Billionaire's Pregnant Ex-wife

The door opened, jolting me back to reality. The nurse stepped out of the room. "You can enter now," she said, turning toward me. A shadow of sympathy crossed her clear blue eyes as she laid a comforting hand on my shoulder before walking away.

Trose from my seat and entered Mom's room while wiping the tears from my cheeks.

Mom was asleep on the bed again. Watching her so helpless only made me cry more.

I was still crying when the door flung open and Celine strode inside, looking as pale as a ghost. When her tear stresked eyes landed on mine, I realized she'd been crying too, Just as I was about to ask the reason for her tears, she told me the had met the doctor in the hallway, and he had told her the

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"I don't want to lose her, Celine," I sobbed, clutching my tight chest. "I can't afford to lose her. Once she's gone, I will have no family left with me."

Celine crossed the distance between us. Within seconds, she was beside me, squeezing my fingers to comfort me while tears fell down her flushed cheeks. "I don't want to lose her too, Lily. She's like the mother I never had," she said, rubbing my back with her other hand.

"B-but w watching her suffer like this is killing me, Celine. I don't want to lose her, but I don't want to watch her suffer either. My lips trembled as

"That's what I'm feeling too, Lily. All we can do now is pray for her health and let God decide what's best for her."

onto the sofa like a molted candle. Feeling my legs would collapse too, I slumped beside her.

Celine released my hands, and she stumped on

Indeed, all we could do now was pray and let God decide what was best to her, I thought to myself as I dried the tears from my cheeks,

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We were in that exact position when the door flung open, and Grey strode into the room. He spotted us quickly. Noticing the expression on our faces, his lips pursed into a grim line. "What's wrong?" he asked as he pulled to a stop.

Celine and I looked at each other. As though we understood what each other was thinking, Celine rose to her feet. "Il be outside so the two of you can talk," she told me. When I nodded, she immediately left the room, leaving me alone with Grey.

rey made no sound as he crossed the distance between us. In a matter of seconds, he reached my side and sat beside me on the sola. "What happened?" he inquired. His gray eyes lingered on my face, filled with questions.

“The doctor talked to me a while ago,” I replied in a barely audible whisper. With some difficulty, I continued, "He told me Mom's not going to last long." Tears clouded my vision when I finished speaking

Grey's Adam's apple moved as he swallowed deeply. "I'm not going to tell you that everything will be alright because I'm not sure they ever will," he told me bluntly, though his tone remained gentle.

I swallowed the lump in my throat the way he did. Grey wasn't trying to sugarcoat is words, and I admired him for that. He wasn't trying to give me false hapes by doing so.

"But I will be by your side il worse comes to worst, Lily," Grey contincio, and I was taken aback by his sincerity. My mind went blank, and I couldn't say a

word.

The beep from Grey's phone shattered the awkward silence. He glanced at the phone screen and rose from the sofa afterward. "I be back," he told me.

"Where are you going?" I asked before he reached the door,

"To meet the delivery man. I ordered supporso we don't have to go outside to gal. He pulled the door open and stepped out.

Shortly, the door opened again. I thought Grey had forgotten something, but it was Celine who entered. "Where did he go?" she asked as she took a seat beside me, I know she was referring to Grey.

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"He's taking the food he ordered for us," I replied.

"That's nice," Celine murmured. She leaned back on the sofa and closed her eyes. "I'm not in the mood to eat outside, and I really appreciate him for solving our problem"

I didn't reply and leaned back on the sofa the way Celine did.

Silence enveloped the room. The only sounds could hear at the moment were the beeping of the monitor and the faint noise of footsteps in the hallway. It felt so peaceful. I thought to myself, wondering how long this moment of peace would last.

Opening her eyes, Celine looked at me. "Lily?" She called to capture my attention

es." My eyebrows scrunched in confusion while I waited for her response. But Coline didn't reply right away. Instead, she intently watched me until I grew uncomfortable.

"What?" exclaimed, wondering what was going on in her mind while she wore that unusual expression on her face.

"You and Grey look just fine, like a normal married couple," Celine told me out of nowhere. I gave her a warning look to stop her from saying anything

-No We Don't." I replied.

The warning look I gave her didn't work. Celine continued anyway. "The two of you appeared as though you're not facing any marital problems. But 1 could sense the gap between you and Grey."

I kept my mouth closed in hopes Celine would drop the topic, but it didn't work either, She kept talking. "I know you have a problem, Lily. I will never understand what's happening between the two of you unless you tell me. I'm not a fortune teller to guess why your marriage is falling apart." She cast me a worried glance, and I found myself overcome with guilt for keeping her in the dark "I'm your best friend. You know you can trust me," she added in a much gentler tone..

Unable to take her un

I said weakly.

unwavering gaze, I shifted my attention to my lap, where my fingers were clasped together. "It's a long and complicated story, Caline,"

"You can make it short, you know. I'm asking you to give me a brief explanation, not a hundred-page book explanation," she blurted skeptically.

I let out a deep breath in surrender. Knowing Celine, she wouldn't stop unless I told her the truth. Anyway, I had nothing to lose if I told her about the status of my marriage with Grey. In fact, it would ease some of the weight 1 carried in my chest,

"Grey and I are getting a divorce," I finally broke the news and saw her eyes stretch wide and her jaw drop

"S-seriously?" she stammered. Overcome with disbelief, she rose from the sofa and helped herself to a glass of water.

"Why would I joke about something so serious?" I replied wearily.

"B-but why?" she exclaimed, vigorously shaking her head in disbelief.

"He's having an affair and he got Hatalia pregnant," I told her straight to the point.

Celine choked on her water, She fell into a coughing fit, and it took her minutes to calm down.

"Good gracious," Celine muttered when she recovered, slumping back on the sofa beside me. "Who told you Natalia was pregnant?" she turned to me, her eyebrows scrunched in confusion.

"Natalia herself," I softly admitted.

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