My Coldhearted Ex demands a Remarriage by Eva Blackwood

Chapter 1069:

Turning slowly, she lowered her arm and looked over her shoulder.

He was really there—this wasn’t a trick of the light or her imagination. Kristopher stood just a few steps behind, his face cast in sharp angles beneath the sun, concern resting behind his usual calm.

The bright light had left her vision slightly spotted, and for a second, everything felt just a bit off.

Even so, she had no interest in figuring out what was going through his head. Instead, she dropped her gaze, stepped away from him, and replied softly, “Yes.”

His eyes drifted to the papers in her hands. One look at the scan, and his tone shifted. “Is something wrong with the baby?”

He remembered hearing rumors—about the bullet wound, the supposed infertility. Her pregnancy must have been anything but easy. Unbidden, a memory surfaced. That hazy night at the hotel. Blurred, but not forgotten.

a dangerous thought—what

questioned the baby’s health, her instincts kicked in. “The baby’s fine. I’m just here for a routine check-up.” She guarded those words carefully. To her, this child wasn’t just a life—it was

in the morning, not immediately after something as

want to talk.

them were already fragile. Pushing too hard now

finds a

of slow-moving vehicles, Daxton caught sight of the car he’d ordered weaving toward the curb. When he glanced back, he noticed Kristopher standing far too close to Carrie, who kept her gaze

a few

squarely on Kristopher, calm but unmistakably sharp, like someone ready

stayed flat, as if Daxton’s presence meant nothing at all. It never had—not before the

slippery tactics he used. Anything