His Secret Baby: Six Months After Divorce (Mia and Ethan) novel Chapter 33

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Chapter 33

What is it?”

Mia looked at her, totally confused.

‘Did you… eat breakfast?” Mrs. Hale held her breath so hard she looked like she might pass out.

Lila rolled her eyes behind Mia’s back, frantically shooting looks at her grandmother.

Mia nodded. “Yeah, I ate.”

Then you “Mrs. Hale tried to steel herself, but the question changed at the last second. “How did you get to the hospital?”

I drove.” Mia could tell something was up. “Grandma, just tell me. What’s on your mind?”

Mrs. Hale glanced over at Lila.

Mia followed her gaze and looked over her shoulder.

ila was standing right behind her, fidgeting restlessly.

These two were definitely hiding something.

Never mind, it’s nothing,” Mrs. Hale said, waving a hand dismissively. “I was just curious… what are your plans for

he New Year?”

Mia hadn’t even thought about it until she brought it up.”

For the two years she’d been married to Ethan, she’d spent every New Year with the Hale family.

This year, things were going back to the way they used to be.

I’m going back to the orphanage,” Mia said.

Mrs. Hale Sr. squeezed her hand tighter. “Come to our place. It’s just me and Lila this year. It’ll be more lively with you there.”

Mia remembered now Miranda and the rest of the family were out of the country.

And Ethan? He’d be spending the holidays with Chloe.

‘I can’t. It wouldn’t be right,” Mia said, shaking her head.

“The orphanage has plenty of kids; they won’t miss one person,” the old woman pressed, trying her best to persuade her. “Just stay at the house for Lunar New Year’s Eve, okay?”

Lila dragged a chair over to the hospital bed and plopped down. “Oh, come on, Grandma. Stop guilt-tripping Mia. Even if she doesn’t go to the orphanage, maybe… she’s got someone else to keep her company?”

Mrs. Hale Sr.’s eyes snapped to Mia instantly.

Mia didn’t catch the subtext at first. “You mean Nina? She just had her baby, so she can’t make it to the orphanage this year. If I’m not there, I’ll be at her place helping her with the kid.”

“Nina got married?” Lila followed Nina on Instagram but didn’t remember seeing anything about a wedding.

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“No,” Mia shook her head. “It’s complicated.”

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Lila was smart enough not to pry. Instead, she turned the spotlight right back onto Mia.

“So, Mia… what about your personal life? Any plans to move on?”

The sudden pivot caught Mia off guard. She froze for a few seconds before finally speaking. “I haven’t really

hought about it yet.”

Lila took a sharp breath.

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