The Ex-Wife He Can’t Have novel Chapter 106

Hearing the word "daughter" felt like a needle plunging straight into Jillian's heart, catching her entirely off guard.

Fragmented, traumatic memories instantly flooded her mind, bringing with them a suffocating wave of despair.

Jillian took a deep breath, fighting to steady her racing pulse. Mustering all her courage, she started, "Grandma..."

But before she could finish, Eleanor forcefully cut her off.

"It's settled then! In a few days, you need to start taking your fertility supplements again to prep your body. Killian, you need to watch your diet and schedule, and cut back on all that late-night socializing."

Jillian let out a bitter laugh. She should have seen this coming.

Why would Eleanor ever drop the demand for a second child? She had only shelved the topic temporarily to coax Jillian into moving back to The Yale Residences.

Jillian also knew that if she didn't shut this down today, a fresh batch of supplements would be shoved in her face by the end of the week.

She had thrown them away once, but she wouldn't be able to pull that trick twice.

Still, she desperately wanted to know where Killian stood.

Summoning her nerve, Jillian looked up at the man sitting across from her.

The moment her eyes lifted, she slammed into a pair of dark, abyssal eyes.

Killian had been staring at her. His gaze was heavy and oppressive, completely devoid of any emotion save for a bone-chilling apathy.

Panic seized Jillian's chest, and she quickly averted her eyes, her fingers curling inward.

She had no idea why he was glaring at her. Knowing his paranoid nature, did he think she had secretly conspired with Eleanor to force a second pregnancy, using the elders to secure her position and sabotage the divorce?

Furthermore, she wanted to work to prove her own self-worth, not to collect a glorified allowance.

Jillian opened her mouth to argue.

Suddenly, Killian's phone buzzed on the table, shattering the tense silence.

Killian glanced down at the screen with bored indifference.

But the calmness on his face shattered instantly, replaced by a dark, predatory hostility. His eyes hardened like frost, and the restrained aura around him violently exploded outward, radiating an immense, suffocating pressure.

Everyone at the table felt the drastic shift and froze, staring at him.

"Word just came from Rohmbach Automotive. They are terminating their partnership negotiations with Quincy Tech. The contract went to Daniel Langley."