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

Chapter 115

Chapter 115

“Another bottle,” Kris muttered, his voice barely audible over the din of the bar.

“Right away, sir,” the bartender replied, nodding briskly.

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A few seconds later, a chilled, uncapped bottle of beer slid across the counter to Kris. He picked it up and took a long gulp, drinking as much as he could until the fizz burned his throat and forced him to stop.

“I knew I’d find you here,” a familiar voice said from behind him as he set the bottle down.

“I almost gave up looking when I didn’t see you in the VIP booth,” Alden admitted as he slid onto the stool next to

Kris.

Noticing the bottle in front of Kris, relief rolled through Alden, glad that it wasn’t whiskey or scotch. He signaled to the bartender. “I’ll have a bottle too.”

Kris lifted his beer again, taking another swig, causing Alden to cringe sympathetically at the thought of how it was going to burn down Kris’s throat. But he knew his best friend needed this.

heard about what happened at the awards show,” Alden said, as his own beer was

bad, Kris.” Kris finally turned to

explain, but he knew Kris would eventually find out. “The amount of hate online directed at your mother right now is astonishing. In just the last hour, the hashtags ‘Queen Of

like a new trend to show they’re boycotting anything to do with

waited, but when Kris stayed silent, he pressed, “Aren’t you going to

gulp of beer. “What should I say, Alden? That my mother deserves what’s happening to

“So, you think she’s behind the sabotage of Thalassa’s collection?”

fucking know, Alden,” Kris gritted out. “My mother says she’s

she is? Thalassa didn’t

I did it,” Kris revealed.

beer he’d just poured into his mouth.

my mother could keep her title. Can you believe that?” Kris chuckled, but the pain in his

his bottle down, shock in his eyes. “Why would she think

eliminated evidence. Plus, I once told Thalassa I wouldn’t let her hurt my mother and

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