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

Chapter 169

The cold morning air rushing over her skin jolted Thalassa awake. Snapping her eyes open, the first thing she realized was that she was lying on a hard, warm, and familiar chest.

Memories of the previous night flooded her mind. It felt like a dream, but Thalassa knew better than to fool herself into thinking she hadn't been fully aware of her actions. Bracing her palm against the bed, she carefully lifted herself off Kris's chest, moving slowly to avoid waking him. She froze when he shifted and turned his head, but thankfully, he remained asleep.

Quietly slipping out of bed, she stared down at him-at his beautiful, peaceful face as he slept, the naked expanse of his body, and the erection that had done things to her last night only he had ever been able to do. A sharp pang of guilt pierced her chest.

What would he say if he knew the real reason she had kissed him last night?

She had kissed him out of sheer desperation and fear. She had done it to distract him, to stop him from asking too many questions about what was in the room she desperately didn't want him to see.

But as soon as he'd kissed her back with a hunger that ignited a familiar ache within her and made her weak in the knees, her emotions had gone into overdrive, and one thing had led to another. Fuck, what had she done?

This was not part of the plan. It had never been. The plan was to destroy him and his family, and afterwards, return to New York to continue her life after getting the justice she deserved. Not to give herself again to the man who had played a role in her suffering-who still refused to believe his mother had harmed her.

She knew he was going to wake up with expectations, expectations she couldn't afford to entertain. She couldn't let him disrupt her plans. More importantly, she couldn't let him find out the truth she'd been hiding for the past three years. The truth she'd feared he might uncover last night.

Swallowing hard, she gathered her dress from the floor and slipped it on. Her breath caught when Kris stirred and groaned, waking up. Before his eyes could fully open, she quickly donned the mask of indifference she had grown so used to wearing around him. 2 His gaze found her, and a slow, sexy smile curved one corner of his lips. A shiver ran through her core, but Thalassa stood firm.

have to get up so early?" he asked, his voice

remained cold. "There's no storm anymore, Kris. Get

his face as the last traces of sleep disappeared. He sat up slowly, confusion clouding his features as he stared at her.

me. The only reason I let you stay last night was because of the storm, but it's over: You have no reason to

letting out a small, disbelieving chuckle. "This

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the only one laughing." Thalassa

the bed in all his naked glory, his morning erection towards the ceiling. "Lassa, I thought

with desires, and I have the right to act on them. I was horny, and you were the only man

felt a sharp pang of pain, her words cutting like a knife Last night had been the happiest he'd been in a long time,

Thalassa anticipate his next move, Kris lunged forward, wrapping his arm around her and pulling

voice low and fierce. "It meant as much to you as it did to me. And no, we didn't just fuck, Lassa. We made

insistently against her belly, reigniting the

suppress.

to be in love to make love, Kris.

they almost touched. Her pulse quickened,