His Secret Baby: Six Months After Divorce (Mia and Ethan) novel Chapter 421

Chapter 421

Ethan Hale sat by the window, his legs crossed. A cigarette burned slowly between his fingers, the smoke curling upward in the quiet room.

He spared a brief, cold glance at Cole Preston but said nothing.

Suddenly, his phone on the foyer cabinet began to ring.

He stood up, walked over, and answered it. It was a call from the Hale Manor in Northbrook.

Grandson, when are you planning to come back to Northbrook?” Mrs. Hale Sr.’s voice crackled through the peaker.

Ethan checked his watch. His voice was as steady as ever. “I’ll head back once I’m finished here. It’s late; why aren’t

you resting?”

I can’t sleep. I’m worried about you.” Mrs. Hale Sr. let out a long, heavy sigh. “The wedding date is approaching, and you’re still in Everett. Tell me… are you planning to call off the wedding?”

Ethan was silent for a moment before replying, “Don’t worry about my affairs. I have my own plans.”

What plans?” his grandmother huffed. “While you’re off in Everett, your mother feels like she owes the Bennett amily. She’s handling every detail of the wedding herself. The invitations are out, the hotel is booked, and she’s ven had the wedding attire for you and Chloe Bennett ready for weeks.”

Miranda Hale was a woman who valued appearances above all else.

Even if there was trouble behind the scenes, she wouldn’t let the public see a scandal. She could sense Ethan’s

ttitude was off, but she was pushing forward regardless. She wasn’t going to give Ethan any room to back out.

Give me the truth,” the old woman pressed. “Are you going through with this wedding or not? If you aren’t, I’ll go alk to your mother myself!”

The grandmother’s tone made her dissatisfaction with the marriage perfectly clear.

With her temper, do you really think you can change her mind? It’ll just cause chaos in the Hale family and give >eople something to gossip about.” Ethan tried to soothe her. “Don’t worry. I have it under control.”

Seeing that Ethan didn’t need her help, Mrs. Hale Sr. didn’t push further. But then her tone shifted. “Since you don’t need my help, can you do your grandmother a favor?”

Ethan: “…”

He knew there was a hidden agenda.

You know about Mia Carter being pregnant by now, don’t you? She’s all alone with a big belly thousands of miles away. I’m not at peace. Help me look after her.”

Ethan’s eyes narrowed into sharp slits. “Based on your tone, you’ve known for a long time?”

‘I have,” the grandmother admitted. “She didn’t want anyone to know. There’s probably more to the story than we know.”

“You didn’t ask her what happened?” Ethan’s voice was heavy.

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“I’m *your* grandmother, not hers,” the old woman said. “The child is filial to me, but the identity of a former husband’s grandmother is a chasm. It’s not something she’d feel comfortable discussing with me. It’s like how most divorced couples can’t really be friends.”

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If their relationship hadn’t been genuinely good, Mia wouldn’t have braced herself to visit the Hale Manor to see her.

“She doesn’t need my care,” Ethan said coldly.

His current residence was a thirty-minute drive from Mia’s apartment. Jaxon Rivers, on the other hand, was only

a two-minute walk from her front door.

Why would she ever need him?

“Women overthink things, and since you’re about to get married, it’s only natural for her to keep her distance. But you’re a man; can’t you be a bit more generous?”

Mrs. Hale Sr.’s tone grew displeased. “If you had been just a little more considerate and tender back then, she wouldn’t have divorced you. Honestly, where else in this world is she going to find a man better than my grandson?”

Ethan couldn’t tell if his grandmother was praising him or mocking him.

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