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."

humor in it. "You mean about being in love with Sean for six years? That's hardly

and I immediately

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

lamenting Sean's blindness to hers. I wanted to say something-You're doing the same thing, Angela. You can't see that

I said

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 at bars. I'd make up elaborate stories about Christina's

hang out with all of us together-me, Sean, and Christina-at weekend picnics or group dinners, acting like nothing had happened. She'd laugh at Sean's jokes, congratulate Christina on her internship, pour

it. I noticed how her smile would falter when she thought no one was looking. How she'd leave early

her heartbreak. I wanted to tell her

***

as I watched Angela in the crowd, her eyes tracking Sean as he crossed the stage to receive

of friendship, of standing in Sean's shadow, I was finally going to tell Angela how I

as I stood to find her after the ceremony, my phone rang. My grandfather's name

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

courage evaporated. "I'll be there

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

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

matter how much my mother threatened or pleaded, he wouldn't leave her.

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divorce him," I told my mother when

"Why? So you can side with that whore too? I won't give him to

mental health facility in London, away from the toxic reminders of her failing marriage. I

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