His Secret Baby: Six Months After Divorce (Mia and Ethan) novel Chapter 60

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Everything she’d just eaten for lunch came back up. Tears and snot streamed down her face as the acidic bile burned her throat. She felt raw and miserable.

Once her stomach was completely empty, she stayed hunched in the corner, gasping for air.

You didn’t see a doctor.”

Ethan’s voice cut through the silence. He was standing just a few feet away.

It hit Mia then he was watching. She grabbed a tissue from her bag and wiped her face, trying to pull herself

ogether.

Sorry, I’m a mess. You can go wait in the car.”

Ethan leaned against the wall, holding out a bottle of water. “I don’t remember your stomach being this bad.”

n the past, Mia’s stomach issues were mostly just dull cramps and a pale face. She rarely actually threw up.

But this was the second time in just two days Ethan had caught her losing it.

Thanks,” Mia said, her voice laced with a cold, polite distance.

She paused, then doubled down. “My stomach has been a mess lately. That’s exactly why I need to quit so I can Ictually take care of myself.”

Ethan stepped toward her, his tall frame casting a long shadow that completely swallowed her up.

The company has sick leave,” he said. “If you’re really that bad, Ms. Carter, just put in the request.”

Giving up her career just to recover? That didn’t sound like the Mia he knew.

n his head, he’d already tied her resignation to Jaxon Rivers.

Mia, however, saw it differently. She knew he was only keeping her around to use as a shield whenever he needed o put Chloe in her place.

Once the drama was over, he’d go back to playing the doting boyfriend. They’d be all over each other again.

And Mia would be the only one left looking like the villain.

If it’s alright, I’d like to take two days off next week,” Mia said, seizing the moment.

She needed to make a move.

She hadn’t been able to get her prenatal checkup last time at the hospital, and she was already overdue for an appointment.

‘Fine,” Ethan snapped, surprisingly quick to agree.

Her head felt light after throwing up, but the nausea had finally faded.

Ethan ended up taking the wheel, driving her to the business meeting himself.

Even though Ethan had managed to smooth things over with Chloe for now…

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Over the next few days, Mia and Ethan were joined at the hip. Chloe was finally reaching her breaking point.

She called Jaxon to ask about the penalty fees for the breach of contract.

‘I’ve been rotting in a hospital bed for days, and you’re just now finding out?” Jaxon snapped.

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He took all the rage he had for Ethan out on Chloe. “Ethan wouldn’t back down. He almost drank me into an early grave!”

Alarm bells went off in Chloe’s head. “Wait, Ethan refused the deal?”

Chloe, honey, your spot as the future Mrs. Hale is looking real shaky right now.”

axon loved stirring the pot. He wanted to watch the whole thing blow up. “If you ask me, Mia’s going to replace you any day now.”

Shut up!” Chloe screamed and hung up the phone.

she hadn’t even looked at the news lately. She’d been too busy obsessing over Mia and Ethan.

But it was clear now. Jaxon getting hospitalized and stripped of his position… that was all Ethan’s doing.

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