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 said

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The Obsession That Shouldn't

a hard edge I'd rarely 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

for your safety," Christophbren intenjjected smoothly, his voice gentle but firm. "Bars these days can be

expression soften slightly at the compliment, though

even more-whenever anything related to

her encounter with him at the hotell lust might, her infatuation with

have deepened significantly.

we prepared dimen,

seasoned the fish.

I ventured, "did you manage to get that

Olivia exclaimed excitedly. "He seems cold and distant, but I'm

over!"

spent the whole day with Christopher, didn't you? He's been so good to you, evem arranging

a wave of disappointment wash over me. Despite my autova composure, I could feel something shift between us-a subtle

even the twiis seemed to sense

my children with a gentle smile. “Ethan,, Aniin, you both behaved very well tonight. Why don't you go rest in your room for a bit,, them pudk your

my eye, I saw

111: The Obsession

a hotel downtown tonight," I explained

turmoil

before quietly excusing themselves

my time finishing the last bite of seafood salad, savoring the delicate flavors while gathering my

I'm sorry," Olivia

"It's fine." I smiled.

truly concerned about my relationship with Christopher. She simply didn't want me staying here to

our belongings while booking

A

called, zipping my suitcase

his small frame silhouetted against

everything, Mama," he reported

"And Aria?"