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."

about being in love with Sean for six years? That's hardly a state secret,

face fell, and I immediately regretted my

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

The irony wasn't lost on me. 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

loss," I said

apartment with terrible horror movies that we'd mock together. I'd "accidentally" spill drinks on pretentious guys who tried to hit on her at bars. I'd make up elaborate stories about Christina's plastic surgery disasters that weren't true but

even managed to hang out with all of us together-me, Sean, and Christina-at weekend picnics or group dinners, acting like nothing

see through it. I noticed how 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 much when Sean and

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

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more than I should have The flask in my pocket emptied quickly as I watched Angela in the crowd, her eyes tracking Sean

shadow, I was finally going to tell Angela

find her after the ceremony, my phone rang. My grandfather's name flashed on the

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lacking its usual sharpness. "Your mother's in the hospital. She tried

courage evaporated.

emergencies weren't new to

the scene was depressingly familiar. My mother lay pale against white sheets, bandages wrapped around her

No matter how much my mother threatened

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

"Why? So you can side with that

of her failing marriage. I

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