His Secret Baby: Six Months After Divorce (Mia and Ethan) novel Chapter 279

Chapter 279

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The idea hadn’t been Jaxon’s.

However, Jaxon Rivers had gone along with it, smoothing over the holes in the flawed plan. But even so, he hadn’t been able to keep it from Mia Carter.

Jaxon hadn’t actually expected Mia to empty her savings and stay in Northbrook for a child she wasn’t even related to by blood.

The moment he realized Mia had actually paid the money, his heart felt heavy with a complex mix of emotions. Now that the truth was out, he felt even worse.

‘I… I’m sorry, I—”

‘I can’t afford your apology, Mr. Rivers,” Mia interrupted him. “I’m just a small fry. To you rich people, I’m just a oy. If I can provide you with a bit of entertainment, it’s my honor. From now on, do whatever you want. Say whatever you want. Don’t worry about whether I live or die. As long as you’re happy, anything goes.”

She was wearing a long black dress, her figure still slender as she stood in the middle of the large courtyard. A gust of wind blew past, scattering her long hair.

She looked calm, but she also looked like she was about to shatter into a million pieces, turning into shards of glass hat pierced right into Jaxon’s heart.

axon’s expression was more serious than it had ever been. His breath hitched. The pain felt like a physical wound, is if his heart had been skewered and was bleeding out.

He wanted to say something more, but he found himself speechless.

Mia turned and headed back into the building.

nside, Nina Torres was still in a stalemate with Aunt May. She was holding Aunt May’s phone, demanding that he transfer the money back immediately.

Give the $200,000 back to Nina. We don’t want the previous money back anymore.”

Mia entered the room and locked the door behind her. “Otherwise, the three of us can just rot in this room ogether.”

She pulled over a chair and sat right in front of the door.

What do you mean we don’t want the previous money back?” Nina was unsatisfied. “I want every single cent

returned to me!”

‘I don’t have it!” Aunt May glared at her. “Not a single cent!”

Seeing her attitude, Nina’s temper flared again. “You’re so selfish and shameless. How do you have the heart to run an orphanage? I think you’re just a wolf in sheep’s clothing. All that money we’ve sent you over the years-did you just spend it all on yourself?”

No matter what Nina said, Aunt May remained silent.

Usually, it was Nina’s loud, aggressive personality that gave Aunt May a headache. But today, it was Mia, sitting

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silently in her chair, who possessed a terrifyingly powerful presence.

Every time Aunt May looked at her, her heart sank a little further…

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Top floor of Bayview Tower, CEO’s Office.

Leo Martinez stood in front of Ethan Hale’s desk, his heart in his throat.

Ethan was reviewing the stack of investigative files, his brow furrowing deeper with every page.

“Where is the information I asked for?”

He flipped to the final page.

The documents recorded Mia’s every move during the month she got pregnant, even down to what she ate for

breakfast.

The only thing missing was how the child was conceived.

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