The Secret Pregnancy of the Billionaire's Ex-Wife

Chapter 71

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She seemed different lately-more withdrawn, less energetic.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."

time with Christopher since his return." I couldn't keep the edge from my voice. "And

dripped with derision. “How thoughtful of you to take such an interest in my

This is

isn't about Christina."

Blake suddenly seems to be everywhere you are. The lunch dates, the private conversations, the way his

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

that what Christopher is to you? An

myself, I closed the

kiss. Angela remained rigid for a moment before shoving me away, her palm connecting sharply with

for a

her words hitting me like

this surge of emotion

another man-having lunch with Christopher, smiling at Nathan-something inside me snapped. I'd come here tonight intending to comfort her,

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Jerking Off

had it turned Into another

that followed was deafening. Angela turned away first,

rest. Elizabeth has her hospital appointment

long moment, watching as sise

scent of her perfume seemed to mock me, reminding me of countless nights when the line between business and

though the one from the Plaz still sat

My phone lit up with a text from Christina,

it..

found myself scrolling through photos of Angela-moment captured over

with Elizabeth over Sunday

expression

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