Chapter 71

The Secret Pregnancy of the Billionaire's Ex-Wife

Chapter 71: Jerking Off to Her Picture

Sean POV

I stood in the darkness of our bedroom, watching Angela sleep. She lay curled on her side, and even in the dim light, I could see the traces of dried tears on her cheeks. The sight made something in my chest tighten uncomfortably.

Evan's words from earlier at the Plaza har kept echoing in my head:

You can't h

have it both ways, Sean. You can't keep playing this game with both of them."

I'd brushed off his concern at the time, but now, watching Angela's troubled sleep, those words carried a different weight.

She seemed different lately-more withdrawn, less energetic.

The Angela I knew would never miss our morning meetings, yet lately she'd been arriving late, looking pale and tired,

Without thinking, I reached out to smooth the worry lines from her forehead. My fingers were still cold from the scotch glass, and the contact made her eyes snap open, immediately alert and wary.

"What are you doing here?" Her voice was rough with sleep but sharp with accusation. "Shouldn't you be at the hospital with Christina?

withdrew my hand slowly, noting how she shifted away from my touch. "We need to talk about your lunch with Christopher today,"

A bitter laugh escaped her lips as she pushed herself up. "That's rich, coming from you. Did you enjoy your midnight strawberry hunt for Christina? The Instagram post was quite touching."

been spending an awful lot of time with Christopher since his return." I couldn't keep the edge from my

derision. “How thoughtful of you to take such an interest in my social life, considering you can

This is

isn't about Christina."

want to know is why Christopher Blake suddenly seems to be everywhere you are. The lunch dates, the private conversations, the way his

hand, her voice tight with controlled anger. "This is exactly what you wanted, isn't it? A marriage of convenience, each of

Christopher is to

I closed the

before shoving me away, her palm connecting sharply

looking for a sex toy,

stepped back, her words hitting

I explain this surge of emotion that had driven me to

at Nathan-something inside me snapped.

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Off

it turned Into

Angela turned away first, lying back

some rest. Elizabeth has her hospital appointment tomorrow

watching as sise pulled the covers up and

to mock me, reminding me of countless nights when the line between business and pleasure had blurred

poured another scotch, though the one from the Plaz still sat

lit up with a text

it..

found myself scrolling through photos of Angela-moment captured over our two years of

laughing with Elizabeth over

expression

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