My Coldhearted Ex demands a Remarriage by Eva Blackwood

Chapter 1086:

As soon as the door closed behind him, Carrie exhaled. The air in the room felt easier to breathe.

She went back to the bench and sat down again. Her phone rang. Startled, she pulled it out of her coat pocket. The screen lit up with a name she hadn’t expected: Daxton.

Her finger hovered over the screen. The call almost rang out before she finally hit the green button.

Stealing a glance at the door, her voice casual, she asked, “Daxton? What’s up? Calling me out of nowhere like this…”

“Can’t I just call you?” he replied, tone light and easy—like always. But underneath that charm, there was a strange stillness.

If Carrie could see him now, she’d notice how tense the atmosphere around him was. The way the household staff tiptoed around the room, barely daring to breathe.

quickly, distracted. She glanced toward the door again, silently hoping he would

had been tapping rhythmically against the back of the sofa, suddenly stilled. Then, in a voice that was far too calm, he asked,

question. Her eyes flicked instinctively toward the hallway, where Kristopher had disappeared moments earlier.

and responded with a soft smile, “I’m just handling a few things at

didn’t want to give Daxton the wrong idea. There was nothing going on between her and Kristopher anymore, and there never would be. At

it

generous. But the feelings she had for him leaned more toward

really, there was no reason to report her every move to a man

end of the line, Daxton’s smile faded ever so slightly. The coldness in his eyes deepened, turning into something

“Oh? What made you decide to go into the office all of a sudden?

call and turned to the man standing beside him. “Find out where she

him knew exactly who he meant. No one referred to her as Ms. Campbell anymore. Around Daxton, she