The Secret Pregnancy of the Billionaire's Ex-Wife

Chapter 27

The Secret Pregnancy of the Billionaire's Ex-Wife

Chapter 27: Perfect Husband. Perfect Wife. Perfect Lie

Angela POV

My throat tightened as Sean murmured appropriate reassurances,

If only she knew how temporary this peace was, how quickly it would shatter once she was safely through surgery.

"A week isn't long to wall. Elizabeth said when we finally told her saw fear flicker

in her eyes.

the revised schedule. Though her voice remained steady, I

Without thinking. I perched on the edge of her bed, taking her fragihand in mine. "You'll be fine. Dr. Carter is the best, and Sean and I will be right here the whole time."

"My sweet girl." Elizabeth squeezed my fingers. "What would this family do without you?"

Find out soon enough, I thought, but managed to keep smiling. "Let's focus on getting you better first."

arm golds

As the sun started to set, painting the room in warm golds and pinks, a middle- aged nurse walked in, politely reminding us,

"Your visiting time is almost up. I need to start getting Mrs. Elizabeth's dinner ready soon."

But Elizabeth wasn't ready to let go of our hands, holding on to both me and Sean. So, I suggested, "How about we take Elizabeth home with us tonight? She can stay at our place for the night, and i cook."

Elizabeth's face lit up at the idea. But the nurse looked a little hesitant.

for permission to discharge her for just one night, promising they'd have a family doctor come by to help look

that,

and I cooked dinner together. Our hands brushed a few times as we moved around

For

I was always so focused on not burning anything, and every time Sean's hand brushed mine, I'd feel this odd spark, like there

didn't help that we hadn't cooked together in

we got married, we didn't spend a lot of time eating together. Even though we worked in the same place, I'd always order lunch for him and have it delivered to his office.

ready, Elizabeth sat down at the table, watching us with

husband, perfect wife, perfect

took our hands and closed her eyes to say

Christian,

I couldn't help but think to myself, "Perfect husband, perfect wife,

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phone ring. He glanced at it, then hung up. But just a

figured it was probably

a third time, Sean just turned it

but nothing

shot me a look, one of those "don't give me

bring up anything about

just quietly chewed my steak and kept my mouth

we finished eating, Elizabeth was in a

watch and said, "The doctor

we left Elizabeth's room, I went straight for our bedroom, and Sean

had no choice but to sleep in the same room,

shower, I made sure to put on a

and down, raising an e usually