The Secret Pregnancy of the Billionaire's Ex-Wife

Chapter 14

Ex-Wife

Chapter 14: He Carried Her Into The Restaurant

Angela POV

Morning light filtered through the penthouse windows, casting long hadows across the hardwood floors.

My phone buzzed for the third time-Sophie, again. I'd been avoiding her calls since our conversation at dawn, but she was nothing if not persistent.

Finally, I answered. "Sophie, please...

"Just hear me out." Her voice carried that fierce protectiveness I'd known since our college days. "You're not thinking clearly. Even if these two years of marriage mean nothing, you and Sean were classmates since primary school. Doesn't that count for something?"

I cut her off, my voice carefully controlled. "Sophie, don't. Please,"

The silence stretched between us, heavy with all the things she wanted to say. Finally, she sighed. "I hate seeing you like this."

"I'm fine." The words came automatically, a shield I'd perfected over the past two years.

"No, you're not. And that's okay. You don't have to be

be strong all the me."

"I have to go," I said quietly. "Work's waiting."

The Shaw Group offices hummed with their usual morning energy, but today it felt like every eye followed my movements, every whispered conversation died as I passed.

I locked myself in my office, pulling up investment reports that needed reviewing.

I typed "Hospital OB-GYN into my browser. The appointment system loaded, looking at next week's slots.

1 really give up t this child? The thought came unbidden.

Should I really

But what's the alternative? Let them grow up carrying the stigma of being unwanted? Watch them reach for a father who's already chosen another family?

A knock at

made me quickly close the browser. Emily entered with a stack of files, her usual efficient smile in place.

"The Lawrence Capital merger documents," she said, placing other day, when you fainted....."

ng them

hesitated. "How are you feeling? After

"I'm fine."

like that. He dropped everything even cut short the Hong Kong conference call the moment he

"He

the entire day with

day, didn't he?"

My voice was

She shifted uncomfortably, suddenly very interested in straightening the already perfectly aligned files. "1 should get back to

hospital website. The cursor blinked over next weeks

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I clicked Confirm."

his golden curls catcising the sunlight. You've been staring at

but remembered how he'd covered for me yesterday while

Indisposed. "Give me

restaurant hidden

silver box on the table.

herbal supplements, each

of yourself," he said softly. "For those of us who still care

gentleness in his voice made my

just disappear. He reached across the

talent and background, he could have had his pick of positions at any top firm.

an arrogant boy, an immature younger brother figure. But these past

Nathan. Your future wife will be very happy," I said, trying

His response was immediate,

anyone special in

long, meaningful look. "No

at the company, one

at his lips. "The

left

wrong - hed

the waiter arrived with our first course. The foie gras

Nathan could respond, movement outside the window

and Sean stepped out. He turned to help Christina, wrapping his arms around her waist and lifting her from

she weighed nothing. Her gorgeous dress caught the sunlight as her laughter floated through

towards the restaurant entrance, cradling her against his chest like something

Sean

found mine

neck, pressing her face

kiss.

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