Breaking Free from the Ex-Husband

Chapter 9

Iris had stayed in all day. Just after five in the afternoon, Megan called.

“Hi, Megan.”

“Iris, I heard you’re pregnant. With twins! Is that true?”

Megan’s voice was tender and happy in a way Iris had seldom heard.

She used to have two sons. Julian Hale was the oldest, Heriberto the younger.

The family had always pinned their hopes on Julian, and he was meant to take over the Hale Group.

But five years ago, after a skiing accident, he never made it back.

With Julian gone, Heriberto was all they had. Megan had been against him marrying Iris at first, but once it happened, she started hoping for grandkids.

Recently, Megan and her husband, Charlie, had been abroad, visiting the place where Julian’s accident happened, marking the anniversary of his death.

Iris hadn’t wanted to bother them, so she kept the pregnancy to herself.

But now that Megan had asked, there was no reason to hide it. “Yes,” Iris said.

“Oh, thank God!” Megan squealed. “You’re finally pregnant. Charlie and I just got back. Come over for dinner tonight. I need to see my grandbabies!”

Iris almost said no. Things with Heriberto were still too tense.

said it was about

Heriberto’s grandmother, had always felt like family. No matter what was going on with Heriberto, she couldn’t turn her

she said,

dressed up a little and had Nathaniel’s driver take her to the

Heriberto arrived within seconds of each

top of

elegant, he was standing in the afterglow. But even that light

day they first met felt just like this. Her grandmother had brought

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had stood in that same

had looked at Iris with

his eyes narrowed, and she

for a second, then looked away. After saying something to

she walked past, Heriberto reached out

firm, his hand broad

like him. He drew her in,

you himself?”

eyes dropped to her

looked up at

in flats, she barely reached