My Coldhearted Ex demands a Remarriage by Eva Blackwood

Chapter 1073:

Jacob gave her hand a gentle squeeze. “The results should be back by tomorrow. You’ve got to calm down, even if it’s hard. Family ties run deep. From what I’ve seen, Carrie doesn’t seem like the type to ignore someone in trouble. If she turns out to be part of our family, it’s probably the Morrison family blocking things. We can find a way to reach her directly…”

“You can see a person’s face, but that doesn’t mean you know what’s going on inside them. The times we’ve crossed paths with her were just over small, unimportant things. Whether she meant to be nice or was just acting, it didn’t carry much weight. If she calls us family now, she’s risking her own well-being. Is she really still as sincere and gentle as she once seemed to be?” Kelsey said.

There was no warmth left in Kelsey’s gaze as she talked about Carrie—only a sharp, unforgiving coldness.

Narrowing his gaze, Jacob took a quiet moment to think before reaching for the temperature-controlled kettle on the table.

After slowly filling a cup, he offered it to Kelsey and said with calm conviction, “If she didn’t have that bleeding heart of hers, this whole thing would be much simpler. Let’s be honest—who doesn’t love money? Especially someone who clawed their way up from nothing. Dangle the right amount, and I doubt she’d walk away from it.”

over the family legacy to some outsider? She needs to look at the situation logically. If she’s willing to step in and save your life,

left the rest unsaid, the glance he shared with Kelsey made

a quiet consolidation of power—Kelsey had funneled numerous business assets into Jacob’s name, even pulling in several high-earning projects originally belonging to the Hinks family. Growing up without the warmth of parental affection, Kelsey had clung to one constant in her life—Jacob. He was her

tales on

from the Hinks family, then from the moment she learned her mother had other descendants

something

inside the nearby storage room, Alethea stood with a frozen expression. There was

meant to retrieve an old vase—one she hadn’t bothered locking away because it wasn’t worth much and had been collecting dust in

time and found