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.

on the

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

struggle.

on, nothing happened. The screen stayed black,

My work for the night

nearby, his cold presence unwavering. He wasn't

going to work anymore?"

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over. You broke it! How am I supposed to

reached for the laptop. "Let me

"No nerd,"

my face, catching the anger in my expression. He swallowed, his

buy you

finding it both frustrating

I need your

"Do you really

the words left my mouth, reality hit me. Someday, when I had a child to care for, when I was scrimping and saving. I'd need every penny 1 could

my tone, still

the money

he pulled out his

need money," he

back me?"

the

scoffed, dismissing the idea.

phone as the notification came

much! A

osts a few thousand."

the extra as

"My laptop

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

I'm

excess money back to him

really have to be so precise about everything?" Sean asked, his voice carrying an undercurrent

up the broken

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 felt like a

quiet, pushing on her plate instead of

food around

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

plate. When she finally looked up, her

are you

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on keeping it from het for a while longer.