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Chapter Twenty-Three
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Remarrying My Billionaire Ex Chapter Twenty-Three
DAMIEN'S POVI stayed for dinner.Olivia made pasta, the simple kind, olive oil and garlic and whatever was in the refrigerator. I sat at the kitchen counter with Nathan in the bassinet beside me and watched her move around the small kitchen with the ease of someone fully inhabiting their space.This was different from the Ross house. There she'd always been slightly careful, slightly aware of the edges of what she was allowed to occupy. Here everything was hers. The coffee cups hung in a specific order. The windowsill had three plants and the ultrasound image she'd never moved. The dish towels were mismatched and the good knife was in the wrong drawer and all of it was completely and specifically Olivia.I liked being in it."You're staring," she said without turning around."I'm watching you cook.""Same thing.""Different intention."She paused briefly at the stove. Just a pause. Then she kept stirring.The monitor on the counter crackled softly. Lily shifting in her sleep. We both
Remarrying My Billionaire Ex Chapter Twenty Two
OLIVIA'S POVGrace watched Lily for two hours on a Saturday afternoon so I could shower without listening for sounds and sit in my own living room without a baby attached to me.I lasted forty minutes before I missed her.I was standing in the kitchen making tea when Damien knocked. Scheduled visit, eleven o'clock. I'd forgotten to check the time.He came in with Nathan in the carrier against his chest and stopped when he saw my face."What happened?""Nothing. Grace has Lily. I was trying to have two hours to myself and I've spent forty minutes missing her."He looked at me with something that was almost amusement. "That doesn't go away.""Helpful.""It gets easier to sit with." He unclipped the carrier and settled Nathan against his shoulder. "You look better.""Than what?""Than three weeks ago. You had this look like you were running on reserves you weren't sure would last.""I was." I poured a second cup without thinking and pushed it across the counter to him. "The six week mark
Remarrying My Billionaire Ex Chapter Twenty-One
DAMIEN'S POVThree weeks after Lily was born, Emma filed for expanded visitation rights with Nathan.My lawyer called on a Tuesday morning while I was at Olivia's apartment for the scheduled visit. I stepped into the hallway to take it."She's claiming the current arrangement limits Nathan's connection to his maternal family," my lawyer said. "She wants biweekly overnight visits starting at six weeks.""He's four weeks old.""I know. The filing is aggressive and unlikely to succeed at this stage. But she's establishing a paper trail.""Counter it. Full opposition. Nathan is four weeks old and overnights at this stage are medically inadvisable. Get a pediatric statement from his doctor.""Already on it. But Damien, she'll keep filing. This isn't going away."I knew that. Emma was methodical. She'd been building toward something since Catherine died and Nathan's existence gave her a permanent foothold. I'd underestimated how far she'd take it."Keep me updated," I said and went back ins
Remarrying My Billionaire Ex Chapter Twenty
OLIVIA'S POVI came home on a Thursday.Grace had the apartment ready. Clean sheets, the refrigerator stocked with things I could eat one-handed, the nursery nightlight on. She stood in the doorway while I carried Lily in and didn't say anything sentimental, which was exactly right.I stood in the middle of my living room with my daughter in my arms and felt the particular quiet of a life that had changed while I wasn't looking."I'll be down the hall," Grace said. "Shout if you need me.""I'm fine.""You've said that in approximately every difficult situation I've witnessed. Shout anyway."She left.I stood there for another moment. Then I took Lily to the nursery and set her in the crib she was too small for yet and stood over her in the yellow light.She slept like she had no concerns.I wished I had that.**************Damien came the next morning with Ethan.I'd told him ten o'clock. They arrived at ten exactly, which I expected from Damien and was surprised to find was also Eth
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DAMIEN'S POVI stayed until seven.Grace woke at six, assessed the room with the efficiency of someone who'd raised three children, declared Olivia needed real food and went to find the hospital cafeteria. The midwife cycled in and out. A pediatric nurse came to check Lily's vitals and declared everything excellent with the cheerful certainty of someone who loved their job.Olivia was exhausted in a way that was different from tired. Deep and cellular. She held Lily through most of it, only handing her to nurses when required, and watched everything happening in the room with the careful attention of someone cataloguing it.At six thirty she looked at me. "You should go home. Ethan will be up soon.""Mrs. Patterson is there.""Still. He'll want to see you."She was right and she knew I knew it. I stood and looked at Lily in her arms. Dark hair, fists unclenched now, sleeping with the absolute commitment of someone who had no concerns whatsoever."I'll come back this afternoon," I said
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OLIVIA'S POVLabor started at eleven forty-seven PM on a Tuesday.Not the practice contractions. The real ones. I knew the difference immediately, the way every nurse who'd ever coached a mother through it said you would. A different quality of pain. Purposeful. Insistent.I breathed through the first one and looked at the clock.The second came eight minutes later.I called Grace first, purely instinctively, then remembered what she'd said about practice and picked up the phone again.Damien answered before the second ring. "Olivia.""It's real this time."A beat. "How far apart.""Eight minutes. Just started.""I'm leaving now. Call your midwife. I'll meet you at the hospital.""Damien—""Midwife first. Then pack what you need. I'll be there in twenty minutes."He hung up.I called my midwife, who told me to come in when contractions hit five minutes apart. I had time. I moved through the apartment slowly, gathering the bag I'd packed two weeks ago, checking things I'd already check
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OLIVIA'S POV Twelve weeks pregnant. The nausea had gotten worse, forcing me to keep crackers in every room. I'd started wearing looser clothes, claiming stress eating. Victoria knew the truth, but she'd kept my secret."Olivia, can we talk?"Emma stood in the kitchen doorway, perfectly put togethe
Remarrying My Billionaire Ex Chapter Three
DAMIEN'S POV "Mr. Ross, the embryos are viable."Dr. Chen's words should have filled me with relief, but instead I felt hollow. Across the consultation table, Emma squeezed my hand, her eyes bright with tears."That's wonderful," she breathed. "Catherine would be so happy."Would she? I'd been ask
Remarrying My Billionaire Ex Chapter Two
OLIVIA'S POV "I'm not pregnant," I said, gripping the edge of the sink.Victoria's perfectly shaped eyebrow arched. "I've had three children. I know morning sickness when I see it."I rinsed my mouth, buying time. "It's probably just something I ate.""At seven in the morning? When you haven't eat
Remarrying My Billionaire Ex Chapter Five
DAMIEN'S POVI found the crackers three days after our fight.A sleeve of saltines tucked behind the coffee maker. Another in the drawer next to the guest bathroom. I'd noticed them before and assumed she was stress eating, as Mrs. Patterson had mentioned. But now I looked closer.Ginger tea in the
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