The Secret Pregnancy of the Billionaire's Ex-Wife

Chapter 74

The Secret Pregnancy of the Billionaire's Ex-Wife

Chapter 74: The Impact Came Without Warning

Angela POV

Dr. Carter's words from this morning's appointment still rang in my ars: Elizabeth's condition had improved enough to schedule the singery for this weekend..

It was the news we'd all been waiting lot, though I couldn't help but batice how Sean's simulders had tensed at the announcement.

Alexander needed to return to Europe first to handle some urgent foundation business, but Victoria had decided to stay and help take care of Elizabeth. Her presence would likely bring some peace to our household in the coming days.

After leaving the hospital, Victoria took Elizabeth home while Sean and I returned to the office.

I glanced at my watch as I finished reviewing the last quarterly report. The afternoon sun streamed through the floor-to-ceiling windows of Shaw Tower, and I found myself craving something sweet

The doctor had warned me to limit my sugar intake during the pregnancy, but I'd made a deal with myself – one small piece of pake

each day.

The bakery downstairs had become my guilty pleasure, their hazelnut chocolate cake worth every calorie.

Standing up from my desk, I smoothed down my oversized blazer - recent wardrobe addition to conceal my slowly changing

figure.

The street outside Shaw Tower bustled with the usual midday crowd waited for the crossing signal, adjusting my wool scarf against the winter wind.

The impact came without warning.

One moment I was standing at the crosswalk, the next I was stumbling forward as as something-someone-slammed into me from

behind.

Even in my comfortable sneakers, the force of his impact was too strong, and I couldn't maintain my balance. I fell forward. hands instinctively moving to protect my stomach as 1 full.

as I caught myself, my

you're

around my wrist, squeezing with deliberate cruelty

eyes was

where you're going, miss. The man's voice was slurred with affected drunkenness, but the anger in his ey unmistakably clear and intense as they locked onto

nagging feeling that I'd seen him

up, my voice sharp with indignation. "You

easi

one apologizing!

city," he said in a low voice. All sorts of accidents can happen to pretty ladies

I tried to pull away, but his fingers only dug deeper into my flesh. Perhaps it was his intimidating build that kept others at bay - no one dared to intervene, choosing instead to hurry past

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Impact Came

was calm but carried an edge of authority, Michael Smith, Sean's assistant, stood a

wrist with exaggerated care. Just trying to help a lady who took a fall," he said, his mock innocent tone making my

leave, he leaned close endigh for only me to hear his final whisper: "Better

feet. The casual mention of my pregioncy, delivered with such calculated menace, sent a

been watching me,

come from very far

to breathe, to think past the panic clawing at my throat. I shook

"No need."

office, I examined my wrist in the afternoon ligh

with an incoming call

about what had just happened the collision, the threat, the

with alarm.

someone accidentally bumped into me at a crosswalk? They won't find

Sophie insisted. "Look, I'll do some digging, try to find out who this guy is. But right now,

who can protect you best

she meant

"And whatever game he's playing with

this."

the way his touch would linger just a moment too long