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

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Rita's face went pale, her breath catching in her throat at the same time Bridget let out a gasp behind Karen.

"What... what did you just say?" Rita questioned, her voice barely above a whisper.

Karen closed her eyes, feeling the guilt, the shame, and the fear all crashing down on her.

She swallowed, her throat suddenly dry. "Tessa isn't Kris's daughter."

Rita shook her head violently, stepping back as if she had been struck. "No. No, that can't be true."

"It is." Karen's voice cracked as she repeated the truth.

Rita's hand flew to her mouth. "Who... who is the father then?"

Karen hesitated, her fingers tightening around her dress. "Does it matter?"

"Yes, it matters!" Rita's voice rose, piercing the air with anger and disbelief. "Tell me who the father is." Karen looked away, the shame crawling up her spine. "It's Henry."

followed was suffocating. Rita blinked once, then twice, her breath quickening as the

She repeated, her voice thick with shock. "You mean

slap landed on her cheek, so hard it made her stumble back. Pain

a good man like Kris? You made him love and raise another man's child! You deceived him together with one

out weakly. "Henry and Kris aren't friends anymore." "That doesn't matter!" Rita snapped, her eyes blazing with fury. "They were friends when you betrayed him! How could you deceive Kris

know I've always

"That's not love, Karen. That's selfishness! Do you even realize the pain this will cause Kris when he finds

desperate. "That's why Kris can't find out. Now do you understand, Mother? We

shifted from anger to disbelief, as though she couldn't comprehend the person standing before her. "Do you really think your secret is worth denying Thalassa her

had she been thinking when she decided to tell her mother the truth? She had thought it would make her mother understand and not give the evidence to the

please. You

now, full of sorrow. "I'm a failure. I have failed as a mother. Where did

her voice trembling. "So what

filled with tears, her lips quivering. "I'm not going to let you drag me into this, Karen. I won't be your accomplice. I'm going

She stared at her

deserves to know. He's a good man, Karen. He

her

think about Tessa! She loves Kris so much. He's the only father she knows. When Kris disowns her and stops treating her like his