Shrouded Affections Winning Back My CEO Wife

Chapter 783:

His questions were laden with menace, causing Dalores’ voice to quiver. “Julio, I don’t want to have anything to do with you anymore! Let’s meet and end this cleanly.”

“End this?” Julio’s laugh was cold. “You think you get to decide? We’ll meet, but I choose the place. I call the shots.”

Before Dalores could protest, he ended the call.

The phone slipped from Dalores’ grasp as a wave of dread washed over her. Julio was a looming specter in her life, a disaster she couldn’t escape. Dalores’ mind raced as her phone lit up once more, displaying a terse message from Julio. The meeting was set for three o’clock in the afternoon at a coffee shop. Glancing at the clock, Dalores noted with a sinking feeling that it was nearly one already. After a moment’s hesitation, Dalores dialed Kinsey. “Can you do me a favor?”

The coffee shop bathed in the soft glow of the afternoon sun. Dalores was anxious. She fidgeted in her seat by the window, her eyes darting to her watch every few minutes. It had been six months since she had last seen Julio. The prospect of facing him now, under such strained circumstances, was daunting. She was sure Julio would be angry. As the minutes ticked closer to their meeting time, her heartbeat quickened.

cool air shutting around him. He removed his sunglasses and scanned the area before his gaze settled on Dalores. Even through the window, Dalores could feel the chill

black jacket billowed slightly around him, accentuating his tall frame and giving him

across from Dalores. “Where is the child?” he

to delay the conversation.

dismissed her suggestion curtly. “I’m not here

asked, her voice barely above a whisper, her

Dalores’ eyes brimmed with tears, her worst fears beginning to materialize. “You promised me you’d deliver the baby and walk away afterward. You were the one who broke the promise, not me. How can you act as

into agreeing. How could you be so heartless, Julio? Do you even understand

force you to have a baby!” Julio interjected

to sleep with me. You didn’t take precautions, and you chose to keep the baby.

one moving toward him, while he had remained detached. She remembered their first night together; he had been intoxicated. The second time, she hadn’t refused. The third time… the