The Secret Pregnancy of the Billionaire's Ex-Wife

Chapter 310

She Left With His Baby The Billionaire’s Secret Scandal 304

The Secret Pregnancy of the Billionaire's Ex-Wife

Chapter 304: Named After You

Angela POV

The London cemetery was veiled in a gentle mist when we arrived, the pale blue sky occasionally peeking through clouds that drifted like lost thoughts.

I carried a bouquet of white lilies-Christopher's favorite, as I'd learned from David

at the funeral last year. Their fragrance filled the air around us, sweet and melancholy all at once.

The gravel crunched beneath our feet as we wound our way through ows of headstones, some ancient and weathered, others like Christopher's-still new, the wound of loss fresh in the earth.

When we reached his grave, I paused, taking in the sight of the polished black granite that gleamed even in the subdued light, his name and dates etched in gold. Someone-his grandfather, perhaps had left fresh roses recently, their crimson petals stark against the stone's darkness.

I knelt down, my knees pressing into the damp grass, and placed my bouquet beside the existing nearby headstone, tilting its head as if curious about our presence in this quiet place.

"Hello, Christopher," I said softly, my voice carrying in the stillness.

rangement. A robin landed on a

Sean stood a few paces behind me, head bowed, giving me the space to speak the words that had gathered in my heart during our journey here. The robin chirped once, then flew away.

a lily petal. "David actually opened that surf shop he talked about. It's on the California coast-the 'Blake Wave Rider,' he named it.

ring catching a

month about what she wants to be when she grows up. Now she wants to be a violinist. Last month it was a pilot, and before that, a veterinarian. She practices her violin every day after school, and I have to admit, the screeching sounds

behind me

He's steady, like the stars he loves to watch. That telescope you gave him has become his most

traced the engraved letters of his name with my fingertip, feeling each curve and line, as if somehow I

lower. "I couldn't bear to let strangers live there, in a place filled with so many memories-good ones, despite everything. The

slipped down my cheek, landing

their way to the sea. Everyone except you. You're frozen in time now, preserved in our memories exactly as you were. Sometimes it seems unfair, how the living

with

and two small glasses in the other. He

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said to the healstone, twisting the cap

glasses, offering one to me. "Remember when we used to play together back in college? We were unstoppable then. You with your

toast. "Here's to past

the grave. The amber liquid darkened the earth, a libation for the dead

continued, his voice thoughtful. "We're all headed to the same final checkout counter, aren't we? Some just get there

there before us, but he made his journey count. What

important to tell you," I said, my hand moving to rest on my slightly rounded belly, feeling the subtle movements of the life growing within. "I'm pregnant again.

for my hand, our fingers intertwining,

you. Not because we're trying to replace you-no one could. But because we want to honor

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