All Chapters of Mr. Sterling, Your Wife Wants the Baby, Not You: Chapter 91 - Chapter 100

“Waiting for me?”That was unexpected.With the divorce hanging over them, spending New Year’s with her in-laws would have been awkward at best, absurd at worst.“No. I’m staying with my grandpa,” Claire said without hesitation.“Fine. Do as you like.”Adrian withdrew his gaze at once and made no effort to persuade her. It felt less like a genuine invitation than an obligation he was checking off.Claire was long since used to that.Her presence had never seemed to matter much to him either way.The people Adrian gave his patience to had never included her.She turned and started down the corridor.A gallery staff member was pushing a cart of tea and pastries toward them, and Claire stepped aside to avoid it.Her foot slipped without warning.Startled, she reached blindly for anything that might keep her from falling.An arm came around her waist in time to catch her. Only then did she steady herself, one hand clenched in the front of his jacket.That cool sandalwood scent filled her l

Claire turned.Sienna was leaning slightly over the display case, admiring the unity lock. Smiling, she glanced back at the man beside her.A faint smile touched Adrian’s lips as he looked past her toward Nolan, who was standing in front of Claire. “Mr. Reed, would you be willing to sell it?”That easy indulgence struck Claire like a blade to the chest.Her heart tightened violently. She turned to Nolan at once. “Could you sell it to me instead? Name your price.”The moment Sienna heard that, the smile on her face began to fade.“Miss Bennett, do you really have to fight me over everything?”That line made Nolan frown as well.With everything put together, he was certain now that he understood Claire’s motive.Wasn’t it obvious? If Sienna wanted something, Claire had to take it first.She had already tried to steal another woman’s boyfriend, and now she was going after something Sienna had set her heart on. The nerve of it was almost impressive.Claire looked at Sienna without a trace

Fortunately for Claire, Sienna was the type to let things go.Otherwise, with the kind of influence she had online, Claire would have been ripped apart by public opinion so thoroughly she might never have been able to show her face again.Maybe Nolan really had been taken with Claire at first.But now?There was no way he would let himself be fooled by a woman like her.Back at HexaLife, Claire threw herself into the lab and buried herself in pharmacology analysis, determined not to give her mind room to wander.The joint lab HexaLife had established with Hawthorne University was now fully up and running, and Claire was the overall lead on HexaLife’s side. The responsibility on her shoulders was immense.She had to oversee drug development, manage timelines, monitor risk across the research program, and coordinate with both the clinical and regulatory teams.It was more than enough to keep her busy enough that Adrian had no chance to ruin her mood.Ever since she declined his invitatio

Claire could not even bear to think about why Adrian had slipped so easily back into the old habit of sharing a bed with her.All she felt was sickened by the images her mind kept conjuring.She rolled over and retched twice into the trash can.It was not just emotional. Her body reacted before she could stop it.The moment she pictured Adrian and Sienna together, her stomach turned on its own.When Adrian came out of the bathroom, that was what he saw.His dark eyes gave nothing away. Then his gaze dropped slowly to her lower abdomen. “Are you pregnant?”Claire pushed herself upright, a trace of heat still lingering in her cheeks. “No.”It was not as though she could tell him she was nauseous because her thoughts had gone straight to exactly how children were made.Without commenting, Adrian looked away and lowered his eyes to fasten the deep green cuff link at his wrist. “I’ll arrange an exam for you.”For a second, Claire did not even know how to respond. They might be in the middle

Julian’s question made every head in the room turn toward Adrian. Claire, though, looked at Julian first.She understood exactly what he was doing.He was protecting her.He had kept her from becoming the target of the room’s attention. Kept her from being the one to expose Adrian’s identity in public and risk provoking him.He had thrown the question back where it belonged.As for how Adrian would answer...“Do I look like someone who keeps track of that?”His voice was light, flat, and impossible to read. But everyone in the room took something different from it.A few of the men from the pharmacology group exchanged glances, suddenly enlightened. “Makes sense. A man in Mr. Sterling’s position wouldn’t pay attention to people who have nothing to do with him.”Claire understood what he had really meant.Adrian was denying any connection to her, cutting off her chance to expose Sienna in the very next breath. At the same time, he was also implying that he himself was the man in questi