My Coldhearted Ex demands a Remarriage by Eva Blackwood

Chapter 945:

“You figured it out!” Aliza approached and linked her arm through his, playfully coaxing him with her touch. “I came out and couldn’t spot you, but I bumped into Miss Hinks, and we got caught up in conversation.”

Kristopher’s mind drifted elsewhere, managing only a distracted murmur in response. The identity of Aliza’s female acquaintance held little interest for him.

Meanwhile, Alethea, having returned to the banquet hall herself, searched in vain for her adoptive parents.

Across the venue, in an upscale lounge tucked behind the banquet hall, Kelsey and Jacob entered with a suited man.

leaned forward anxiously. “Dr. Ruiz,

Hinks family. Her origin story was complicated—her mother had fallen deeply for a man of modest means. To thwart this unsuitable romance, the Hinks family had drugged her mother along with their preferred suitor,

her mother calmly accepted her condition and expressed her intention to carry the child to term, though she steadfastly refused the arranged

might effectively sever her mother’s connection to the

meticulous about Kelsey’s care, pouring herself into her daughter’s education and upbringing. Yet, she maintained

up lonely, her mother even adopted an

at g?

years, something unexpected occurred. One evening, her mother, abandoning her customary detachment, entered Kelsey’s bedroom before

with these excessively practical, unfeeling adults. I’ve strived to fulfill my maternal duties and educate you properly, but my presence