The Secret Pregnancy of the Billionaire's Ex-Wife

Chapter 106

Chapter 106: A Kiss, A Touch

Angela POV

His eyes widened in disbelief, bloodshot from alcohol but still that unmistakable emerald green. For a moment, he just stared, his breath catching as if he'd been punched.

"Angela?" he whispered, his voice breaking. "Is that really you or am I

hallucinating?” His fingers trembled as they reached up to touch my face, hesitant and uncertain, as if I might dissolve under his touch.

The overwhelming stench of whiskey hit me as he leaned closer. I had no idea how much he'd been drinking tonight, but it was enough to make my eyes water. his thumb tracing the outline of my cheekbone in a gesture so achingly familiar it made my heart constrict.

"You can't be real," he murmured, his eyes filling with a mixture of wonder and pain. "I've dreamed of finding you so many times..." His fingers tangled in my hair, the touch both gentle and desperate. "Tell me I'm not imagining this."

I could see the war of emotions playing across his features-anger, hurt, longing, and

beneath it all, a raw vulnerability that the alcohol had stripped bare.

"Let go of me, Sean!" I hissed, struggling against his grip, trying to ignore how my body

still betrayed me with its response to his touch after all these years.

His gaze focused slightly at the sound of my voice, those green eyes-the same ones I saw

every day in Ethan's face-searching mine with painful intensity.

His fingers continued their exploration, tracing the contours of my face as if committing

them to memory.

"It is you," he breathed, the revelation seeming to hit him anew.

"Where did you go? Why did you..."

His words slurred slightly as he swayed, his weight pressing me further against the wall. His eyes dropped to my lips, and I knew exactly what he was thinking.

"Sean Shaw, if you dare kiss me, I swear you'll regret it," I warned, my voice deadly cold despite my hammering heart.

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Chapter 106: A Kiss, A Touch

Suddenly, his body went slack against mine, his considerable weight nearly crushing me

as he collapsed.

"Angel," he murmured.

up, but his arms instinctively tightened around me, pulling me

were in a public place, his hand

of his five o'clock shadow scraping

through my body, awakening sensations I'd

forget for five years.

paralyzed,

through the fog of

through me. I pushed Sean away from me, desperate to create

I instinctively grabbed for him to prevent injury. The motion threw me off balance, and we both tumbled to the floor

is going on?" Olivia gasped, her eyes wide

before her.

my dress with practiced composure. "This drunk

lips.

voice rose in disbelief. "No, that can't be

horror as Olivia knelt beside Sean, gently turning his

about! He must have had too much to

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He's not

me

been obsessing over, the one whose "emerald

rhapsodizing

father

maintains his self-control even when intoxicated," I replied

steady. "Alcohol merely reveals one's

understand," Olivia insisted. "He's

never

him disrespect

wanted to warn Olivia about Sean's complicated history, about Christina, but couldn't reveal how I

past.

ahead. I'll make sure he's alright." "You barely know him," I protested,

with determination. "If there are

bear."

much do you actually know about him?" I asked carefully, trying to gauge exactly what Olivia understood about

he were married

my resolve hardening. "I can't let you

gotten into you tonight?" Olivia's eyes narrowed with suspicion.

you this tense."

debate, I relented slightly. "How do you

this