The CEO's Amazing Ex-Wife Is Back! by H. Dally

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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.”

“That’s not how things happened

don’t care, Kris. The

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

was man enough to hold me down for so long, unlike

usual, but to her shock, nothing came. Instead, she saw anger and hurt flash in his eyes before he turned and stormed out

looked

ou again?”

sank into her swivel chair. “No. He didn’t

he

because he made some investigations and found out I was telling the truth

now knows that the baby was his?”

told

Why would you do something like that? I thought the whole point was making him see how wrong he

whatever he wants of me. That won’t stop me from seeking

could sense so much pain between Thalassa and Kris, but it seemed neither of them was willing to show it. Instead, they’d both resorted to playing the

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

to accompany you here, so I do not appreciate being ignored,” Alden finally snapped.