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Chapter 40

Thalassa had given Kris that reply out of impulse, but once at left her mouth, she wasn’t willing to take it back. She’d wanted to hurt him, and judging from the forlorn lock in his eyes, she’d achieved just that.

Kris felt like a knife had been shoved into his chest as he finally stopped pinning her to the wall and stepped back.

“I see,” he said slowly, the pain weaving through every syllable and his voice. “If you knew the baby wasn’t mine, then why did you try to use it to stop me from divorcing you?”

He shook his head slowly, “What sort of woman are you? You wanted to deceive me into taking care of another man’s child. And just yesterday, you tried to guilt me about kicking you out of my life and not caring what happened to you.”

Thalassa ensured that her expression was stoic. “Now that’ve said what you want to hear, can you leave my office?”

“Who was the father?” Kris questioned instead of doing as she’d said. “Was it Zeke Mathews? How long were you two lovers before we divorced?”

“That’s none of your business,” Thalassa managed to say despite the ache in her chest. “And you have some audacity judging me when you were also having a relationship with my supposed best friend all along. She announced that she was pregnant only a month after we divorced, and the two of you got married afterward.”

nostrils flared “That’s not how things happened between Karen and me. We weren’t

because I don’t care, Kris. The two of you deserve each other,

eyes blazed as they bored into hers. “You’ve been with Zeke longer than you were

because he was man enough to hold me down for so long,

nothing came. Instead, she saw anger and hurt flash in his eyes before he turned

seconds later, Luisa hurried inside. “Kris looked very

ou again?”

and sank into her swivel chair.

beside her. “Then why did he look so upset? What did

I was telling the truth about being pregnant and losing

that

I told him it wasn’t his.”

widened with shock and confusion. “What? Why would you do something like that? I thought the whole point was making him see how

He can continue to think whatever he wants of me. That won’t stop me from seeking the

between Thalassa and Kris, but it seemed neither of them was willing

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of Thalassa’s office looking upset. Kris didn’t reply as he continued his way towards the elevator, then outside, then into the

took my time to accompany you here, so I do not appreciate being

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