Dumped My Cheating Ex. Now I'm Sleeping Next to a Billionaire CEO novel Chapter 325

Evelina swung her legs off the hospital bed and walked right up to Dean.

She lifted her hand, palm open, holding it out so he couldn’t look away.

“Dean, do you remember this scar?”

Her voice wavered and tears slipped down her cheeks.

“When that piece of glass stabbed into my hand, I didn’t even feel the pain. All I could think about was getting your mom out of the car. I couldn’t let her die in that explosion…”

“I’d just pulled her out of the driver’s seat when the car blew up.”

“But at least... I managed to keep her safe…”

Dean’s eyes dropped to the faded mark in her palm.

He wanted to do what he always did—to gently touch the scar she got saving his mother.

But just as his fingers were about to brush her skin, he froze.

A wave of nausea and revulsion surged up inside him, so strong he couldn’t fight it.

Evelina felt him hesitate. Suddenly, she grabbed his hand, desperate.

“Dean, it hurts so much when you treat me like this.” She looked up at him through her tears. “I never wanted any of that to happen. I didn’t want those people to touch me. I’m a victim too!”

Before he could respond, she wrapped her arms around his waist, holding on tight.

“Dean, marry me. Please?”

Dean’s body went stiff. Without thinking, he pushed her off.

“Eve, I can make it up to you... just not like this.”

“I don’t want anything else!” Evelina choked out, clutching him again, her voice breaking.

“I don’t care about anything else! Dean, I love you. I just want to be your wife. I want to have your baby!”

“Dean, you promised! You said you’d never let me down, that you’d love me forever!”

“You can’t just break your word!”

Dean’s frown deepened, his brow tight with tension.

Right then, a wave of regret crashed over him.

He realized he’d spent this lifetime trying to repay Evelina with his own marriage and happiness, thinking it was the right thing.

His mind flashed back to his previous life—a man with a great career, a happy marriage. People envied him, even though he and his wife never had kids.

But now?

Everything had gone off course.

This second chance was nothing like he imagined.

He hadn’t protected Emmy—she’d become a pawn in their family’s power games.

He hadn’t protected Evelina—her reputation was in ruins.

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