The Secret Pregnancy of the Billionaire's Ex-Wife

Chapter 286

Chapter 280

Ex-Wife

Chapter 280: A Christmas Proposal

Angela Pov

This Christmas dinner feels different-warmer, fuller, like everyone's trying to make up for the mess of the past few days.

The table's crowded with food, and every dish has a story.

Dad made his usual roast chicken, crispy and golden, the way he's done since I was a kid.

Victoria brought a creamy potato casserole, her specialty. Even Alexander and Sean, who barely step foot in a kitchen, pitched in- Alexander with a lumpy but tasty vegetable stew, and Sean with a pata dish that's a little too salty but no one complains about.

Ethan and Aria helped with dessert, a tray of chocolate cookies they shaped themselves, some lopsided, some perfect, all sprinkled with red and green sugar.

We eat and talk, the kids chattering over each other, the adults laughing at old stories.

My head still aches a little, but being home, surrounded by this, makes it bearable. After the plates are cleared, we move to the living room. The Christmas tree glows in the corner, lights bouncing off the ornaments.

Aria and Ethan dive into their pile of gifts-books, toys, a new sketchpad for Ethan, a doll with a sparkly dress for Aria. They rip through the wrapping paper, squealing with every new thing, and I can't help but smile.

Sean stands by the tree, reaching up to the top where Ethan hung their special gift for me.

"Here it is," he says, handing me a small box wrapped in red paper with a lopsided bow.

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edges, the

eyes-Sean.

catches. They're us, made by tiny hands that see

more!" Aria says, bouncing on her knees. I look under the figures and find a folded

our dear Mommy

We wish

Love, Aria and Ethan

a grassy field, holding

keep the tears back. I glance at Sean,

an arm around my shoulders, pulling me close, and buries his face in my neck. His breath is warm against my skin, shaky, like he's trying to keep it together. I don't pull away. I just let him hold

"What about me? Don't I get a gift from my grandkids?" she

up, running over to plant a big kiss on Victoria's

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worked really

serious. It took

want a kiss too,

face, and

of the past week-the hospital, Christina, the memories that hit me

storm.

Sean shifts beside me, letting go of my shoulders. "I've got something for you too," he says, his

thud against my ribs. He drops to one knee in front of me, right

ring. It's not huge, but it catches the light, sparkling against the dark velvet.

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