His Secret Baby: Six Months After Divorce (Mia and Ethan) novel Chapter 457

Chapter 457

Jaxon Rivers reached out to shake her hand, but then paused, remembering something and wiping his palms vigorously on his clothes first.

Tll take care of you. From now on, I’m your shield!”

Mia Carter had been forced into this situation, jumping ship to Jaxon’s company. For her, it was an unexpected turn of events. For Jaxon, it was a pleasant surprise.

“Just focus on your maternity leave. I’ll handle the talk at home with my family.”

Jaxon didn’t want to wait for the Rivers family to start trouble for Mia before trying to fix it. He intended to explain everything to them beforehand.

“Okay. I’ll call you when the food is ready.”

‘Great. Don’t bother going out for groceries; I’ll have someone deliver them. I’m your boss now-I can’t just be a

mooch.”

Jaxon’s grin was practically stretching to his ears. “Go inside and wait!”

With that, he turned and jogged back toward his own place. Mia didn’t even have time to stop him. She could only head back inside to tell Clara not to go out for groceries.

In less than an hour, enough hot pot ingredients were delivered to the house to feed twice their number.

At the same time, news of Mia’s resignation from Bayview Holdings and her subsequent hiring at Riverside Corporation broke online.

To outsiders, it was just juicy gossip-they simply thought Mia was impressive. To be poached by Riverside and kept on the payroll even while on maternity leave meant her professional abilities had to be top-tier.

To those in the know, however, this practically confirmed that the child in Mia’s belly belonged to Jaxon Rivers.

With their talent stolen, Bayview suffered a blow to its reputation and became the target of public speculation. But for Miranda Hale, this was actually good news. She stepped up to handle the board of directors for Ethan, smoothing things over with those old fossils back in Northbrook.

I have to admit, Ethan’s mom really knows how to handle a crisis.”

Jaxon was sipping on some wine, feeling a bit tipsy and thoroughly enjoying the hot pot. “If that were my mom, she’d only find a way to screw me over when things got tough.”

Mia ate quietly while keeping an eye on the news. Overall, while there was some impact on Bayview, it wasn’t massive. The gossip surrounding her child’s paternity was currently overshadowing the commercial fallout.

“Are there really moms who screw over their kids?” Nina Torres asked, chatting with Jaxon as she ate. “I don’t believe it. I love my son so much I can barely stand it. Why would I ever sabotage him?”

Jaxon scoffed. “No offense, but you look exactly like the kind of mom who’d accidentally screw over her kid. Your son’s future probably isn’t going to be much better than mine.”

Nina paused mid-bite. “Impossible.”

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“Mia looks like a responsible mother. She’s having a child for companionship and love. You? You’re having one just for the hell of it.”

Jaxon ranted on, teasing Nina relentlessly. “When I was a kid, my mom would play hide-and-seek with me, then just leave me hiding and go play mahjong.”

Nina suddenly remembered how she used to play hide-and-seek with Toby just to get some peace and quiet. She’d leave Toby crawling around the house while she hid in a closet to watch the surveillance feed and play games on her phone.

It wasn’t that different.

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