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.

him. Instead, I forced myself to focus on the pain in my wrist- the spot where his grip had bruised me

muttered under my breath, getting to my feet. I reached down to

struggle.

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

My work for the night

still standing nearby, his cold presence unwavering. He wasn't leaving,

to work anymore?" he

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over. You broke it! How am I

for just a moment, then reached for the laptop.

"No nerd,"

in my expression. He swallowed, his Adam's apple bobbing as

buy you

both frustrating and

need your money for

"Do you really

scrimping and saving. I'd need every penny 1 could get. Maybe the price of a laptop could boy diapers, formula, or toys for a

tone, still irritated

Just transfer the

in surprise, but quickly, he pulled

you didn't need money," he said, his voice

back me?"

transfer the

the idea.

checked my phone as the notification

too much! A laptop

osts a few thousand."

extra as my

"My laptop

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

I'm

handed the excess money back to him without another

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

I picked up the

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

in the small cafeteria. She was uncharacteristically quiet, pushing on

food around

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

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

are you going to

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from het for