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

hesitated. "How are you feeling? After

"I'm fine."

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

"He

the entire

day, didn't he?"

voice was cool,

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

to the hospital website. The cursor blinked over next weeks

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I clicked Confirm."

Nathan appeared in my doorway just before noon, his golden curls catcising the

refuse, but remembered how he'd covered for me yesterday while

"Give

restaurant hidden away

He placed an elegant silver box on the

an assortment of herbal supplements, each carefully Inbed. "You

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

his voice made my throat tight.

He reached across the table, his hand warm

he studied the menu. With his talent and background, he could have had his pick of positions at any top firm. I knew he'd chosen Shaw Group because of

to see him as just an arrogant boy, an immature younger brother figure. But these past

will be very happy," I said, trying to

His

anyone special in

a long, meaningful look. "No

beautiful young women at the company, one of them catch

slight smile played at his lips. "The best one's

words left me

wrong - hed

arrived with our first course. The foie gras

movement outside

Sean stepped out. He turned to help Christina, wrapping his arms

nothing. Her gorgeous dress caught the

carried her towards the restaurant entrance, cradling her against his chest

Sean

mine through the

pressing her face against

kiss.

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