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 end the

of the sofa, suddenly stilled. Then, in a voice that was far too

eyes flicked instinctively toward the hallway, where Kristopher had disappeared moments

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

want to give Daxton the wrong idea. There was

whatever she and Daxton had… it was probably

But the feelings she had for him

things off, gently, when the time felt right. So really, there was no reason to report

smile faded ever so slightly. The coldness in his

remained calm. Smooth. Measured. “Oh? What made you decide to go into the office all of a sudden? Isn’t Ruby covering

answer, he muted the call and turned to the

he meant. No one referred to her as Ms. Campbell anymore.