His Secret Baby: Six Months After Divorce (Mia and Ethan) novel Chapter 291

Chapter 291

Mia Carter avoided the topic entirely. “Then thank you. We’re even now.”

an Reed nodded.

Goodbye. Mia turned and walked away.

The moment she stepped into a taxi, the tight string inside her finally snapped.

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She slumped against the back of the seat, all her strength deserting her. Her face was a ghostly mask of pale white ind sickly green.

An hour later, she and Nina Torres arrived at the apartment at almost the exact same time.

As Mia climbed out of the car, she stumbled. Nina rushed over to steady her.

Why are your hands so cold?”

Despite the sweltering heat, Mia’s hands were ice-cold and her face was ashen.

Nina’s expression turned solemn. “What happened?”

Mia shut the taxi door behind her. Once she had steadied her nerves, she led Nina into the apartment.

The lingering fear had stolen her voice. Once they were inside, Nina poured her two glasses of warm water.

It took a long time before Mia finally recovered enough to recount every detail.

Nina sucked in a sharp breath as she listened.

Thank God Ian showed up when he did. It’s a good thing you helped him out before, otherwise, you never would have escaped this one.”

Mia wiped the fine beads of sweat from her forehead, her fingertips still trembling slightly.

When Ethan Hale had stopped her, the way those dark pupils had bored into her… she felt like she could see the cold, ruthless indifference he would show when fighting for custody.

In that moment, her heart had been torn to shreds.

‘Alright, alright, don’t be scared anymore.”

Nina pulled her into a hug, whispering comfort. “I didn’t dare have Toby with just any man because I was terrified of custody battles. Your situation… well, the pregnancy was an accident, you can’t blame yourself. Maybe it’s a good thing Ethan knows now. He’ll never suspect the child is his…”

That thought triggered a memory for Mia.

‘Leo Martinez knows I slept with Ethan that night.”

Mia patted Nina’s hand, and Nina let her go.

Mia stood up and pulled her phone from her bag. she sent a message to Leo, asking to meet the next morning.

Leo’s reply came almost instantly: [Ms. Carter, I know why you want to see me. Don’t worry, I don’t know anything.]

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Living by the principle that the less trouble the better, Leo had chosen to play dumb.

Mia breathed a massive sigh of relief.

Having worked together for so long, she knew Leo. He was a man of his word.

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“The people you deal with in your circle are all smart,” Nina said, looking at the message. She tried to reassure Mia. ‘It’ll be fine. Ethan probably only kept pushing because he felt you were hiding something. He’s just paranoid *

Mia nodded slightly. Now that the truth was out in the open, she didn’t have to live in constant fear of being discovered. She felt much lighter.

‘I won’t livestream tonight. Let’s get some rest. First thing tomorrow morning, we’ll head to the orphanage, give the medical clearance certificate to Aunt May, and get the money back.”

Nina tucked the certificate into her bag and rolled up her sleeves, heading into the kitchen to prepare dinner.

Mia pulled herself together and followed her in to help.

‘Did you return the money to the fan?” she asked.

Nina’s hands paused for a split second before resuming their rhythm. She answered without looking back.

Yeah, I returned it. He’s actually a pretty good guy. Looks about ten years older than me. He kept calling me ‘sister’ and said we should grab tea next time. I agreed just to be polite, but obviously, there won’t be a next time. We’re eaving soon, right?”

Yeah, we’re leaving soon.*

Mia repeated those words in her heart.

The next morning, the two of them went to the orphanage and handed the medical certificate to Aunt May.

Did Mia get someone to handle this?” Aunt May asked tentatively as she took the document. “Was it that boss of yours who helped?”