His Secret Baby: Six Months After Divorce (Mia and Ethan) novel Chapter 222

Chapter 222

“Even if those words don’t help, look at it as a matter of probability,” Nina continued when Mia didn’t respond. “The odds are still on our side.”

“I’ve never felt like a lucky person,” Mia said, her voice unsteady. She was struggling to suppress her emotions, trying to force herself to stay calm. “It’s okay, Nina. I’m hoping for the best but preparing for the worst.”

If Mia had just cried, Nina could have hugged her and offered comfort. But Mia’s forced strength and the sudden, stubborn determination on her pale face made Nina’s heart ache. It was a look that told her not to bother with

comfort-it was useless.

“Miss Carter, we’re ready for you.”

Cole emerged from the room wearing green surgical scrubs and signaled for Mia to follow him.

The lights in the procedure room were piercingly bright. The silence was so heavy it made her heart race. Mia lay on the table, lifting her shirt to reveal her fair skin and slightly protruding belly.

‘You’re too thin,” Cole noted, looking at how flat her stomach seemed while lying down. “You need to focus on your nutrition.”

‘I know,” Mia whispered, her fingers clutching the edge of her shirt.

Noticing her tension, Cole patted her arm gently. “Relax. You’ll be fine.”

Mia closed her eyes, feeling the faint, cool sensation spread across her abdomen.

Two hours later, Mia went back to Nina’s house.

You’re taking leave for the next few days,” Nina commanded as she led Mia into the bedroom, tucked her into >ed, and pulled up the covers. “Tell Ethan I’m sick and you need to take care of me. Even though that Dr. Preston s skilled, you can’t be careless with the baby. You need to rest for a couple of days.”

Mia pulled out her phone and messaged Ethan to request leave.\

Nina changed into pajamas and climbed into bed with Toby to distract Mia. But the little boy didn’t cooperate; he

ell asleep in Mia’s arms almost immediately.

Mia lay on her side, holding the little bundle of joy, her gaze softening as she looked at Toby’s chubby, fair face.

On the tenth of last month, I felt the baby move for the first time,” Mia said. As she spoke, a sharp pang of pain spread through her heart. “That was the first time I truly understood what it meant to have someone in this world who shares my blood.”

The daily movements felt like a secret conversation between her and the child. Mia’s feelings and hopes for the baby only truly surfaced in the dead of night when everything was quiet.

‘So, why are you so indifferent about finding your own family?” Nina asked. Nina craved family. Even though Mia didn’t talk about it, Nina could tell that Mia’s longing for kinship was even deeper than her own.

Mia’s lips thinned. “Because the ending isn’t always what we hope for.”

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Nina fell silent. Over the years, many children from the orphanage had gone looking for their families. Some never found anything. Some found them, only to realize that years of separation had left them as strangers with no connection. And then there were those who had been abandoned; for them, finding their parents brought no warmth-only salt rubbed into an old wound.

The room went quiet, filled only with the steady, rhythmic breathing of the sleeping child.

Ethan granted Mia’s leave without hesitation. Mia knew the company was busy with an ongoing project, but she suspected Ethan just didn’t want Chloe Bennett to be jealous every day. Even though Chloe wasn’t targeting her directly anymore, she made sure to display her possessiveness over Ethan constantly. The entire executive floor felt like someone had smashed a giant vat of vinegar; the air was constantly acidic.

In the lab, Cole Preston took the amniotic fluid from Mia’s procedure and ran a paternity test, comparing it against the blood sample Ethan Hale had provided previously.

Two days later, the results were in. Chloe Bennett couldn’t wait a second longer and rushed to the hospital to find

him.