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

Chapter 57

“How long have you been working for Thalassa Thompson?

Millie froze, her heart pounding in her chest. This was the last thing she had expected Kris to ask her. She was so dumbstruck that she couldn’t speak for a full minute.

Kris leaned back in his swivel chair, forming a steeple with his hands. “You might not be talkative, Millicent, but I know you’re not this quiet. I expect you to say something.

His expression was neither cold nor warm. It was just cool, making Millie feel even more nervous because she couldn’t guess what was going through his head.

“Tha… Thalassa Thompson? Who…” she stammered.

Kris’s eyes darkened. “I hope you’re not going to deny it, Millicent. My mother and I talked in your presence about going to the charity function. My family didn’t tell anyone else, but Thalassa came to that function knowing we were going to be there. The only person who could’ve told her is you, so I want the truth. How long have you known her?”

Seeing how sure Kris looked, Millie realized she couldn’t lie her way out of this. Dragging in a deep breath to calm herself, she responded, “I met her three years ago.”

Kris’s expression sank a little. Though he had strong suspicions, he had also hoped he was wrong.

“How did you meet her?” he asked calmly.

“It was a few days after your divorce. I met her when she came to live with the Mathewses. I was a temporary housekeeper at the time,” Millie answered.

Kris’s eyes darkened further. “You mean when she came to live with Zeke Mathews?”

Millie frowned slightly. “No, she didn’t come to live with just Zeke.” She bit her lip. “Sir, things didn’t happen the way you think they did.”

Kris scoffed. “You don’t have to make excuses, Millicent. I already know the truth. Thalassa and that man were lovers even before our divorce, and she went to live with him because he offered her money and protection.

Millie’s eyes widened. “What? No! That’s not how things happened at all!”

a cold smile. “Oh yeah?

to live in the house because of Zeke’s

signs of dementia. She got lost one day and was nearly kidnapped by a man, but Thalassa saved her. After that, she wouldn’t stop asking about Thalassa, so Zeke went to look for her and begged her to come and spend some time with his grandmother. Thalassa agreed because she wanted to help the old woman, and also because she was living in a motel

“So why did she go to New York with him? What’s your‘ explanation‘? And what about all the wealth she has now? Can you ‘explain‘ that

which had turned colder. “ After Thalassa had spent about a month with his grandmother, Zeke and the

That was why Zeke asked Thalassa to go with them to New

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but even when she accepted, she didn’t want to take the money. Zeke still went ahead and transferred it to her bank account for a couple of months. Yes, Thalassa used that money to start her business, but she’s

waited several seconds with bated breath until Kris

say I believe everything you just said. That still doesn’t explain how Thalassa and that man

you, sir. There has never

gaze threatening. “You’re lying, Millicent. And do you know how I know you’re

truth to me. She told me she and Zeke Mathews were lovers even before our divorce and

she was unable to speak for several seconds.

to say now?”

began shaking her head. She remembered exactly how things happened, and she also knew

spoke. “Thalassa and Zeke never knew each other before your divorce. Zeke had never even been to New York before, so how could they have been lovers? I don’t know why she lied to you, but

felt his chest tightening, his head reeling from every bit of information he was being given

go

Millicent.”

she’d been betraying him all this time, but she knew it

but I want to be left alone now, Kris

as Millie left the office, he picked up his phone and dialed the number of his private investigator, Smoke. “Mr. Miller, I’m so glad to hear from you again. What do you need me to look-” Smoke began

ex–wife became Zeke Mathews