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Lahat ng Kabanata ng Pregnant for My Ex’s Ruthless Boss: Kabanata 41 - Kabanata 50

52 Kabanata

Ten minutes

DOMINIC POV I have never had to get down to the hospital as fast as I did today. After getting the news about her impromptu rescheduling, I had to send my men to obstruct whatever was happening, to buy time.I am not a man to misuse power but this was very necessary. The moment I made eye contact with her after stepping out of the elevator she glared at me, obviously not pleased to meet me here.My gaze softened slightly despite the anger in me. I wanted to confront her directly about why she hadn't told me about the child before going ahead to abort it. But that would defile the barrage of lessons I had taken yesterday and today from Jorah and Charles.I signalled to the men, quietly telling them that their work is done, while I walked carefully towards her. I don't know why I'm slightly scared of how she would react, I really hope she doesn't yell at me for stopping her.She didn't move as I approached, though every line of her body looked coiled tight enough to strike. She glanced

Marry me

DOMINIC'S POVThe doctor's office felt smaller when the door shut. I had held the doctor down in some board meeting I had scheduled impromptu, so I knew she wouldn't be around until later in the day.The fluorescent light overhead was humming faintly, messing with my thought process, illuminating every hard line of Aria's face as she waited, arms crossed, daring me to waste even one of the ten minutes she'd granted.As gorgeous as she looked when she was serious, I can't deny it is a little scary, more scary actually. I really miss how bold she was that night."Talk," she said, glaring hard at me like she was ready to walk out as soon as she was done or if I kept staring longer.I chose my words carefully, aware that anything clumsy now would cost me the little ground I'd managed to claim. "I'm not here to stop you from making your own decision.""You already tried that. It's a little late for that particular claim," she said, dismissing my perfectly planned speech."I know how it loo

A threat

ARIA'S POVFor a moment, I actually thought I'd misheard him."I'm sorry," I said slowly. "Did you just ask me to marry you?""Yes.""You're insane." The words came out flat, disbelieving, like I was testing them for weight and finding them absurdly light. "You're actually insane. We've spoken four times. Four. And one of those times you had an entire hospital wing shut down by armed men in suits.""They weren't armed.""That's not the point, Dominic!" My voice cracked upward, incredulous. "The point is you think marriage is a reasonable solution to a problem you created twenty minutes ago by lying to my doctor's office.""It solves more than you're giving it credit for," he said, infuriatingly calm, like he was presenting a business proposal instead of something completely unhinged. "Your scandal disappears the moment there's a wedding ring involved. My family stops pressuring me to marry a stranger they've selected. The child has two parents, legally and publicly, instead of becomin

I have reconsidered

ARIA'S POVI know I will have to face a tough decision someday, but I never expected it to be latching onto a man's influence.My hands were shaking again by the time Tyler knocked on my door, and I didn't bother hiding it."Miss Cole?" He stepped inside, took one look at my face, and immediately shut the door behind him. "What happened?"I turned my phone toward him wordlessly, watching his expression shift from concern to something darker as he read Ryan's messages."He's threatening the board," Tyler said slowly. "And…." He stopped, jaw tightening as he reached the last message, reading it twice like I had."He's threatening the baby," I finished for him, my voice barely above a whisper because I was aware I hadn't told him about the baby earlier.Something flickered across Tyler's face, not confusion, not the blank shock I expected from someone hearing this for the first time. Just quiet, careful understanding.I frowned slightly. "You already knew."Tyler hesitated, guilt flashin

Deal

ARIA'S POVThe address Tyler had given me led to a private building tucked away from the main financial district, the kind of place that didn't advertise itself with a sign or a logo, just discreet glass doors and a single security guard who checked my name against a list before letting me through.The elevator opened directly into what I could only assume was one of Dominic's private suites — sleek, minimal, everything in shades of gray and black that somehow matched the man himself. Floor-to-ceiling windows looked out over the city, the late afternoon light casting long shadows across polished floors.He was already waiting when the doors slid open, standing near the window with his hands in his pockets, that same unreadable composure back in place, like the desperate man who'd begged for ten minutes in a doctor's office had never existed."You came," he said simply."I said I would." I stepped inside, arms crossed instinctively, needing the barrier even now. "Let's not pretend this

Do I Know You?

ARIA'S POVWe shook hands awkwardly for a few seconds longer than usual, standing with our hands clasped from the world's least romantic gesture. I stared at his face, my gaze dropping to his features, my mind wandering back to our encounter that night and how much I had fantasized about it later. Still embedded in my thoughts, the elevator chimed behind us.I pulled my hand back quickly, though Dominic didn't seem nearly as concerned about propriety, watching the doors slide open with the same unbothered calm he wore for everything.I tried regaining my posture like my mind hadn't wandered to some inappropriate thoughts when I had clearly started earlier that nothing else would happen again.Two people stepped out, a woman in a fitted red dress, all glossy hair and practiced elegance, and a man beside her who looked vaguely uncomfortable in his own skin, like he'd rather be anywhere else, but he was there because the woman happened to latch on tightly. My gaze moved from the man back

Girl In the hospital

DOMINIC'S POV"When are we getting married?" she asked suddenly, her question caught me off guard, though I recovered quickly enough that she likely couldn't tell if I was hesitating or deliberating before I answered."Soon," I said. "The sooner this is official, the sooner Ryan loses whatever leverage he thinks he still has. And I need to be able to stabilize before fully replacing the faulty roots in the company." She explained. I nodded gently; it's understandable.We stepped out into the parking garage, her driver already waiting by the car, engine idling. I glanced at him, then back at Aria."I'll drive you," I said.She blinked. "No…" she answered sharply. "I mean you don't have to…" she started explaining."I'm aware." I turned to her driver before she could argue further. "Take the car back to the office. I'll see her home myself."The man glanced at Aria, waiting for her confirmation before he'd actually listen to me, which I found oddly reasonable given everything she'd been

Indecisive

ARIA'S POVThe knock came sometime after midnight, sharp and frantic, dragging me up out of a sleep so shallow I'd barely settled into it."Aria!" Claire's voice, muffled through the door, edged with panic. "Aria, wake up. You need to see this."I fumbled upright, heart already racing before I'd even processed why, my hand instinctively going to my stomach the way it always did now whenever fear spiked too fast to control.Claire burst in without waiting for an answer, phone already in her outstretched hand, screen glowing bright in the darkened room."What…." I started."Just look."I took the phone, squinting against the sudden light, and felt my stomach drop straight through the mattress.A headline, stark and merciless, glaring up at me from some gossip site I didn't recognize but that had clearly already gone viral.COLE HEIRESS TRAPS BILLIONAIRE WITH LOVE CHILD — SOURCES CLAIM SCANDALOUS AFFAIR BEGAN WEEKS BEFORE ENGAGEMENT ENDEDI scrolled further, my hands trembling harder wit

We go in together

ARIA'S POVMorning sickness is one thing I hate since it's onset. I woke to my stomach revolting before my mind had even caught up with consciousness.I barely made it to the bathroom in time, collapsing to my knees in front of the toilet as my body heaved violently, emptying what little remained from the night before. Tears stung my eyes, part nausea, part exhaustion, part the lingering weight of everything the headline had dredged up hours earlier. A sob broke out of me almost immediately."Aria?" Claire's voice, groggy with sleep, followed by quick footsteps. She appeared in the doorway a moment later, wincing sympathetically at the sight of me. "Oh, baby.""I'm fine," I said almost immediately, though the words came out weak, unconvincing even to my own ears.She crouched beside me, gathering my hair back with gentle hands, rubbing slow circles against my back while another wave rolled through me. "This is the worst morning sickness you've had yet.""Stress," I muttered, wiping my

Something is wrong with the baby!

ARIA'S POVThe lobby was already in chaos by the time we arrived, a cluster of employees gathered near the reception desk, voices raised, phones out, the air thick with tension I could feel the moment the elevator doors opened.Dominic stepped out first, and the effect was immediate,conversations dying mid-sentence, heads turning, the crowd parting slightly as though some instinct told them to make room without needing to be asked.I followed behind him, forcing my spine straight despite the way my legs still trembled faintly beneath me, despite the ginger tea sitting uneasily in my stomach."Miss Cole." Someone near the front, one of the mid-level managers I recognized but couldn't immediately name, stepped forward. "We need answers. Now. People are saying you've been lying to the board. That the pregnancy, the scandal….""I understand you're frightened," I said, projecting my voice as steadily as I could manage. "I understand rumors have been spreading faster than facts. So let me a

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