The Secret Pregnancy of the Billionaire's Ex-Wife

Chapter 36

The Secret Pregnancy of the Billionaire's Ex-Wife

Chapter 36: Tempted To Let Go

Angela POV

"Jealous?"

Sean froze for a moment, as if caught off guard. His gazo softened just a fraction

before he reached up wiped the blood from the corner of my lips.

The touch was tender, but his voice was anything but gentle,

p with his fingertip and gently

"Even if I am jealous, so what? he murmamed, his breath hot against any skin. "Don't forget, legally, you're my wife."

His face

leaned closer, his lips nearly brushing mine. The heat from his breath washed over me, sending a

shiver through my body.

And for a split second, I was tempted.

Tempted to let go.

To let him kiss me, to feel the weight of his presence suffocate all the frustration I'd been holding in.

But as soon as bis lips were Inches from mine, I turned my face away, breaking the moment.

"Being your wife legally doesn't mean anything." I said, a faint smile curling my lips, laced with mocking humor. 'Or let me put it this way-if you're jealous of me, doesn't that mean you're betraying Christina?"

The mention of her name hit like a slap, and I saw his expression darken immediately. His jaw tightened.

"Why bring her up?" he demanded, his voice low, almost growling.

I_ "Can't I?" I shot back, my tone biting. Then why bring up Nathan?"

Silence tell.

His anger simmered in the space between its, but neither of us spoke We just stood there, locked in a standoff.

Finally, with a slight loosening of his grip on me, Sean rolled off the bed, standing up with an abruptness that left the air thick with

tension.

He wrapped the towel around his waist again, but the image of his huge cock lingered in my mind longer than I cared to admit.

to focus on the pain in

I reached down to pick

struggle.

I turned it on, nothing happened. The screen stayed black, stubbornly

for

his cold presence unwavering.

to work anymore?"

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over. You broke it! How am I supposed

then reached for

"No nerd,"

to my face, catching the anger in my expression. He swallowed, his Adam's apple bobbing as

I'll buy you a new

it both

I need your money for a

"Do you really

I had a child to care for, when I was scrimping and saving. I'd need every penny 1 could get. Maybe the price of a

changed my tone, still

Just transfer the money to me

he pulled out his phone and made

he said, his voice laced

back me?"

the fifteen

the idea.

checked my phone as

A laptop

osts a few thousand."

extra

"My laptop

cost 8,000," I said flatly. "I'll just take

I'm

I handed the excess money back to him without

so precise about everything?" Sean asked, his voice carrying an undercurrent of frustration. "You and Nathan... are you so precise with

answer. Instead, I picked up the broken laptop and walked toward

morning. I walked into the small repair shop with my damaged laptop. After all, I didn't have much time left at the company, and buying a new one

and I sat down in the small cafeteria. She was uncharacteristically quiet, pushing on her plate instead of talking and laughing as she usually did. I raised an eyebrow,

food around

wrong?" I asked, setting my own fork down. "Is it because I've been forcing you to work

When she finally looked up, her eyes were wet

are you going

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Tempted

on keeping it from het for a while longer.