The Secret Pregnancy of the Billionaire's Ex-Wife

Chapter 14

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

she hesitated.

"I'm fine."

so worried," she continued. "I've never seen him like that. He dropped everything even cut

"He

entire day

day, didn't he?"

voice was cool,

interested in straightening the already perfectly aligned files. "1 should get back to

hospital website. The

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I clicked Confirm."

noon, his golden curls catcising the sunlight. You've been staring at that screen for

to refuse, but remembered how he'd covered for me

"Give me

an elegant restaurant hidden

silver box on the

of herbal supplements, each

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

in his voice made my

Bank that doesn't just disappear. He reached across the table, his hand warm on mine.

have had his pick of positions at any top firm. I knew he'd chosen Shaw Group because

immature younger brother figure. But these past

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

His response

in your life

me a long, meaningful

many beautiful young women at the

lips. "The

left me

wrong - hed

managed an awkward smile, grateful when the waiter arrived with our first course. The foie

movement outside the

stepped out. He turned to help Christina, wrapping his

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

towards the restaurant entrance, cradling her against

Sean

found mine through the window, and she flashed

Sean's neck, pressing her face

kiss.

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