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

Then she hesitated. "How are you

"I'm fine."

"I've never seen him like that. He dropped everything even cut short the Hong Kong conference call the

"He

the entire day with

day, didn't he?"

My voice was cool,

faltered. She shifted uncomfortably, suddenly very interested in straightening the already perfectly aligned files.

website. The cursor blinked over next weeks

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I clicked Confirm."

golden curls catcising the sunlight. You've

how he'd covered for

"Give me five

elegant restaurant hidden

elegant silver box on the table. "For

assortment of herbal supplements, each carefully

softly. "For those of us who still care about what happens to

voice

that doesn't just disappear. He reached across the table, his hand warm on mine. "No" matter what name you're using

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

just an arrogant boy, an immature younger brother figure. But these past two years had

be very happy," I said, trying to keep my

course she will. His response was

special in

me a long,

so many beautiful young women at the company, one of

smile played at his lips. "The best

left

wrong - hed

arrived with our first course. The foie gras

Nathan could respond, movement outside the window caught

to help Christina, wrapping his arms

gorgeous dress caught the sunlight as her

restaurant entrance, cradling her

Sean

did. Her eyes found mine through the window, and she flashed

arms around Sean's neck, pressing her

kiss.

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14: He Carried Her Into

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