The Secret Pregnancy of the Billionaire's Ex-Wife

Chapter 12

Ex-Wife

Chapter 12: There Would Never Be Any Real Sex Between Them!

Christina POV

City lights sparkled like a sea of stars through the floor-to-ceiling windows of Sean's executive office.

I sat in his leather chair, my fingers scrolling through medical inverment data on his iPhone,

Until the message appeared.

"I'm pregnant."

Two words from Angela Wilson Shaw that made my world tilt on its axis. I

glanced up at Sean. He was absorbed in his work, completely unaware.

Taking a deep breath, I forced myself to stay composed, careful not to let him notice any change in my demeanor.

Time seemed to stop as my mind raced through the implications.

A baby. How was this possible?

I'd always thought their marriage was purely for show, that there would never be any real sex between them. But she was pregnant!

She must have seduced him, I thought bitterly.

With her plain figure, how else could she have attracted Sean's attention?

But... they had been living together for two years. Sean was a man, after all. He had... needs. The thought of them together, of them being intimate, made my chest tighten until I could barely breathe.

Angela had always pretended she didn't care about their marriage, acting so noble and detached. But look at her now-secretly trying to compete with me.

What a cunning little bitch!

This baby would be the one thing Elizabeth Show wanted more than anything - the perfect weapon for Angela to secure her place in the family permanently.

Suddenly, everything made sense. This was why Angela had refused to go to the hospital the other night, why she'd been so adamant about not getting any injections.

I felt a wave of relief wash over me - thank goodness I'd insisted on staying with Sean that evening. If I hadn't been there, Angela might have already told him everything.

work, his eyes meeting mine.

keeping my voice

furrowed immediately, a flash of annoyance crossing his features. My

shouldn't have deleted anything without asking. Please don't be

shook his head. "I'm not angry.

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walked over to his desk and Returned his

in time, I thought.

surface for just a moment. Thank goodness

need to

on Sean's shoulders. "How's work

progress, he replied

tension in his muscles.hough his body remained stiff

away.

his shoulders. My fingers slipped beneath

Sean stepped away, polite but firm. "We should focus

break the awkward silence, I managed a casual

his office, anger and frustration washed over me. I know when a man truly loves a woman,

just now,

him

kiss me, touch

me was still beautiful, still seductive. I had absolute

be exhausted! Of course

his coffee and headed back to his office.

on the floor now. This was

placing the coffee on

sip and nodded. "It's

desk, deliberately casual. "Remember

café near Harvard? Those morning

elsewhere. "Angela doesn't like coffee,"

tea."

could respond, he pulled out his

Angela some cinnamon tea." His

name.

and jealousy coursed through me. Here I was, trying to create an intimate moment, and he