I Refuse to Be Your Second Choice novel Chapter 172

“Mrs. Ramirez, there are some chairs over there. Why don’t you go have a seat and rest?” Aaron Lee said, pointing to a nearby waiting area.

“Aaron, the title of Mrs. Ramirez already belongs to someone else. It’s not appropriate for you to call me that anymore.”

Camila was pregnant with Alexander’s child. This time, it wasn’t a misunderstanding. And tomorrow, she and Alexander would receive their divorce certificate. The role of Mrs. Ramirez was finally changing hands.

Half an hour crawled by, and Arianna’s patience wore thin.

“I can’t believe Alexander would fall for a woman like her. He must be blind!” she fumed.

Just as she finished speaking, Alexander and Camila walked over, looking perfectly fine.

Natalie stood up. “Can we go now?”

Camila smiled sweetly. “Ms. Watson, please try to understand. You’ve never been a mother or been pregnant, so you wouldn’t know how worried a mother can be about her child.”

“Who says Natalie has never—” Arianna couldn’t stand Camila’s smug attitude and the words just tumbled out.

Natalie quickly tugged on her arm.

Arianna stopped abruptly, as if she had slammed on the brakes.

Alexander’s eyes narrowed slightly. “She has never what?”

Arianna struggled to find the right words, but Natalie spoke up first. “While I may not be a mother, I know the basics of pregnancy. And I know that a mother should strive to be a good person for her child’s sake.”

Her meaning was clear: she was warning Camila to stop stirring up trouble, and subtly insulting her character.

Before Camila could retort, Natalie gave Arianna a look and the two of them headed for the hospital exit without another glance at Alexander.

“Alex, Natalie Watson just cursed our baby!” Camila whined, clutching Alexander’s arm.

Alexander watched Natalie’s retreating figure, then gently removed his arm. His voice was cold. “Since you’re pregnant, you should stop running around. Stay home and rest.”

With that, he walked away, leaving Camila standing alone.

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Alexander had someone drive Camila back to the White Estate. He had arranged the check-up that day to confirm the timing of her pregnancy. No one at the Ramirez Group’s hospital would dare to lie.

The results were the same as the initial report: Camila was four weeks pregnant. It confirmed that something had happened between them that night.

From the rearview mirror, Aaron Lee watched his boss. Alexander’s face was dark, terrifyingly so.

“Mr. Ramirez, are you really going to divorce Mrs. Ramirez?”

Aaron knew Alexander’s heart better than anyone. If Alexander didn’t love Natalie, he wouldn’t have nearly died trying to save her. But Aaron couldn’t understand why Alexander would then betray her.

The security cameras at Sagebrush Community only covered the exterior. Alexander had sent him to check the footage, which showed Camila arriving in the afternoon and the door not being properly closed. But only Alexander and Camila knew what had actually happened inside.

Alexander leaned back against the seat, his legs crossed, and closed his eyes. A weariness Aaron had never seen before settled over him. “Yes,” he said.

Aaron pressed on, emboldened. “Even if you’re divorcing her, you shouldn’t have treated her like that. You broke her heart.”