Chapter 84

Chapter 84

s nothing I want more in this world than for you to forgive me… Lassa.”

Thalassa’s heart squeezed painfully at the affectionate name he’d used. It was a nickname many close to her called her, but there had been something special about the way he said it–a certain raspiness and breathiness that made her weak in the knees.

The last time he’d called her by that name was four years ago when they’d been happy, before they got married, and he changed into a completely different man.

Glaring at him, she gritted out coldly, “Do not call me that again, Mr. Miller.”

Kris swallowed, feeling the frostiness in her tone, knowing this was going to be just as hard as he had expected. But at least she’d given him some kind of reaction. Her anger was far better than her indifference.

He risked a step forward. “Thalassa, I know that I’ve hurt you more than any man ever has, and…”

“Any man?” Luisa scoffed. “Try anybody.”

Now Kris knew this was going to be ten times tougher with Luisa present. Dragging in a deep breath, he corrected himself, his gaze still on Thalassa.

“I know that I’ve hurt you more than anyone has ever hurt you, and I don’t even know where to begin apologizing.”

“Maybe start by apologizing for treating her like trash throughout your marriage! All the times you called her a gold–digger and a slut,” Luisa butted in again. “Or when you threw her in jail. Or maybe when you refused to believe her when she told you she was pregnant and still went on to divorce her and kick her out of your life in the middle of the night! The list is endless.”

Kris felt his frustration and desperation mount even higher but he knew he couldn’t fault Luisa. She’d spoken nothing but the truth.

Every single wrong I did against her,” he

Kris looked at Thalassa, his heart in his mouth as he waited for her to say something.

car, but Kris was quick to

can’t just say that and walk

down at the spot where his hand was

Kris?”

want me to say,

most idiotic person

last time we spoke in my office when you showed me those

up, running it

that day, Kris,”

seconds before reluctantly answering, “You told me that… that if

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Chapter 84

to you, not even begging for your forgiveness would be enough to make you forgive me.”

a tight smile as she jerked her arm from his hold. “You said it so perfectly, which means you clearly remember. So,

punctured the little bubble of hope he’d had,

she immediately pulled it out of his reach as she

you think that you even have the slightest right to stand in front of me and ask for my forgiveness?

deserve to breathe the same air as you, but please… I was a complete idiot for not trusting you like I was supposed to and for hurting you because of all the lies I believed about you. But you don’t know how much I

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