The Secret Pregnancy of the Billionaire's Ex-Wife

Chapter 166

Chapter 166: Unwanted Visitors

Sean POV

I stood in the doorway, deliberately blocking their view into my apartment. William continued to plead his case, oblivious to my mounting irritation.

"Christina's been missing you," he said, gesturing toward her. "She's called you what, twenty times this week? You can't be that busy that you can't pick up for her."

I stood in the doorway, deliberately blocking their view into my apartment while silently cursing myself for forgetting about William's birthday. My mind had been entirely occupied with the children-with my children.

"Christina's been missing you," William continued, oblivious to my mounting irritation. “She's called you what, twenty times this week? You can't be that busy that you can't pick up for her."

I remained silent, deliberately ignoring his comment. William had always lacked social boundaries, saying whatever crossed his mind without filter. It was simultaneously his

most endearing and most infuriating quality.

I noticed Evan shooting William a warning glance. Of my friends, Evan had always been the most perceptive, the one who could read my moods before I voiced them. The one

who dared speak truth to me when others wouldn't.

"Happy birthday," I finally responded, my tone making it clear our conversation was ending. "I'll send a gift tomorrow. If there's nothing else, you should get back to your

party."

closed, only to find

in disbelief.

town because we were worried about you, and you're just going to close

in my forehead, my patience rapidly evaporating. "I'm

gift to make it up to

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Chapter 166: Unwanted Visitors

inside-particularly to Aria, who was probably wondering why I'd disappeared. And worse, Angela would be arriving soon to collect them. If she encountered Christina and the others, it would create exactly the kind of complicated scene I'd been meticulously

to you, man?

tone she'd perfected

Evan a sharp look, silently pleading for him to intervene. He understood my boundaries better than the others, respected them more. But before he could speak, a small voice cut through the tension from

Night, did someone

of the stairs, wearing the pale blue dress I'd purchased for her, one small hand clutching the model airplane we'd

followed was deafening. I watched as three pairs of eyess shifted from

took in Aria's features-fenturess that undeniably

voice

William blurted out what everyone was thinking: "That kid looks just like you. Is

tighten. This wasn't how I'd planned for any of whits to unfold. Angela and the children hadn't fully accepted me yet, and I wasn't rendy to navigate the

a brittle laugh. "Don't be ridiculous. Obviously some woman is trying to take advantage of Sean's position. You know how these

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