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.

that,” Carrie replied quickly, distracted. She glanced toward the

of the sofa, suddenly stilled.

Daxton’s question. Her eyes flicked instinctively toward the hallway, where Kristopher had disappeared

a soft smile, “I’m just handling a few

so she told herself. She just didn’t want to give Daxton the wrong idea. There was nothing going on between her

and Daxton had… it was probably

man—elegant, composed, generous. But

the time felt right. So really, there was no reason to

Daxton’s smile faded ever so slightly. The

you decide to go into the office all of a sudden? Isn’t Ruby covering things there? Or are you secretly out having

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

No one referred to her as Ms. Campbell