His Secretary Took My Room - I Left With The Baby Novel - Chapter 18

Chapter 18 Inside Claire Whitmore's office , a private investigator placed a thick report gently onto her desk . Stamped on the folder were the words Background Investigation : Sophie Lane , with a red seal labeled Confidential . Claire opened the cover , her fingertips gliding over the neatly printed text and photos . The more she read , the colder her eyes became . Sophie Lane had no blood relation to the Whitmore family , nor was she the illegitimate daughter of any tycoon .

She was merely the casual fling of an administrative clerk from a Whitmore Group subsidiary . The two had hooked up during a company event and maintained a murky relationship ever since . That so - called photo with Henry Collins ? It was nothing more than her deliberately sidling up to him during a subsidiary's annual dinner , taking advantage of a toast to sneak into the frame . In the picture , Henry was actually looking down , speaking to someone else , completely unaware of her presence .

" She even forged a prenatal test report , " the investigator added with a note of disdain . " We found her medical records from a private hospital three months ago - she was indeed pregnant then . But the DNA test proved the child's father wasn't Daniel Reed . The real father was that same administrative clerk boyfriend . He quit and fled once he found out about the pregnancy , afraid of being dragged into it .

" Attached to the report were screenshots of her chat history with the ex - boyfriend , blatantly showing messages like : ' Keep Daniel hooked until we get the Whitmore money , then we disappear . ' and ' That idiot Daniel will never figure out the baby isn't his . ' No wonder Sophie always dodged questions about her ties to the Whitmore family . No wonder she never introduced Daniel to her so - called " relatives . " From start to finish , it had been a meticulously crafted con .

" And Daniel - so pathetically gullible - had fallen for such a shoddy lie . He had hurt Claire and their child time and time again , all for this false " Whitmore son - in - law " status . " Make two copies of this report , " Claire said as she closed the folder , her voice calm and measured . " One goes to Legal as evidence for fraud charges against Sophie Lane . The other … " She paused , a glint of ice in her eyes . " We'll save it for Daniel and Sophie's wedding day .