The Secret Pregnancy of the Billionaire's Ex-Wife

Chapter 97

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The Secret Pregnancy of the Billionaire's Ex-Wife

Chapter 97: I'm Not Hiding

Angela Pov

Mama, can I help clean the table?" Aria x small voice pulled me from my thoughts as we finished our dinner

Tve got the dishes, Ethan announced, already carefully stacking plijes.

I smiled at my daughter. "When your laundry basket7

taller, you c

you can

help with the table. For now,

why dont

it you put your napkin in the

Aria considered this, then nodded seriously, treating the simple task with exaggerated importance.

You're both such wonderful helpers," I said, dropping a kiss on each forehead before helping Ethan with the heavier dishes.

While the twins carried their napkins to the laundry room with ceremonial precision, my phone rang. Sophie's name flashed on the screen, and I felt a familiar warmth at the sight.

"Ciao bella Sophie's voice carried all the bustle and energy of Manhattan through the line. "How are my favorite Italian residents?

wonderful." I replied, settling onto a kitchen stool. The twins just finished

laughed. "Aria's face when she dropped that shrimp was priceless. Listen, have you thought more about

sighed, running a hand through my loose waves. "I don't know, Sophie. Moving

Angela, it's been five years. You I can't hide in this little Tuscan town forever, no matter how peaceful

raising my children

and building a consulting

I protested, though the words felt hollow even to my

excitement, "your last market analysis was absolutely brilliant. Which is exactly why you should be running your own

the twins returning from the laundry room. "Not Lawrence Capital, but starting my

phone from my ear. "YES This is what I've been waiting to hear! Angela Wilson back

decided yet, I cautioned, but Sophie was already launching into ideas about office space

the twins had been bathed, pajama-clad, and were waiting expectantly with their favorite

into their beds, reading until both

precious ones, I whispered, placing a final kiss on

Mama," Ethan

"Love you to t

Jupiter," Aria added with a yawn, using our

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97: I'm

turning off the light and leaving the door

then checked my phone

more. Still

response from NightShadow.

early years after leaving New York, when sleeping pills had been my only refuge against

relatively easily.

found rest

year-olds, and perhaps simply the passage of time had

I drifted toward sleep, my mind