His Secret Baby: Six Months After Divorce (Mia and Ethan) novel Chapter 76

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Chapter 76

Ethan let her go and stood tall, towering over her by a full head. He looked down at her as she stared at the floor, his gaze cold.

‘Get out.”

Her cheek burned where his fingers had just brushed against her skin.

It felt like he’d slapped her all over again.

She fought to keep the tears from falling, still refusing to give up. “About my resignation… I hope you’ll reconsider, Mr. Hale.”

Ethan ignored her completely. He sat back down at his desk and didn’t give her another glance.

The second she turned her back, the tears finally spilled over.

Mia didn’t go back to her desk. She bolted for the restroom, trying to process the humiliation of being “low-born” n Ethan’s eyes.

f Ethan knew a woman like her was carrying a Hale heir, he’d hate her even more. He’d think she was tainting his amily’s bloodline.

Mia rested a hand gently over her stomach as hot tears streamed down her face.

t didn’t matter. This baby was hers and hers alone. It had nothing to do with the Hale family.

:00 PM. Clock-in time. Mia Carter stepped out of the stairwell and headed back to her desk.

Aside from her eyes being slightly rimmed with red, she looked perfectly composed.

she’d been cleared of suspicion, but the link to Jaxon Rivers had made her a pariah. Every step she took in the office now felt like walking through a minefield.

When the executives came by to drop off files for Ethan, they didn’t even look her way. They bypassed her desk entirely and went straight to Leo Martinez.

She used to manage Ethan’s entire life. Now? She was down to making coffee and reminding him of meetings. Busywork.

That afternoon, Jaxon pulled a “sacrificial lamb” move. A video leaked showing him throwing his own father, Victor Rivers, under the bus, exposing how Victor had bribed people to leak Bayview’s data.

Victor’s dirty play sent Riverside’s stock into a massive freefall.

By evening, Riverside called an emergency board meeting. They stripped Victor of his CEO title and reinstated [axon effective immediately.

Of course,

the Rivers family still held all the real power. The “firing” was just a PR stunt to save the stock price.

By nightfall, the bleeding finally stopped. Riverside’s stock stabilized.

But Jaxon didn’t get off easy. Back at the mansion, he was facing “family discipline,” getting thrashed until he was screaming for mercy.

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“Ethan Hale set me up, dammit! Dad, stop! If you kill me, you’re doing exactly what that bastard wants!”

“Agh! Dad, I’m sorry! I get it, I get it! Stop!”

Jaxon was Victor’s only son. No matter how pissed the old man got, he couldn’t do much more than leave some nasty bruises before he finally backed off.

Jaxon didn’t go to the hospital. He sucked up the pain and headed straight for Mia’s place.

It was 9 PM. Mia hadn’t left for home until Ethan finally finished his last meeting of the day.

As flashy as Jaxon’s luxury ride was, he looked like absolute hell right now.

The buttons on his white shirt were long gone, leaving it hanging open to reveal his lean chest.

He had a busted lip, a black eye, and literal boot prints all over his clothes.

“Got a first aid kit? Sss ” Jaxon hissed, his face twisting in pain the second he finished the sentence.

Mia stared at him in silence for a few beats before she finally found her voice. “You’re a mess. Why are you here nstead of a hospital?”

Taxon touched his swollen lip, his voice dripping with bitterness. “If I hit the ER, the press will have a field day. Ethan played us both, and I’m not about to let everyone see how badly we got screwed.”

I’m sorry. I didn’t think he’d drag you into this,” Mia said. She’d seen the headlines that afternoon and figured out Ethan’s game immediately.

It didn’t matter who actually leaked the data. Victor Rivers was the one who profited from it, and that was enough

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