The Secret Pregnancy of the Billionaire's Ex-Wife

Chapter 286

The Secret Pregnancy of the Billionaire's Ex-Wife

Chapter 286: Uninvited Guest

Angela POV

In an instant, the celebration around us froze. The laughter died, the music faded, and all eyes turned toward the dance floor where Sean and I stood locked in our embrace.

The crowd parted as a figure pushed through, revealing a woman in black mask that covered half her face. She was dressed in an oversized gray sweatsuit, completely out of place among the elegant evening gowns and tailored tuxedos.

"Is that one of your guests?" I whispered to Sean, my fingers tensing against his

arm.

He shook his head slightly, his body stiffening beside mine. "I thought she was with you."

The woman moved closer, her gait unsteady. I studied her carefully he wasn't particularly tall, and beneath the mask, strands of flaxen hair escaped a messy ponytail,

but no-Christina was blonde and taller, and

the perimeter of the room began moving subtly inward, responding to some silent signal from Sean's head

our day-not after everything we'd been through to get here. "If you're a friend, please enjoy the party," I said, gesturing to

and turned to our guests with a practiced smile. "Everyone, please, continue celebrating!" The band hesitantly resumed playing, though the carefree atmosphere had

moved closer, close enough that I could smell the sharp ang of cheap whiskey on her breath mingling with something medicinal-perhaps over-the- counter painkillers. Her ice-blue eyes fixed on me through the slits in her mask, bloodshot and watery yet burning with an intensity that

five years in prison eating slop and sleeping on a

in front of me, his voice dropping to a warning tone. "If you're

beginning to

foul in her mouth. "But of course you've forgotten. Just

blow, unlocking memories d long buried. Five years ago, she and a man had abducted me -beaten me, tied me up in an abandoned warehouse. I'd lost consciousness from the pain, waking up later in a hospital with Christopher beside my bed. After being discharged, my only concern had been protecting the twins growing inside me. I'd divorced Sean immediately and fled New

had mentioned she'd been arrested for kidnapping, but hadn't followed the case. My entire world had narrowed to

terror flooding back. "I'd say we're even. If anything, you owe me an apology. And it's

switch in her. She stepped closer,

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shrieked. "You had someone disfigure me in prison! How