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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.”

things happened between Karen and

don’t care, Kris. The two of you

into hers. “You’ve been with Zeke longer than you were with me. Do you love him

“Why? Don’t tell me you’re jealous because he was man enough to hold me down for so long, unlike you.”

braced herself for his hurtful words as usual, but to her shock, nothing came. Instead, she saw anger and hurt flash in his eyes before he

“Kris looked very

ou again?”

Thalassa walked to her desk and sank into her

beside her. “Then why did he look

and found out I

that the baby

smiled bitterly. “No. I told

like that? I

don’t care about that anymore. He can continue to think whatever he wants of me. That won’t stop me from seeking

neither of them was willing to show it. Instead, they’d both resorted

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

took my time to accompany you here, so I

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