His Secret Baby: Six Months After Divorce (Mia and Ethan) novel Chapter 189

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Grandma Hale cleared her throat twice, pretending nothing had happened as she tried to gloss over the slip-up.

Your grandpa will definitely love this gift. Hurry, open it and see.”

Grandpa Hale realized he had said the wrong name and quickly followed Grandma Hale’s lead. “Come here, let me have a look.”

He took the gift and began unwrapping the exquisite box.

Chloe Bennett bit her lip, casting a glance at the man beside her.

‘Sit down,” Ethan Hale said, his thin lips barely moving as he uttered the two words.

t was impossible to tell if he truly hadn’t noticed Grandpa Hale calling her by the wrong name, or if he was simply covering it up like Grandma Hale.

Chloe’s heart was in absolute turmoil. If Mia Carter had always been a thorn in her side, now she had become a

needle driven straight into her heart. It was buried deep in the center; even without touching it, the pain was a dull, constant ache.

Grandpa, Grandma, Mia-”

The lounge had just settled into a fragile silence when Lila Hale pushed the door open, calling out Mia’s name as he stepped inside.

The moment she saw Chloe sitting there, her voice cut off abruptly.

A dead, heavy silence filled the room.

You girl, what are you shouting for all the time?”

Grandma Hale shot Lila a warning look. “Come here and help your grandpa open the gift Chloe brought.”

ila swallowed the words stuck in her throat and gave a muffled “Oh” before walking over to Grandpa Hale to help vith the gift.

Chloe’s gift was a six-figure tea set. With its blue floral patterns and gold-dusted trim, it was clearly expensive.

But the one thing Grandpa Hale didn’t lack was things money could buy. He had dozens of tea sets at home, many

of them even more valuable than this one.

Still, he was polite enough to say, “Chloe has very good taste.”

We’ll put it out when we get home,” Grandma Hale added with a forced, cheerful smile.

Chloe felt a pang of bitterness, but she kept a submissive smile on her face. “I’m just glad Grandpa likes it.”

‘Lils, put it away,” Grandpa Hale said, handing the gift box back to Lila.

Lila re-wrapped the box and set it on the coffee table.

After that, the lounge fell back into a quiet, awkward stillness.

‘I have things to handle downstairs. You stay here and keep Grandpa and Grandma company,” Ethan said. His

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phone had just buzzed with a message from Arthur Hale, urging him to come down and host.

Chloe grabbed her bag and stood up with him. “I’ll go down with you!”

She took two quick steps to catch up to Ethan, then stopped to nod to the elders. “Grandpa, Grandma, I’ll head down first. I’ll come back up to see you in a bit.”

“Go ahead,” Grandma Hale said, forced kindness etched into her smile.

Chloe followed Ethan out.

The moment the lounge door clicked shut, the silence became absolute.

Lila curled her lip in disdain. “Could you two at least try to sound a little more sincere when you praise her?”

“Is this

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