My Coldhearted Ex demands a Remarriage by Eva Blackwood

Chapter 899

Chapter 899:

This man had always looked out for her. To her, he had meant more than even the Hinks couple. More than anyone else in the world.

Alethea had grown into high society, had been pursued by countless wealthy men, but none of them had ever moved her. Not even Kristopher. The man that most women idolized? He had never captivated her for even a moment.

Because her heart had always belonged to someone else. To him. She didn’t even know his name. She never thought that after so many years, she would meet him again.

She hadn’t even noticed how her breathing had quickened. She hadn’t even greeted the Hinks couple. Her entire focus was on him.

The Hinks couple, oblivious to her reaction, smiled warmly. “Alethea,” Mr. Hinks said, “come meet Mr. Kyson Webster.”

composure. Putting on her best demeanor, she greeted her parents

turning to Kyson, she stepped forward and extended her hand. “Hello, Mr.

ask him directly—”Do you remember me? Do you remember that

her parents. Kyson rose to his feet and shook her hand lightly, polite and distant. “I heard from your father that you studied abroad, Miss Hinks. I’ve given lectures at various

released her fingertips just as quickly

her empty hand, as if she could still feel the warmth he had left behind. A wave of disappointment washed over her. She had waited so many years for

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events. She had spent her years studying relentlessly,

chosen her not out of kindness but because she resembled her adoptive father’s late

felt it—the way his gaze had grown colder, how he had become more distant. She understood then that if she truly wanted to be

so the only way she could secure her place permanently was by being indispensable as their

as hard as others. She poured herself into her studies, mastering not just academics but every refined skill a wealthy heiress should have—music, chess, calligraphy, painting, horseback riding, skiing,