The Billionaire’s Secret Baby: With His Ex-Wife のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 151 - チャプター 160

The night stretched on, steady and quiet, but something had changed in the way time moved for them. It no longer felt like something to endure. It felt like something they were moving through, step by step, moment by moment, without rushing, without forcing what wasn’t ready. Elizabeth remained where she was, her shoulder lightly resting against the rock, her posture more relaxed than it had been in a long time. The tension that had followed her for so long hadn’t disappeared, but it had shifted. It no longer pressed against her constantly. It gave her space to breathe. Lewis stayed beside her. Not speaking. Not moving. But not distant either. The space between them was still there, but it wasn’t cold anymore. It held something quieter. Something steady. After a while, Elizabeth shifted slightly, drawing the blanket closer around herself before letting out a slow breath. “You didn’t ask anything,” she said. Lewis glanced at her. “You were still talking.” She looked at him.

The moment lingered even after his hand left.It didn’t fade the way smaller things had before. It didn’t disappear into silence or get lost in the space between them. It stayed. Quiet, steady, undeniable.Elizabeth didn’t move right away. Her hand remained where his had been, resting lightly over her stomach. Her eyes weren’t on him at first. They stayed forward, distant, as if she was letting the moment settle inside her before facing what it meant outside of it.Lewis didn’t rush to speak.For once, words felt unnecessary.Because nothing he could say would match what he had just felt.It had been small.Subtle.But real.And that changed something in him in a way that couldn’t be undone.After a few moments, Elizabeth finally spoke.“You’re different now,” she said quietly.Lewis looked at her.“I was already trying to be,” he replied.She shook her head slightly.“No,” she said. “This is not the same.”He didn’t respond immediately.Because he understood what she meant.This wasn

The night had settled into something deeper, heavier, but not in a way that felt threatening. It was the kind of quiet that allowed thoughts to surface, the kind that didn’t rush anyone to speak, but also didn’t let things stay hidden forever. Elizabeth didn’t move far after leaning back. The distance between them stayed small. Not as close as before, but not distant either. And that… mattered. Lewis remained beside her, his posture steady, his presence calm. He wasn’t watching her constantly, but he was aware of her in a way that didn’t feel intrusive. It felt… intentional. After some time, Elizabeth shifted again, adjusting the blanket around her shoulders more properly this time. The movement was slow, careful, and for a moment, she seemed to hesitate before settling again. “You’re still here,” she said quietly. Lewis glanced at her. “I said I would be.” “That doesn’t always mean anything,” she replied. He studied her for a moment. “It does now,” he said. That answer

The quiet stayed with them, but it no longer felt like something fragile that could break at any second. It had weight now, something grounded, something that didn’t disappear the moment neither of them spoke. It held them in place, in a way that made everything else feel distant.Elizabeth didn’t move away.If anything, she settled more into the space beside him.Not fully leaning, not completely letting go of her control, but allowing the closeness to remain without questioning it every second.That alone said more than anything she had spoken.Lewis remained still beside her, his presence calm, steady, and deliberate. He didn’t shift to close the space further, didn’t reach for her, didn’t do anything that would disrupt what was already happening.He let it be hers to define.After a while, Elizabeth let out a slow breath, her voice softer than before.“You’re not reacting again,” she said.Lewis turned his head slightly toward her.“I am,” he replied.She looked at him.“It doesn’

The moment stayed longer than either of them expected. Elizabeth didn’t move from where her head rested against Lewis’s shoulder, and Lewis didn’t shift away. The quiet between them had turned into something steady, something that didn’t feel temporary anymore. It felt like a pause in everything else, like the world outside them had slowed down just enough to let this exist. For a while, nothing changed. Then everything did. A faint sound broke through the stillness. It was subtle at first. Too soft to notice immediately. But Lewis did. His body tensed just slightly, not enough to alarm Elizabeth, but enough to sharpen his focus. Elizabeth felt it. She lifted her head slowly from his shoulder, her eyes narrowing slightly. “You heard that,” she said quietly. “Yes.” The calm from before didn’t disappear, but it shifted. Replaced by alertness. Awareness. Another sound followed. Closer this time. A branch snapping. Not loud. But deliberate. Not an animal. Too control