The Secret Pregnancy of the Billionaire's Ex-Wife

She Left With His Baby The Billionaire’s Secret Scandal 318

Angela POV

David placed his empty teacup on the table and stood up, preparing to leave. "Wait," I called out, stopping him. I realized then that I knew so little about the man who had given his life for me-for us.

"David, would you mind telling me more about Christopher?” I asked stopping him at the door. "Your relationship... it seems like you were more than just his assistant."

David hesitated, his hand still on the doorknob. "We've just lost him Are you sure you want to hear this now?"

"It's too late to really know him," I admitted, my voice catching. "But I'd still like to learn who he really was."

"To most people, Christopher Blake was strict, cold, sometimes even violent. But to me..." He paused, eyes fixed on some distant point. "To me, he was like an older brother."

I settled deeper into the couch, suddenly desperate to understand the man who had died protecting me. Even though it was too late to truly know him, I needed to hear more.

"My father was a drunk and a gambler," David continued. "Despite my mother being married to him, he wouldn't leave us alone. In my memories, we were always moving, trying to escape my father and his debt collectors."

He set down his cup, the clink against the saucer unnaturally loud in the quiet

room.

"One time, a group of thugs found our home, forcing my mother to pay his debts. Even though I explained we had nothing to do with that alcoholic gambling addict anymore, they wouldn't leave us alone." David's voice grew distant, lost in the past. "Christopher happened to be passing by and helped drive them away."

"How did you even meet?" I asked, trying to picture the scene-a young David in trouble, Christopher stepping in.

"I lived in the slums. Our lives should never have intersected, but that day, Christopher's mother-during one of her episodes-had wandered off. He was following leads to find her in my neighborhood. That's how we met."

mental illness, her eventual suicide. Those

college education," David said. "After graduation, I went straight

He seemed invincible. But gradually, I realized he wasn't as strong as I imagined. He helped many people, but was also viewed

for me, but I'd never considered that he might

finally, standing.

him to the door, feeling strangely hollow. "David, when you get that surf shop up and running, I'll

a

the children, and I gathered around the coffee table to open Christopher's Christmas gifts. The care with which each had been chosen- reflecting casual comments made years ago made my chest ache with a fresh wave of

Pride and Prejudice, the novel I'd once

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questions about the stars. And for Aria, a music box that played the very lullaby Christopher used to sing to

asked, turning the delicate music box in her small hands. "I want to

back tears. "That

I tucked the children into bed, guilt pressed

seen past Christopher's mask. Should have recognized the loneliness beneath his strength. Should have offered him more than just

I

me against his chest. "During those five years, he was probably happy. Because when you love someone, doing things for them brings joy. Just like now with you-being needed by you, being depended on by you, it

do that. I can't

forehead and held me closer as tears I could no longer contain

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the door, packed and ready for the journey to London. The funeral was scheduled for tomorrow, and I struggled to maintain composure for the children's sake. I slipped on

ready?" Sean asked, his

been a blur of arrangements and explanations, of tears

door when I heard small footsteps rushing down