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.

seat, Kelsey leaned

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, resulting in an unplanned pregnancy. Thus,

her mother would terminate the pregnancy, monitoring her closely. To their astonishment, her mother calmly accepted her condition and expressed her intention to carry the child to term, though

might effectively sever her mother’s connection

daughter’s education and upbringing. Yet, she maintained an emotional distance, embodying the role of a disciplined rather than

ensure Kelsey wouldn’t grow up lonely, her mother even adopted an orphan—now her husband, Jacob—who became

found at g? ln

abandoning her customary detachment, entered Kelsey’s bedroom before sleep and stretched

no fault. The wrong lies with these excessively practical, unfeeling adults. I’ve strived to