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.

he said softly, continuing his gentle but methodical undressing. "Besides, it's nothing I

as Christina appeared in the doorway, still carrying

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

hoping he would refuse, would insist on staying.

back. "I'll be in my study

behind him with a quiet click, leaving me alone

knew every inch of this home as well as

from here," she

weirdest thing that's

husband's lover gave me a

coloring her voice."Men generally prefer women with more curves, you know. Sean especially - he's always appreciated a

mirror. My voice came out

Sean had never once mentioned his preferences in women. Perhaps it didn't

but notice Christina's perfect curves reflected in the mirror. So this was the type of

I imagine it must have been difficult, playing the

exhausted to maintain

about me, Christina. I know my place in Sean's life - and

"Oh?"

side will always

eyes - triumph, perhaps, or uncertainty. Before she

"Is everything alright?"

Though perhaps you should wait in the other room - we wouldn't want to

drive you home later," Sean told Christina after helping me back to my room. But Christina shook her head, her perfect smile

medical supervision,

before nodding. “I'll prepare the guest room for

in my chest had nothing to do with my fever

final before moving into our home.

my room, trying to ignore the

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