Game Over, Mr. CEO: Your Wife Is Done (Winter and Chris) novel Chapter 456

Chapter 456

Chris felt Winter go rigid in his arms

Then, somehow, she found the strength to break free. She shoved him away with everything she had.

“Chris Xander!”

She was breathing hard as she looked up at him. Her eyes had been empty before, but now hatred flooded them because of what he had just said.

Pure, undisguised hatred.

The red veins in her eyes made the sight almost frightening.

“How dare you…”

Her face twisted in pain. Tears fell as she gritted her teeth. “How dare you lie to me about our child?”

The pain crashed over her like a wave. She clutched the front of her hospital gown and hunched over, but even curled in on herself, she could barely stay upright.

If Chris hadn’t caught her shoulders again, she would have fallen from the bed.

But Winter didn’t seem to care.

Memories from more than a year ago flashed through her mind. She saw herself lying in the hospital, broken and helpless. Those memories had once been blurred, but now they came back with brutal clarity, as if they had happened only yesterday.

She remembered the emptiness in her body.

The emptiness in her heart.

She remembered the doctors taking the baby away. She had cried and begged them to let her see him just once, but no one had let her.

They said the baby was already gone. They said they were afraid seeing him would only make her grief worse.

But she had only wanted one look.

Just one.

Even that small plea had been denied.

Her child.

Her Richie.

He had been gone for more than a year.

Before he could finish, Winter pushed Chris’s hand away and stumbled toward the door.

There was a locked folder on his phone with several videos of Richie inside. No one could open it except Gavin himself. If anyone tried to force it open, the videos would automatically be erased.

Chris had asked him to keep them.

No matter what happened in the future, Chris wanted to preserve every trace Richie left behind. He was Harvey Xander, the first grandson of the Xander family.

“Please don’t lie to me about this. Chris, I’m begging you…” Winter sobbed so hard she could barely speak. Her legs gave out, but Chris caught her before she could sink to the floor and held her tightly against him.

Tears fell onto the phone screen.

Chris took the phone from Gavin. In the video, a small, soft little face appeared.

Winter’s breath caught.

She stared at the child on the screen. He was struggling to roll over on the bed, propping himself up on his elbows and trying with all his might to lift his head. Then he smiled brightly at the camera.

That face…

“No!” Winter recoiled as if the sight had terrified her. She shoved the phone away, trembling all over.

“Take it away! You’re lying. You’re all lying!”

She broke down completely. “I won’t forgive you. I will never forgive you. Don’t lie to me. Chris, please don’t lie to me…”