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.

gaze fell on the ring, her heart twisting. Hers had been gone for a long

had always

to chill the air. “We should have ended this long ago. If we had, my child would not have been dragged

He reached for her, as if he could

ignored him, unyielding. “It is late, Kristopher. You need to make a decision, and quickly. Dragging this on won’t change the outcome—it

gaze, her composure as sharp as the edges of her words. “Divorce, or let Lise face the consequences. The choice

“Carrie…”

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

the child. But aren’t the living more important? You may not care about me or my family anymore,

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