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.

had just opened his laptop when a notification blinked across his phone screen—Carrie’s profile picture flashing

the alert. Carrie had posted a photo: a simple

and elegant, unmistakably masculine. The cufflink on the wrist gleamed under the morning light.

a second longer before he looked away, his grip on the phone tightening

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

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desk, mind circling the same question—had she missed his messages, or had she simply chosen to ignore them? He turned the thought over and over, finding no answer that

it, paused, thought of a dozen ways to begin—then abandoned them all and simply typed: “Did you see

came

gut, sharp and hot. He tapped out a

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

Kristopher simply stared at