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

Chapter 171

As soon as the little boy set eyes on Thalassa, his face broke out with pure delight. "Mummy!"

"Sweetheart," Thalassa croaked, moving toward the bed and pulling him into a tight embrace. She held him close until he wriggled in her arms.

"Mummy, let go!" he giggled.

Thalassa chuckled softly and loosened her hold, pressing a gentle kiss on his forehead. "I'm sorry, baby. Mummy's just feeling a bit emotional today." She wiped away a stray tear and glanced at Betty. "Why was he crying?"

Betty smiled warmly. "You know how he gets when he doesn't see anyone after waking up."

Thalassa sighed and met Betty's gaze. "You don't seem surprised."

Betty scoffed lightly. "That Kris is the father of Alex?" Betty scoffed. "Oh come one. I knew it the moment I saw him on the CCTV. Even a blind person won't fail to see how much the boy looks like his father. I assumed it was a lovers falling out thing and now he's trying to make amends."

"What surprised me," she continued. "was when he didn't even once ask about the boy. I had my suspicions but decided not to ask any questions. But this morning, it has become quite clear. He doesn't know about the boy, does he?"

Thalassa shook her head. "No. He doesn't."

Betty's brow furrowed in

"Oh, I told him, alright. He called me a liar to my face and kicked me out of the house in

in shock. "He did that? But

she couldn't believe

We were married for a year, and for every single day of that year, Kris dedicated himself to making me the most miserable I've ever been. The worst part? He never told me why. I had no idea

thick with emotion. "I stayed, hoping that one day, things would change-that I'd get back the man I fell in love with. But that day never came. His mother had me framed

mansion, desperate and broken, begging him not to divorce her. How she'd told him about her pregnancy, only for him to dismiss her,

"She tried to have her own grandchild killed? How could she

report from her private investigator about Linda's involvement in drugs and human trafficking. "When I woke up in the hospital, they told me I'd lost my pregnancy." Betty's brow furrowed. "I don't understand. You have Alex, so how could you have lost the baby? Was it a

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her voice lowering. "I *did* lose a child." She paused, collecting herself. "When I moved to New York with

believe it-I thought it was impossible. I assumed it was fibroids or something... until I went to the hospital." She pursed her lips. "Turns out, I was pregnant with twins. I only lost one. The doctors told me that since my

it would make it out to the

gently on the forehead. He was too absorbed in playing with his Batman and Superman toys to notice the weight of her words. Even if he did hear, what were the

to me." Tears welled in her eyes, spilling down her cheeks. "But I've never been able to forget