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.

myself to focus on the pain in my wrist- the spot where his grip had bruised me

to my feet. I reached down to pick up the laptop that had fallen to

struggle.

it on, nothing happened. The screen

work for the night

standing nearby, his cold presence unwavering. He

going to work anymore?" he

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You broke it!

moment, then reached for the laptop. "Let me

"No nerd,"

my expression. He swallowed, his Adam's

you a

both frustrating

need your money for a

"Do you really

words left my mouth, reality hit me. Someday, when I had a child to care for, when I was scrimping and

tone, still irritated

transfer the money to

he pulled out

money," he said, his voice laced with

back me?"

I also transfer the fifteen million you

the idea. "No

phone as

too much! A laptop

osts a few thousand."

extra

"My laptop

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

I'm

money back to him without

be so precise about everything?" Sean asked, his voice carrying

up the broken laptop and walked toward

all, I didn't have much time left at the

lunch came around, Emily and I sat down in the small cafeteria. She was uncharacteristically quiet, pushing on her plate instead of talking and

food around

own fork down. "Is it because I've been forcing

lingering on her plate. When she finally looked up, her eyes were wet with

you going to

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had planned on keeping it from het for a while longer. The