My Coldhearted Ex demands a Remarriage by Eva Blackwood

Chapter 1030:

But when eight o’clock passed and no reply came, he began to second-guess. He didn’t know her daily habits well, but he had seen her out and about early before—she wasn’t someone who slept in.

Had she stayed up late? She wasn’t working anymore; she had handed off her responsibilities weeks ago. So if it wasn’t work, then what had kept her awake?

His mind wandered, unbidden. He pictured her—her delicate figure bathed in soft light, laughter curling low in her throat. Then Daxton appeared beside her, close and tangled together deep into the night.

Kristopher’s imagination spun recklessly forward, conjuring images he didn’t want—and yet couldn’t stop. Scenes so vivid, so familiar, they almost felt like memories instead of fantasies.

Kristopher snapped himself out of it, shaking his head hard. No, he told himself, she was staying with the Morrison family. She wouldn’t dare bring her boyfriend home, let alone share a bed under their roof. Besides, she was newly pregnant. It wouldn’t be safe. Would it?

Still, his thoughts drifted, restless and unbidden, until any lingering sleepiness had vanished. Giving up, he got up, washed quickly, and prepared for work.

his laptop when a notification blinked across his phone

up his phone, and tapped the alert. Carrie had posted a photo: a simple breakfast spread, captioned, “A lovingly homemade breakfast by

unmistakably masculine. The cufflink on the wrist gleamed under the morning light. He recognized it instantly—a custom piece worth hundreds of thousands, one Daxton favored

looked away, his grip on the phone tightening until

been awake for a while. Yet, she hadn’t responded to

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the desk, mind circling the same question—had she missed his messages, or had she simply chosen to ignore them? He turned the thought

ways to begin—then abandoned them

reply came swiftly.

in Kristopher’s gut, sharp and hot. He tapped out a second message. “Since you

was calm, almost indifferent. “I didn’t think it needed a

Kristopher