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

Chapter 215 Chapter

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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."

silence that followed was suffocating. Rita blinked once, then twice,

thick with shock. "You mean

to answer, but before she could get a word out, a stinging slap landed on her cheek, so hard it made her stumble back. Pain radiated across her

do something like that to a good man like Kris? You made him love and raise

with tears, not from the pain of the slap, but from the disgust in her mother's eyes. She tried to defend herself, the words spilling 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

I've always loved

pain this will cause Kris

breath hitched as she shook her head, her eyes desperate. "That's why Kris can't find out. Now do you understand, Mother? We

the person standing before her. "Do you really think your secret is worth denying Thalassa her justice? Worth denying justice for the women Linda Miller trafficked? You're willing to protect a monster like Linda to cover up

the hell 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 police,

please. You

failure. I have failed

She stepped closer, her voice trembling. "So what are you going

eyes 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 to give the evidence to the police

crumbled in an instant. She stared at her mother, wide-eyed in

to," Rita insisted. "Kris deserves to know. He's a good

her head

so much. He's the only father she knows. When Kris disowns her and stops treating her like his daughter, how do you think she will feel? Have you thought