Dear Ex-wife Marry Me

Chapter 382

Nathan had been caught by Knox, and the folks at ByteWise Technologies were still laying low at the hospital, not daring to pull a fast one in front of the

doctors

But as long as her dad was still kicking, they’d keep saying those gut–wrenching things, and she feared he might not make it past another two months.

The thought alone made Maja’s eyes well up.

lan had planned to give her a hard time, like only solving Knox’s problem after she completed ten tasks.

But when he looked at her and saw the shattered look on her face, as if she was bearing some colossal pain. It messed him up.

He whipped out his phone and dialed Jeff.

“Hand over Knox’s criminal records to the police station. I want to see ByteWise Technologies sealed off by 9 AM tomorrow,” he said and then hung up.

Maja was taken aback. She’d thought he’d just hand over the documents and leave the rest to her to negotiate with the cops. She hadn’t expected him to handle everything in one fell swoop.

lan glanced at her and asked, “Feeling better?”

Maja was bewildered. When she realized what he meant, her cheeks flushed, and she quickly looked away.

“Uh huh.”

lan remembered the last time he hadn’t pushed her too far and had stopped when she asked him to. He couldn’t believe she had forgotten. Standing up, knowing her urgency was because of Nathan, he felt he didn’t need to be too considerate of her feelings anymore.

the hotel at

her fingers

just applied some ointment she had bought from the hospital after their first time together

hadn’t expected to

to do it again tonight, she stiffened instinctively, her palms sweating with

had no room to negotiate on

she said,

“Anything else?”

gaze drifting

eyes, trying to

that’s it, Mr. Raymond. You can go

to leave the

got the hotel room

to leave the room, so the key was

“Uh huh.”

she was about to leave, he added casually, “Dress up a bit. As a

if a sharp needle had

blanched instantly, but

a moment, she rasped,

just

her that she was already married and yet was

after agreeing,

was getting into the elevator and called out, “Penny.”

on a smile,

nodded, and after entering lan’s office, he blurted out, “I just ran into Penny. She seemed a bit