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?"

was concerned," I

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The Obsession That

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

gentle but firm. "Bars these days can be unpredictable environments, especially for

watched Olivia's expression soften slightly at the compliment,

related to Sean came up, Olivia seemed unable to controll

the hotell lust

have deepened significantly.

in the kitchen, as we prepared dimen, I carefully sliced vegetables while

seasoned the fish.

I ventured, "did you manage to get

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

over!"

been so good to you, evem arranging accommodation in the city.

feeling a wave of disappointment wash over me. Despite my

palpable; even the twiis seemed to sense it,, cutting quietly without their usual

“Ethan,, Aniin, you both behaved very well tonight.

couner off my eye, I saw Olivia's face

The Obsession That

hotel downtown tonight,"

turmoil I felt

exchanged a quick glance before quietly excusing themselves from

bite of seafood salad, savoring

Olivia whispered,

"It's fine." I smiled.

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

methodically packed our belongings while booking a

phone. A soft

called, zipping my

appeared in the doorway, his small frame silhouetted

Mama,"

"And Aria?"