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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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 tell Christopher

smoothly, his voice gentle but firm. "Bars these days can be unpredictable environments, especially for a beautiful

expression soften slightly at the compliment, though resentment

concerned me even more-whenever anything related to Sean came up,

the hotell lust might,

have deepened significantly.

as we prepared dimen, I carefully sliced vegetables while

seasoned the fish.

manage to get that green-eyed

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

over!"

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

me. Despite my autova composure,

was a quiet affin. The tension around the table was palpable; even the twiis seemed

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

the couner off my eye, I saw Olivia's face drain

Obsession

to a hotel downtown

turmoil I

glance before quietly

I deliberately took 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.

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

our belongings while booking a suite

A

in," I called,

appeared in the doorway, his small frame silhouetted against the hallway

Mama," he reported

"And Aria?"