My Billionaire Ex-Husband Chase Me Back - Chapter 194

Chapter 194: I Will Respect You And Wait
Grinding his teeth in frustration, Tristan tried hard not to show anger, but his cold tone betrayed him. “How could your father do that? Bella, I will meet your father to let him know about our relationship.”

This was the only way to stop Bella’s father from arranging a match for her. Like his parents, he will also prevent them from doing such actions.

“No, please don’t do that, Tristan! My father will be even happier if you come to see him. He will use your name again to advance his business. He will wrongly use your company’s name.” She said helplessly.

Bella could imagine what her father and uncle would do if they found out about her status, still Tristan Sinclair’s legal wife.

Indeed, they would shamelessly boast to their business partners, as they did in the past; they are pressuring others because Sinclair Group has a billion-dollar project with the Donovan Group in East City.

She would never let that happen again, so she had thought of another solution to deal with them.

“Bella, I won’t hide our relationship anymore like before. This time, I will proudly announce that you are my wife. And, when your father finds out about us, he will definitely step back. He will not dare to do such a shameless thing again…”

Bella silently took a deep breath and felt deja vu.

She wanted their relationship announced in the past, but an under-the-table agreement between their parents made that impossible. But now, when she tried to keep a low profile, this man wanted to reveal their relationship.

Gosh!

Bella immediately warns Tristan about her concerns—how her parents might take advantage of him—and she doesn’t want past events to happen again.

“What you said is true. But, Bella, you don’t have to worry about them using me. I could handle your parents…” Tristan said. He couldn’t hide how happy he was to know how worried Bella was about him.

“But now, now. I will take care of my family matters myself.”

“Alright, dear…” Tristan said as he raised his hand to touch her cheek gently, but his expression suddenly turned worried when he felt her body hot, a little warmer than usual.

“Is your fever returning?” Tristan asked worriedly, placing his hand on her forehead to feel her temperature.

“Huh!? Really?” Bella was surprised. She felt fine, but seeing Tristan’s worried expression, she also placed her hand on her forehead to check her temperature.

When she felt her skin a little warm, Bella immediately stood up and looked for her bag.

“I need to recheck my body temperature,” she said calmly, not wanting to make Tristan worry. However, the man already panicked.

“I will call my personal doctor to fly here…”

Bella’s steps stopped. She turned to Tristan and couldn’t help but smile when she saw he was about to make a call.

“Tristan, there’s no need. I’m fine. Trust me. I still have the medicine the doctor gave me…” Bella tried to stop him from doing this unreasonable act. How could he easily ask his doctor to fly from the capital to Nova City just to check her fever?

“Are you sure you are okay?” Tristan stood up from his seat and approached her.

“Yes.” Bella took a thermometer out of her bag. After she checked her temperature, she found it was a little high but not dangerous. Then, she handed the thermometer to Tristan to see it.

“Thirty-seven point five degrees Celsius?” He said worriedly.

“It’s not that bad, Tristan…” Bella answered calmly while taking fever-reducing medicine.

“Are you sure, Bella?”

“Mmm, it seems… my body hasn’t fully rested yet, so my fever is still there. I just need to take the pills and sleep, and I’ll be fine. Stop worrying.”

“But—”

“If you are concerned like this and Dax sees you, he might be sad and worried to know his mother is sick…” Bella was amused when she saw Tristan suddently nod to agree with her.

“Okay. Now, you should rest!” he says while taking her to bed. “I’ll wake you up at lunch. You still have an hour to sleep.”

Bella accepted his suggestion. She knew her current condition was too stressful and tiring. She really needed a lot of rest. However, when she lay in bed and saw Tristan about to sleep next to her, something came back to her mind—her worries about them sharing the same bed.

“Tristan, I think it’s too early for us to sleep in the same bed…” Bella stopped her words when she saw Tristan’s expression stiffen as he sat back on the edge of the bed, looking at her confused.

“What do you mean?”

“I mean,” Bella swallowed slowly after feeling her throat suddenly dry. Her hands under the blanket clenched into fists before continuing her words, “I need time to be able to sleep in the same bed with you again.”

“Bella, we are husband and wife—”

“I know,” Bella interrupted his words. “But we’ve been apart for more than five years. Tristan, I need time to adjust and prepare myself again. It feels weird to me, sleeping with you now…”

Tristan was stunned to hear her request but tried to understand it. He didn’t say any words; he just looked into her eyes while trying to think of something.

After a few moments of silence, Tristan finally smiled at her before responding, “Okay. I won’t force you, Bella. I’ll respect your request and wait until you are ready…”

“Thank you.” Bella feels relieved.

“But, Bella, please don’t ask me to sleep in another room.”

Bella’s hands clenched tighter. She plans to ask that, too, but looking at his pleading gaze softens her heart.

“It’s okay if I have to sleep on the floor or the sofa,” Tristan continued, making Bella feel even more guilty.

She opened her mouth to say something, but the sentence she wanted to say seemed to be stuck on the tip of her tongue.

Seeing Bella looking worried, Tristan leaned closer and said, “If you’re so worried about me sleeping on the floor, let me sleep next to you?”

Bella glared at him.

“Ha Ha Ha…” Tristan burst out laughing when he saw her angry reaction. “I’ll sleep on the couch if that makes you feel better.”

She didn’t say anything, but her expression was still the same.

“But Bella… Please don’t let me sleep on the sofa for too long,” said Tristan pleadingly while gently stroking her blushing cheek.

Bella pulled the blanket up and covered almost her entire face, stopping Tristan to touch her cheek. He chuckled at her.

“I need to sleep now…” Bella quickly turned her back to him, worried she would change her mind about letting him sleep in bed.

Ultimately, Bella and Tristan finally agree to start a new chapter in their lives.

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Some people may think that choosing Tristan again was a foolish decision. Still, she has carefully considered it for the sake of her future and her son, Dax.

She gave Tristan a second chance because, in the past months, she had seen his sincerity and knew what had happened in the past were all just misunderstandings.

Now, Bella just wants to be happy with Dax and Tristan.

She will not allow other people to ruin her happiness this time, even when her parents or in-laws come in between; she will be prepared this time. Knowing Tristan and their Grandfather wouldn’t let the past repeat itself either made her feel comfortable starting over with him.

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Hi, this is the end of Volume 2: RETURNS.

I will upload Volume 3 the next day: New Beginning.

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Author Notes:

I get that many of you disagree with Bella’s choice to be back with Tristan and want her to be with Sean instead. If you read again from the beginning, you will understand why Bella made such a choice. She had never stopped loving Tristan and could never love Sean the way she loves Tristan. Also, she only wants to be happy, and she’s fully aware that if she’s forcing herself to love Sean and into the Spencer family, she will end up hurting herself and everyone else. But, of course, Sean’s story will continue; he’ll be back soon to add the spice. Please, Sean fans, don’t hate me ^___^

I hope you continue to follow the adorable story of Bella, Tristan, and Dax. For the third volume, we will focus on how Bella and Tristan deal with their family and public opinion and how Bella continues to pursue her career even after becoming a wife again.

Thank you very much to all of you who are still with me until this chapter. I am genuinely grateful to all of you who have supported me. And for those of you who were disappointed with the storyline, I apologize. I hope you still support me. If not, I hope we meet in my other story. Thank you all.