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

Chapter 180

"You said you wanted to talk?" Thalassa asked as she stepped away from Kris, gesturing toward the couch. Kris nodded but held onto her hand, gently pulling her down beside him.

"I saw the press statement, and obviously everyone's talking about it," Kris began, his voice tinged with concern. "I just want to know why you did it. Why did you decide to clear my mother's name?" Thalassa swallowed but maintained a neutral expression. "You asked me to do it once, didn't you?"

Kris nodded, regret filling his expression. "Yes, but I apologized in the card I sent you because I realized how unfair it was of me to ask you to do something like that. You shouldn't have done it because of me."

"I didn't do it because of you, Kris," Thalassa replied, her voice steady.

Kris's brow furrowed in confusion. "You didn't?"

"No, I did it for myself," she said firmly, watching his perplexed expression. She sighed and continued. "I'm tired, Kris. Tired of holding on to so much resentment and anger. I want to be able to forget the past... because I know that's the only way I can be happy."

Kris pressed his lips together, doubt flickering in his eyes. Thalassa's heart skipped a beat. "I understand you wanting to move forward and giving me a chance, which I'm so grateful for, but my mother... why did you help her, Thalassa? You hate her. The last time we talked, you were sure she was behind the loss of our unborn child."

Thalassa had anticipated these questions, but seeing the doubts in his eyes made her chest tighten with guilt. She quickly stood up, turning away from him, unable to meet his gaze for the lie she was about to tell.

"It's because I realized I might have been wrong. The man who attacked me never mentioned your mother's name. I just assumed it was her since I thought she had me framed for the embezzlement."

The words felt like thorns in her throat, painful to speak because it was the complete opposite of how she felt. "But since you clarified to me that your mother only acted on evidence she was given back then, I've been thinking about it and I realize that...I might have been wrong."

soft, filled with shock. "Are you sure about this? You don't have to change your mind. I've already asked

mother, Kris, and you love her. If we're going to be together, I don't want

heart swelled, his eyes moistening. "You'd really do that? For me? Even after how

Thalassa's throat tightened. "Yes."

her from behind, pulling her close. Kris's presence sent a rush of emotion through her, but with it came

the guilt away. She had no reason to feel guilty-what she planning to do

croaked, burying his face in her neck. "But I'm going to do everything I can to be worthy of

answering the call. "Yes? What is it?" he asked, his mood turning serious as

you can. I'll talk to you later." Kris

something wrong?"

sure you'll

"Does it affect me?"

some way,

want to

Karen still refuses to sign the divorce papers with my terms. Her lawyer contested last week, and the judge just granted it. We'll have to fight it out in court for

"I guess she's enjoyed you too much to just let you go,"

pain flashing in his eyes at the bitterness in her voice. He quickly stepped

It was just one night... a night I got too

"I hope you don't take this the wrong way, but... even though I never had feelings for Karen, I don't see that night as a mistake. Because that's how Tessa was born, and

love for his daughter was so evident in his eyes that Thalassa's heart squeezed painfully. Would he he have had the same look if she had told