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

Chapter 160

Chapter 160

"Now that we know it was Clark behind it, could you please hold a press conference to clear my mother's name?"

For a few seconds, Thalassa doubted she'd actually heard him say those words, but her disbelief quickly morphed into bitterness.

"You want me to hold a press conference and clear your mother's name?" she repeated, her tone laced with incredulity, waiting to see if he'd dare confirm it.

When he nodded, her jaw clenched tightly. "What makes you think I would ever do something like that?"

His brows furrowed as if he couldn't believe she was asking that question.

"Because that's the truth," he replied earnestly. "Thalassa since the awards show, my mother has been facing endless hate online and in public. She's lost millions of clients, and nearly all her investors have pulled out. Her business is on the verge of bankruptcy. My mother worked so hard to build her empire, and losing it will destroy her. If you tell everyone the truth that she wasn't behind the sabotage, it might save her company."

As the bitterness mixed with her disbelief, Thalassa didn't know whether to laugh or slap him.

She took a step closer, her voice hardening. "How touching Kris. But where was this wonderful sense of justice when your mother had me arrested for stealing and I was humiliated on TV for the whole world to see? Where were you when I couldn't even find a hotel that would take me in because no one wanted to be associated with a criminal like me. And now you think she deserves to have her name cleared?"

Kris's chest tightened with guilt as she recounted the pain she'd been put through, but he still felt she wasn't being entirely fair.

"Thalassa, my mother made a mistake having you arrested, but we all believed the evidence that was brought to us anonymously, especially when I had it verified and it all came pointing to you. This situation is different. We have clear evidence that it was Clark and not my mum. It's only fair that you let the truth be known. It's the right thing to do."

Thalassa tilted her head slightly. "Why doesn't she hold that press conference herself and declare her innocence?"

Kris sighed. "You know no one will believe her."

my innocence?" she shot back, her smile dripping with mockery. "And what did you say,

smile vanished, replaced by a look of coldness that could freeze hell. "What has doing the right thing ever gotten me? Betrayal? Pain? Suffering? Tell me, Kris-why would I want to go through that again? I'm done doing things the right way. So, as much as I admire how much you love your mother, I'm afraid you'll have to tell her that her only

"Oh, and I want you out of

emerged from the kitchen then, her eyes widening in

tone firm. "I want this man out of this house. If you insist

in awkward silence for several seconds until Luisa finally gave him an apologetic look, filled with

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heart, Kris managed a small

less than a week," Alden chuckled later

Thalassa tolerated you for that long," he added with a smirk,

to

by

with a sigh. "She didn't even want to see me. I'm sure she was in her office, but she told her secretary to say

long drink straight from it. The two men sat in

do?" Kris broke the silence with a bitter chuckle. "What do you do when the woman you love with all your heart and the woman who gave you life and raised you with all the love in the

be in your shoes," Alden replied, taking another swig of

to punish the person responsible, but I am. I am, Alden."

your mother," Alden finished for

How could she think my mother would do such a thing? She would never harm her own grandchild. She... she wouldn't..."

calling?" Alden asked

Kris replied, but before he could dial the investigator's number, his phone rang. It

some news regarding the night your ex-wife lost