The Secret Pregnancy of the Billionaire's Ex-Wife

Chapter 251

The Secret Pregnancy of the Billionaire's Ex-Wife

Chapter 251: Her Body Knew Where She Belonged.

Sean POV

The moment her lips.

ps touched mine, I couldn't hear to separate from r

I turned onto my side, enger to deepen the kiss, but she suddenly ped hack as if startled,

"Don't move," Angela said firmly.

"What's wrong?" 1 asked, concerned

ed by her reaction.

"Your abdominal wound needs to stay flat," she explained, her voler softening. If you lie on your side, you'll put pressure on the injury Christopher caused."

Alright, I understand," I conceded, settling back against the pillows

Lexpected her to turn away, to maintain the careful distance she'd lept since her rescue. Instead, she surprised me by turning toward me, leaning over until her face hovered above mine.

For a heartbeat, we just looked at each other in the dim light. Then, with a gentleness that stole my breath, she lowered her lips to mine.

This was her first time initiating a kiss since I'd brought her back.

The shock of it paralyzed me momentarily before I responded, my hand moving to the nape of her neck, drawing her closer. Her lips were soft, hesitant at first, then increasingly certain.

When I felt her begin to pull away for air, I reluctantly released ber

ber expression a mix of uncertainty and something

okay," I replied, unable to hide

smile

distant crash of Atlantic waves

closer? I asked

Atlantic breeze is chilly," I explained, my voice deliberately casual despite my yearning. "My body heat could keep you

injury as she nestled against my side. Iter head came to rest cautiously on the edge of my shoulder, her

settled, I felt her stiffen momentarily,

her cheeks, and her breathing

past. Was

I remained still, not wanting to

reached over and switched off the bedside lamp, plunging

the darkness, Angela moyed closer, her earlier hesitation fading as she sought warmth and, perhaps unconsciously, the safety of my

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Her Body Knew

the

our breathing on the steady beat of my

my chest, her breathing gradually

remained wide awake, my arm carefully placed around her shoulder, my

The fear that had

find this had all been

if Christopher found a way to take

in her sleep, umbling something unintelligible as

her face burrowed into the crook

chin. Even unconscious,

satisfaction washed over

the trauma, the confusion-Angela's body knew where

chosen me, not

1 hadn't felt