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

Chapter 59

Thalassa raised an eyebrow. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

Kris took some steps forward toward her desk. “Don’t pretend. I’m sure Millicent must’ve already called to tell you what we talked about.”

He pursed his lips into a grim line before speaking again. “You told me that you and Zeke Mathews were lovers. You even made me believe that he could’ve been the father of the child you lost.”

A cold smile curved Thalassa’s lips. “Did I? Did I really say those things to you?” She let out a snort. “It was you, Kris. It was you who came here with your guns blazing, throwing all sorts of accusations at me.”

“You didn’t deny any of them,” Kris said accusingly.

“Because I had no need to,” Thalassa stated calmly. “You see, your opinion of me is as worthless as you are to me.”

Her words stung, but Kris managed to keep a straight face. So you would rather I continue thinking the worst of you than to tell me the truth.”

“No, I would rather you finally understood that I don’t give a flying cow what you think of me, whether good or bad.”

She scoffed. “Besides, when did you become so gullible? I thought you were smarter. Someone tells you a story, and you believe everything they said? Didn’t it occur to you that I might’ve been the one who told her to tell you all that?”

For several seconds, Kris could only stare at her in silence as the wheels began turning in his head until it finally clicked.

He let out a small chuckle. “I see. It finally makes sense why you’re doing this.”

his way around her desk, walking toward her so that there was no barrier between them. “It’s because you’re afraid.”

at him like he was out of his mind. “Afraid of what? What are

I’ll be able to melt your coldness away if I

huffed. “Now you’re talking nonsense.”

afraid, then why do you so badly want me to keep hating you? You want me to continue hating you so that you can keep hating me too, because you know that if I stop hating you, then it will

very busy, and you’re obviously just wasting

her sentence, Kris suddenly snaked his arm around her waist, pulling her flush against his body, causing her to let out a breathless gasp. (1

Let go of me!” she demanded, trying

but I see the heat in your eyes whenever you look at me.” His eyes

she continued to struggle to free herself, he held her much closer, feeling his body warm with all the incendiary emotions he’d tried so hard to keep at

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our kiss the whole night just like I did. Tell me you didn’t toss

that she couldn’t smell any alcohol on his breath, she would’ve

“Are you out of your mind? What has come over you?”

almost sounded deranged. He wished

the years

he was truly going crazy. Otherwise, why would he even be thinking about doing what he was

Why do we keep trying

fury. “The only thing that’s