His Secret Baby: Six Months After Divorce (Mia and Ethan) novel Chapter 42

* Chapter 42

Chapter 42

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Stella headed back to the secretarial department, still visibly annoyed.

Rumors about Ethan and Chloe’s engagement were everywhere, but there was still no official date.

Judging by how thrilled Chloe looked earlier, though, it had to be soon.

Chloe claimed she didn’t mind Mia staying, but there was no way she’d actually tolerate her presence for long.

Mia glanced at the closed office door. If Chloe was more desperate to get her out than she was to leave, then maybe she didn’t need to rush after all.

With that thought, she dove back into her work.

There was an executive meeting thirty minutes later.

Etham stepped out of his office and headed toward the conference room.

He caught Mia following behind him with her laptop in his peripheral vision. The tight knot between his brows Finally loosened.

As long as she was on the clock, Mia was a total professional.

For the next few days, she didn’t slack off or act out just because he’d blocked her resignation.

Ethan didn’t bring it up, either. Aside from their standard work talk, they acted like everything was perfectly

normal.

Mia was caught off guard when Ethan started dumping most of Leo’s workload onto her desk.

Leo’s focus shifted toward coordinating the various departments, leaving Mia as the primary person handling everything directly with Ethan.

For two nights straight, she accompanied him to business dinners.

With Leo gone, there was no one to play human shield during the rounds of toasts. Since Mia had to drive, she couldn’t touch a drop, which meant Ethan ended up knocking back quite a lot of alcohol himself.

But no matter how much he drank, he never lost control like he had before the New Year that night he’d pinned

her down and kissed her senseless.

11:00 PM. The Maybach pulled up to the front of Orchid Estate.

The car had barely come to a halt when the villa’s front door swung open and a figure came rushing out.

Mia was just about to step out when Chloe beat her to it, yanking open the back passenger door.

“Ethan, why are you home so late?”

Chloe wrapped her arm around Ethan’s, shooting Mia a sharp, guarded look.

Ethan’s Adam’s apple bobbed as he spoke in a thick, raspy voice. “Meetings. I told you to go to bed. You didn’t have to wait up.”

“I was worried.” Chloe helped him out of the car, then let go. “I made some hangover soup. Go inside and drink it

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Ethan let out a low grunt in response. He slung his blazer over his shoulder and headed into the villa.

The second he was inside, Chloe turned and rapped her knuckles against the driver’s side window.

Mia rolled down the window and stared at the fuming Chloe with a blank expression.

“You again? Where the hell is Leo Martinez?”

Chloe hadn’t had the chance to blow up when Mia dropped Ethan off yesterday, but she’d been seething ever

since

Seeing her again today was the final straw. Chloe was officially at her breaking point.

Mia kept her voice flat. “Mr. Hale split the responsibilities. Leo handles the office, and I handle his personal

matters.”

“What?” Chloe’s face soured. “You’re practically out the door. Why the hell is he dumping more work on you?”

“I tried to resign yesterday. He rejected it. He said Bayview doesn’t let people walk before their contracts are up.”

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