The Secret Pregnancy of the Billionaire's Ex-Wife

Chapter 73

Chapter 73

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The Secret Pregnancy of the Billionaire's Ex Wife

Chapter 73: Revenge in White Silk

Christina POV

I stared at my phone in disbelief, my finger hovering over Sean's number for the fourth time. Three calls. Three rejections. The sharp ache in my chest had nothing to do with my injury.

Sean Shaw never ignored my calls, Never.

I pushed myself up against the silk pillows of my VIP hospital bed, wincing as the movement pulled at my bandaged forehead. My gaze drifted to the mirror on the opposite wall, and I found myself shadying my reflection with growing anxiety. Dr. Carter's words. echoed in my mind: "There might be permanent scarring.

I can't believe he actually hung up on you. Jennifer's voice dripped with calculated sympathy as she settled into one of the plush chairs beside my bed. "But then again, have you seen how cozy Angel's been getting with Christopher Blake? They were having lunch at The Grand just today."

My fingers tightened around the phone. "The Grand?"

Mahmm: Jenniler took a delicate sip of mineral water, her eyes watching me over

the crystal rim. "And that's not noticed something strange about Elizabeth's

surgery schedule? It keeps getting pushed back and back..."

Ball. Havent you

The thought sent ice through my

y veins. I

I turned to look at my friend, my eyes narrowing. "You think Angela deliberately delaying Elizabeth's surgery?"

that calculating little gold-digger to pull something like this.

hospital room-in shades of gold, casting long shadows across the expensive furnishings. 1 about to respond when a commotion

in the doorway. "There's a young man downstairs insisting on

developed an

rough-around-the-edges way. One night, after too

apartment in some questionable part of town. I'd made him swear to keep it our

now?

like this, especially where there was any chance Sean

know what he wanted. After a moment's consideration, I

I said, ignoring

"You can't be

he's..."

her off smoothly, already adjusting my designer hospital gown to

perfect my pose. The bandage needed to catch the light just so,

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burst through the Moor, it was like watching a hull crash

and rough manners couldn't have been more

from a

wince internally. "Deard what happened. I came as

weak smile, carefully angling my face. "Mike, you shouldn't have..." "Who did this to you?" His fists clenched at his sides, his street-hardened

she took in Mike's appearance. "My, my. What... interesting

tightened at Jennifer's tone, how his eyes narrowed at the obvious dismissal in her voice. The tension in the

my voice hold just the right note of gentle reproach.

o visit me.

way Mike's expression softened as he looked at me was almost pathetic. His obvious adoration made Jennifer roll behind his back, but I had to fight to suppress a

terrifying," Mike said, stepping closer

say attacked," I demurred, then

Shaw shoving her into a marble statue," Jennifer finished sharply. "And now look-there might be permanent scarring. All because that gold-digger couldn't

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