His Secret Baby: Six Months After Divorce (Mia and Ethan) novel Chapter 173

Chapter 173

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You and Chloe are a perfect match. She’s beautiful,” Mia Carter said, stopping in her tracks.

Ethan Hale’s dark eyes narrowed as he locked onto her. “So, you’re really planning to take things further with that

lerk?”

There was a clear hint of dissatisfaction in his voice.

Mia didn’t get it. “I wasn’t good enough for the Rivers family, and Riverside is Bayview’s rival. I understood why you policed my interactions with Jaxon, but now you’re going to control who else I see?”

As your ex-husband, I’m just looking out for you.”

Ethan stood up, hands in his pockets, and walked over to her. “It wouldn’t hurt to spend more time together before naking a decision.”

The word “ex-husband” shattered the distance Mia had been trying so hard to maintain.

She looked at him with a strange expression. “Mr. Hale, you and Chloe were childhood sweethearts. You’ve known ach other long enough-it’s time to get married. As your ex-wife, let me give you some advice too: the sooner,

he better.”

Whether they were happy or not, she didn’t know and didn’t care. All she knew was that if they got married soon, he’d finally be free!

With that, she turned and left.

As the door slowly swung shut, Ethan reached out and blocked it, an inexplicable rage flaring in his chest.

She thinks my good intentions are a joke?*

On second thought, it seemed like she was practically begging him to get married.

Ethan’s face darkened. He shoved the door open and strode away.

The team-building retreat was supposed to last two days. Richard Vance had planned to leave with everyone else

fter it ended.

But after what happened the night before, he made up an excuse and left early the next morning.

With no clients to entertain, Mia didn’t even leave her room. She handled her work online and rested during her

downtime.

Near noon, Leo Martinez sent her a message.

[Lunch is a group meal. Mr. Hale will be there. Don’t be late.]

Mia thought about it and replied: [I’m not feeling well. I’ll skip lunch. Please tell Mr. Hale I’m taking tomorrow off.]

The nights by the sea were cold. She had kicked off her blanket the night before and caught a chill.

Besides, it was time for her prenatal check-up. She’d go to the hospital tomorrow and get some medicine while

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she was at it.

She spent the afternoon handling urgent tasks to prepare for her day off.

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“Mr. Hale, Ms. Carter said she’s not feeling well and won’t be coming to lunch,” Leo reported faithfully. “She also wants to take tomorrow off.”

Ethan was wearing a white T-shirt with a beige shirt layered over it. His rolled-up sleeves revealed his well-defined forearms.

His long, clean fingers held a cocktail, which he was sipping slowly.

Hearing Leo’s words, he turned around.

‘Starting tomorrow, take over some of her workload.”

Leo was surprised for a few seconds. “True. Ms. Carter is too busy. More importantly, given your relationship, you two should really try to avoid suspicion.”

Ethan shot him a sideways glance. “What relationship? What suspicion?”

‘Well…” Leo thought back to what Richard had said the night before.

A boss and a secretary-it always sounded like an ambiguous relationship. Especially since Ethan and Mia were :lose in age and had been together for so many years. Even with Chloe as his fiancée, the connection between Ethan and Mia was something people liked to speculate about.

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