His Secret Baby: Six Months After Divorce (Mia and Ethan) novel Chapter 262

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When Ethan saw Leo enter, he flicked the ash. His voice was husky and heavy. “Talk.”

Ms. Carter’s time at the branch has been quite smooth. She’s on good terms with the executives and-”

Get to the point,” Ethan interrupted impatiently.

Ms. Carter is pregnant. Twenty-two weeks,” Leo blurted out.

The office fell dead silent. You could have heard a pin drop.

Ethan crushed his cigarette into the ashtray, then immediately grabbed the pack and pulled out another. As he lit

t,

the flame flickered, reflecting in his eyes, which seemed to burn with the heat.

He took a deep drag. His voice dropped even lower, sounding more dangerous. “Whose is it?”

Leo kept his head down, his gaze fixed on his own shoes. He had a strong suspicion, but he couldn’t-

Check. Find out exactly who the father of that child is!”

The veins in Ethan’s forehead were beginning to bulge.

eo instinctively said, “Mr. Hale, Ms. Carter is already divorced. It’s normal for her to get pregnant and have a

hild. There’s no need-”

Before he could finish, Ethan’s hawk-like eyes shot a piercing glare at him. Leo shut up instantly.

Actually, you’re right to investigate,” Leo said after a pause, his voice firm and certain. “As your right hand, for her o have such a massive thing like a pregnancy and not report it? She clearly doesn’t respect you as her boss!”

Ethan’s gaze didn’t soften. “If you can’t find out who the father is within three days, you can get the hell out of Bayview.”

eo had followed Ethan for a long time, but this was the first time he had seen Ethan be so completely irrational. It was clear how desperately Ethan wanted to know whose child Mia was carrying.

He walked out of the office, his heart heavy as he headed back to his own desk.

Even if he didn’t know for certain that Ethan and Mia had slept together that night, this was something that couldn’t be hidden. Eventually, he would have to report the truth to Ethan.

But how to say it and what the consequences would be… Leo needed to think long and hard about that.

Early summer in Northbrook. The temperature was seventy-seven degrees. It was clearly hot, yet Mia felt a strange chill down her spine.

The door to the restaurant’s private suite was shut tight. Toby’s babbling filled the room. Mia turned up the AC a few degrees.

Before she could set the remote down, Nina reached over and felt her forehead.

“What’s wrong? Are you uncomfortable?”

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‘Not really. I just feel… strange,” Mia said, moving Nina’s hand away. “Maybe it’s psychological.”

Ever since she thought she saw that figure under the tree, she had felt off.

Nina placed some food in Mia’s bowl. “Just eat. Once we’re finished, go home and rest. You’ve been busy all day.”

Mia nodded and picked up her chopsticks.

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