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

Chapter 85 "If you lovedas much as you claim, then my word and my love should've been enough to convince you that I could never betray you!" Kris winced at the sharpness in Thalassa's voice, each word cutting into him like a knife. The fact that she was doubting the sincerity of his love from years ago twisted the knife even deeper.

He knew he had messed up in more ways than one, and he expected her to be tough on him, but at the stime, he felt like she wasn't trying to understand him or put herself in his shoes.

His voice heavy with emotion as he said, "I'm sorry, but don't you think you're being a little too hard on me?" Her eyes flashed with disbelief, her lips curling into an incredulous sneer. "I'm sorry, you think I'm being too hard on you?" "Please hearout," Kris said, his tone pleading. "You know I didn't just blindly believe any evidence against you. I tried everything I could to prove it wrong because I desperately wanted it all to be a lie." He paused, searching her face for any sign of softening, but when she remained silent, he pressed on. "Please, try to put yourself in my shoes. You're about to marry the woman you love, the woman of your dreams, and suddenly, every piece of evidence proves that she's betrayed you. It shattered me, and I couldn't have imagined the circumstances behind it." "You would've discovered those circumstances if you'd just asked me!" Thalassa snapped, her voice rising in her anger. A few people nearby turned to look, but Kris couldn't care less about them.

Thalassa's voice grew even sharper. "Why didn't you show those pictures toor confrontabout them on our wedding day, or at any tduring our marriage?" She let out a bitter laugh, shaking her head. "You askto put myself in your shoes? Believe me, I have, and I know without a doubt that if it had been me, it wouldn't have mattered how much evidence was thrown in my face or how 'convincing' it seemed. The first thing I would've done is ask you for your side of the story. That's what trust is! But no, you were too busy plotting how to makesuffer to even givea chance to defend myself!" Pain flickered in her eyes, and Kris felt it like a punch to the gut, tearing him apart from the inside out. "Thalassa..." He tried reach6 out again, but she slapped his hands away.

"Don't touch me,” she hissed, her voice icy. Not finished, she continued to unleash her fury. "Just like you didn't givea chance to defend myself when your mother accusedof embezzling money. You threwin jail, Kris. I spent three days in that filthy place, waiting, believing that you would realize your mistake and cto free me." Her voice cracked with emotion, but she pressed on. “Like an idiot, I was ready to forgive you as long as you apologized. But you never came. The next thing I knew, your lawyer was servingdivorce papers. You didn't even have the decency to do it yourself. Those are not the actions of a man who claims to be in love!" The remorse Kris was feeling had turned into his torturer, repeatedly and wickedly striking him with the whips of guilt and regret. The more she reminded him of everything she had suffered because of him, the more the strokes intensified until he felt raw, both on the outside and the inside.

Oh God, how could he have screwed things up so much? She was right. If he had confronted her about the pictures years ago, then the truth would've cout sooner.

At this point, Kris had no hope left, but he still went in for one last try.

hope. "Forgive me. Please, Thalassa, forgive me," he implored, his voice trembling with emotion. His face burned 1/2 +25 BONUS Chapter 85 with shame, but he forced himself to face her. "I know I can't change the past or undo what I did, but please givea chance to make it right. Letshow you how sorry I am." A cold, humorless smile tugged at her lips. "Do you really wantto forgive you?" Kris's heart pounded in his chest as he nodded earnestly, feeling a new bubble of hope. "Yes." She stepped closer, her eyes boring into his as she calmly said, "Then bringback the child I lost. That's the only way I'll forgive you." The hope shattered, and the reminder of the child they could've had sent a searing pain through him.

His shoulders sagged as he lowered his head, his voice barely a whisper as he spoke. “You know that's impossible." Thalassa let out a bitter chuckle, though her eyes shone with unshed tears. “Exactly. Just as it's impossible to bring my child back, that's how impossible it is forto forgive you." "It was my child too," Kris reminded her softly, his voice cracking with sadness.

Thalassa's jaw tightened, her eyes blazing with fury. “That's funny I told you I was because the night I.

pregnant you refused to believe it and kickedout onto the streets with nowhere to go in the middle of the night. I lost my child because of you!" Tears streamed down her face, and Kris's hands twitched with the urge to wipe them away, but he knew better.

His own eyes burned as he spoke.

"I promise that if I had known you were truly pregnant, I would've never kicked you out,” he said, his voide shaking know it doesn't change what I did, but you don't know how much I regret not believing you that night. I lost a child too, and it painsas much as it pains you.

Thalassa bared her teeth, almost like a wild animal ready to strike. "If it pains you so much, then why haven't you done anything about it? Why haven't you arrested the culprit yet? Why is your mother walking free, pretending like she's innocent?" Kris froze, his blood turning to ice. "What are you saying?" "I'm saying that if the death of our child pains you as much as you claim it does, then get your mother arrested right now!" Thalassa challenged.