The Secret Pregnancy of the Billionaire's Ex-Wife

Chapter 111

Chapter 111: The Obsession That Shouldn't Be

Angela POV

"Angela, you're finally back!" Olivia exclaimed as we entered her apartment. "I haven't seen you all day. Was it a special date with Christopher?"

Christopher smiled slightly. "If you want to call it a date, I wouldn't object."

I felt heat rising to my cheeks. "We were looking at schools for Aria and Ethan," I explained, setting down my purse on the console table. "Nothing romantic about

registration paperwork."

Guilt flashed across Olivia's face. "Oh my God, I completely forgot about that! I'm so sorry, Angela. I should have gone with you."

"It's fine," I assured her, helping Aria with her coat. "Christopher knows all the best private schools in the city."

I hung our coats in the closet, then turned to Olivia with practiced casualness. "By the

way, you called me twice around noon. Was there something urgent?"

I watched as Olivia's expression flickered, her fingers suddenly twisting together. "No...

nothing special. Just wondering when you'd be back."

My intuition immediately flared-she was hiding something. But I simply nodded, letting

the matter drop.

"Aria, Ethan, go change into your house clothes," I instructed, watching the twins disappear down the hallway before turning back to the adults in the room.

Christopher leaned against the kitchen counter, his posture relaxed but his eyes sharp. "So, Olivia, how was your evening at that bar last night? Did you find what you were looking for?"

Olivia's head snapped toward him, then toward me, her eyes narrowing. "You told him?

About the bar?"

concerned," I

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Obsession That

heund beffore. We agreed that even while living together, we'd maintain our independence and mot interfere in each other's personal lives. Why would you tell Christopher about me going

safety," Christophbren intenjjected smoothly, his voice gentle but firm. "Bars these days can be unpredictable environments, especially

slightly at the compliment,

This concerned me even more-whenever anything related to Sean came up, Olivia seemed unable to

her encounter with him at the hotell lust

have deepened significantly.

prepared dimen, I

seasoned the fish.

manage to get that green-eyed

excitedly. "He seems cold and distant, but

over!"

you? He's been so good to you, evem arranging accommodation in the city. If I insist

a wave of disappointment wash over me. Despite my autova composure, I could feel

a quiet affin. The tension around the table was palpable; even the twiis seemed to sense it,, cutting quietly

we finished our meal, I looked at my children with a gentle smile. “Ethan,, Aniin, you both behaved very well tonight. Why don't you go rest in your room for

eye, I saw Olivia's face drain

111: The Obsession That Shouldn't

a hotel downtown tonight," I

turmoil

glance before quietly excusing

the last bite of seafood

sorry," Olivia whispered,

"It's fine." I smiled.

with Christopher. She simply didn't want me staying here to "interfere" with her

room, I methodically packed our belongings while

A soft knock

in," I called,

his small frame

everything, Mama," he reported

"And Aria?"