His Secret Baby: Six Months After Divorce (Mia and Ethan) novel Chapter 51

Chapter 51

Chloe lied through her teeth. “She’s dying to go. But Ethan knows you’re the one headhunting her, so he’s blocking

1. If you’re willing to cover Mia’s buyout, Ethan won’t be able to do a damn thing to keep her.”

Jaxon’s smile vanished.

He thought back to that night. Mia had pushed Ethan away instead of just hopping into his bed to cash in.

That was proof enough Mia wasn’t into Ethan.

So, did she actually want to jump ship?

No one knew exactly how much Mia’s termination fee with Bayview was.

But Mia was Ethan’s secretary. She’d been at Bayview for six years her buyout clause had to be astronomical.

axon had money to burn and a massive ego. He didn’t mind dropping some cash just to watch Ethan lose face.

But he wasn’t an idiot. He wasn’t about to let Chloe use him for free.

Ethan’s a prick,” Jaxon said. “He stole my business, so it’s only fair I steal his people. But tell me…”

He paused. A knot of dread tightened in Chloe’s chest. “What?”

‘If Ethan finds out you’re backstabbing him and feeding me info, how pissed do you think he’ll be? Would he dump you on the spot?”

After the scene today, the fact that Ethan had kept Mia around was eating Chloe alive.

Miranda had tried to explain it away claiming Ethan just hated people going behind his back.

Chloe chose to believe that. There was no way Ethan actually had feelings for Mia. No damn way.

But if Ethan found out she’d gone to Jaxon? She’d be dead to him.

“What… what do you mean?”

“We split her buyout fifty-fifty.” Jaxon’s tone was cold and final. There was no room for negotiation.

Chloe bit her tongue, suppressing her rage.

Even if she regretted it now, Jaxon wouldn’t let her off the hook. He had her cornered, and she just had to take the

hit.

“I’ll Venmo you the money once it’s done!”

Chloe hissed, slamming her thumb on the end-call button. She snatched a throw pillow and hurled it against the wall, shaking with rage,

Bayview Holdings. 8:00 PM.

The meeting wrapped up. Mia followed Ethan as they stepped out of the conference room.

There was another meeting in thirty minutes. It was going to be another late night probably past midnight.

She hadn’t touched a bite of dinner yet. She was starving, her stomach literally eating itself.

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She was just about to slump into her desk chair when Ethan’s voice cut through the air.

“In here.”

Mia didn’t even get a second to breathe before she was heading into his office.

Ethan shed his jacket, yanked off his tie, and rolled up his sleeves as he headed toward the private lounge. “Dinner’s on the table.”

Leo had ordered a full spread four dishes and soup before clocking out.

The faint, savory scent of food filled the office.

Mia popped open the containers and set out the utensils.

Ethan came back out after washing his hands and took a seat at the table.

He watched as Mia scooped some of the food into a separate container and picked it up.

Take your time, Mr. Hale. I’ll come back and clean up when you’re done.”

‘Eat here.”

Before, eating in his office during late shifts was totally normal for them.

But now? The entire office was buzzing with rumors that Ethan had called off his engagement to Chloe because of her.

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