelings against me to force my compliance? Tell me, Kristopher—if you truly love me, why do you keep making me yield? Why did you make me compromise, even as our child died without answers?”

Her words sliced through him, and his hand dropped to his side, fiddling absently with the wedding ring still circling his finger.

for a long time, yet his lingered—a

this was their fate. Perhaps they had

air. “We should have ended this long

He reached for her, as if he could stop the avalanche of her

to make a decision, and quickly. Dragging this

as sharp as the edges of her words. “Divorce, or let Lise face the

“Carrie…”

he tried to salvage what little remained of their crumbling relationship. A desperate thought struck him, and he clung

I’m deeply saddened by what happened to the child. But aren’t the living more important? You may not care about me or my family anymore, but what about Gracie? She’s just starting to

She tilted her head slightly and asked in a low voice, “Are you really using