When I got back from Nice, I heard the Williams Group had completely fallen apart.
The chairman's wife and CFO had vanished with millions from company accounts.
Zachary's father died from the shock, and his mother suffered a stroke.
Turns out Belinda had been targeting the Williams fortune all along.
She'd started as just a low-level secretary. Then, when Zachary's mother began making scenes about us not having children and pushing for our divorce, Belinda spotted her chance.
With his mother's blessing, she seduced Zachary, got pregnant, and convinced him the baby was his.
He ended up raising someone else's child for three years without having a clue.
Karma really does come around, doesn't it?
I ran into Zachary again a year later.
By then, I was managing a department at a design firm, and he showed up for an interview.
“Hey, it’s been a while!”
I smiled politely and extended my hand first. He froze.
If my colleague hadn't nudged him, he might have forgotten why he was even