The Secret Pregnancy of the Billionaire's Ex-Wife

Chapter 6

Chapter 6

Chapter 6: My Husband's Lover Gave Me A Bath?!

Angela POV

Sean lifted me from the town car as if I weighed nothing, cradling me against his chest.

His steady heartbeat against my cheek.

For just a moment, I allowed myself to sink into his warmth, to pretend this tenderness meant something more than obligation.

Behind us, Christina's Louboutins clicked against the floor in perfect rhythm, each step a reminder of her unwanted presence in my home.

Sean gestured toward the living room. "Christina, please make yourself comfortable. Sarah, would you bring Miss Jordan some lemon water?"

"You still remember," Christina's smile carried years of shared history. "Though I suppose some things never change. This place looks exactly the same as it did two years ago - you never were one for redecorating, Sean."

The casual familiarity in her voice made my stomach turn.

Of course she knew every detail of this home – she'd practically lived here before our marriage.

I forced myself to look away as she settled onto the leather sofa with the ease of someone returning to their rightful place.

Perhaps this was always meant to be her home, I thought. I'm just keeping her seat warm.

Sean carried me toward the master bathroom, his movements careful but sure. The marble countertops gleamed under soft lighting as he set me down, steadying me with one arm while reaching for my shirt with his other hand.

Heat that had nothing to do with my fever rushed to my face as his fingers slipped beneath the hem of my shirt.

"I can manage," I whispered.

but methodical undressing. "Besides, it's nothing I haven't

of the moment shattered as Christina appeared in the doorway, still carrying

setting her glass aside. "I have a medical degree, after all.

the mirror, a part of me desperately hoping he would refuse, would insist on staying. But of course, that was just

stepped back. "I'll be

door closed behind him with a quiet click, leaving me alone

knew every inch of this home as

it from here," she

the weirdest thing that's ever happened

husband's lover gave

thin," she exclaimed, genuine surprise coloring her voice."Men generally prefer women with more

met her gaze in the mirror. My voice came

had never once mentioned his preferences in women. Perhaps it didn't matter whether I was thin or curvy - he simply didn't care

in the mirror. So this was the type of

helping him maintain appearances in society. Though I imagine it must

my eyes, too exhausted to maintain the pretense of polite

about me, Christina. I

"Oh?"

by his side will always be reserved for

her eyes - triumph, perhaps, or uncertainty. Before she could respond, a knock

"Is everything alright?"

timing," Christina called back. "I was just about to help Angela out of the bath. Though perhaps you should wait in the other

home later," Sean told Christina after helping me back to

medical supervision,

for just a moment before nodding.

nothing to do with my fever

even waited for our divorce to be final before moving into our home. But what right did I have to

trying to ignore the sound of Sean's

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