Chapter 294

The Secret Pregnancy of the Billionaire's Ex-Wife

Chapter 294: Never Missing Her Again-

Christopher POV

After spending the night on Angela's couch, I woke to the smell of coffee brewing.

I found her sitting at her small kitchen table, face hen I entered the kitchen, her

amber eyes bloodshot and weary. buried in her hands, a steaming mug in front of her. She looked up

"I made coffee," she said, gesturing to the pot

on the

7ae myself a cup and

sat across from 18

counter. "Least could do after you dragged me home last night."

the hangover?

"Brutal." She winced, massaging her temples. "Christopher, I'm really sorry for being such a mess. That was... embarrassing.

"Don't worry about it."

She hesitated, her fingers tapping nervously against her mug. "Did I say anything weird last night? I have a habit of talking too

much when I drink."

with Sean for six years? That's hardly a state secret, Angela. Everyone can see it. Everyone except Sean

fell, and I immediately regretted

just doesn't care. Maybe he doesn't love me back, so he

Here she was, blind to my feelings while lamenting Sean's blindness to hers. I wanted to say something-You're doing the same thing, Angela. You can't see that I've

loss," I said

cheer her up. I'd show up at her apartment with terrible horror movies that we'd mock together. I'd "accidentally" spill drinks on pretentious guys who tried to hit on her

all of us together-me, Sean, and Christina-at weekend picnics or group

her smile would falter when she thought no one was looking. How she'd leave early from these gatherings with flimsy excuses. How she'd drink a little too

tell her that Sean didn't deserve her loyalty or her heartbreak. I wanted to tell her that I

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college graduation ceremony, I drank more than I should have The flask in my pocket emptied quickly as I watched Angela in the crowd, her eyes tracking Sean as he crossed the stage to receive his

to tell Angela how

after the ceremony, my phone rang.

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voice was grave, lacking its usual sharpness. "Your mother's in

courage evaporated. "I'll be there right

without saying goodbye to anyone. Family emergencies weren't new to me, but this

familiar. My mother lay pale against white sheets,

was pregnant now. No matter how much my mother threatened or pleaded, he

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him," I told my mother when she regained consciousness, not for the first

side with that whore too? I won't

in London, away from the toxic reminders of her failing marriage. I agreed to accompany her, to

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