Chapter 4

The next morning, I went to work as usual.

As soon as I entered the lobby, Sonya's assistant hurried over. She looked flustered.

"Mr. Latham, you're here."

"Where's Sonya?" I asked as I headed toward my office.

"Ms. Slade is…" The assistant stumbled over her words. "She's in her office discussing work."

I stopped. "With whom?"

"With the new assistant, Mr. Hunt," she replied reluctantly.

Mr. Hunt? Did she mean Simon?

So Sonya wasn't just using my money to support him. She had even brought him into my company.

"When did he start?" I asked, my voice hard.

"Just the day before yesterday. Ms. Slade personally arranged a special hire through HR. She said…she said the company needed him."

I sneered. I wondered what kind of business she had in mind!

I asked no more questions and headed straight for Sonya's office.

"Mr. Latham, please don't…"

Sonya's assistant tried to stop me, but she had no chance.

I shoved the door open.

Two people were tangled up on the office couch.

Simon had his arms around Sonya, who was sitting on his lap. They were wrapped around each other, and his hand was slipping under her shirt.

The door startled them, and they scrambled apart.

Simon yelped and hurriedly straightened his rumpled clothes, then ducked behind Sonya.

Sonya looked just as panicked. She had even buttoned her shirt wrong. Her face still showed traces of desire, mixed with anger at being caught.

"Mitchell, what the hell are you doing? Don't you know how to knock?" she snapped.

I was so furious I almost laughed.

I flung the office door wide open so everyone outside could see exactly what was going on.

"Have you lost your mind?" Sonya rushed over to shut the door. "You may not care about your reputation, but I do!"

With a loud smack, I struck her across the face.

"Where was your concern for your reputation when you were fooling around in the office?" I asked.

The slap left Sonya stunned. She covered her cheek and stared at me in disbelief.

I walked past her and headed straight for Simon, who was cowering in the corner.

"Mitchell… I…" Tears filled Simon's eyes as he tried to make himself look like the victim.

I slapped him across the face, too. He staggered back and nearly fell.

"That one's for knowingly sleeping with a married woman. Have you no shame?" I shouted.

"Mitchell, how dare you hit him?" Sonya rushed over to shove me.

Just then, a loud voice rang out. "Sonya, where's my money?"

Mildred had arrived. She stormed toward us, ready to confront Sonya about the money.

But the moment she entered and saw Sonya and Simon with their clothes in disarray, she froze.

"Mom, what are you doing here?" Sonya asked.

Mildred was livid. "So that's where the money went! You've been throwing it all away on this bastard!"

She shoved Sonya aside, rushed at Simon, and grabbed him by the hair.

"You shameless bastard! How dare you seduce Sonya and take her money?"

"Help! Sonya, help me!" Simon cried as Mildred yanked his hair. His face was twisted in pain.

Sonya tried desperately to pull Mildred away, but Mildred clawed and scratched at her, too.

"Mom, let go! We're just friends!" Sonya screeched.

That only made Mildred even angrier. "You give your own mother just 1000 dollars a month, but you spend over 20,000 dollars on a friend?"

As she spoke, Mildred spotted the luxury watch on Simon's wrist. Her eyes widened with rage, and she lunged at him to rip it off.

"You used Sonya's money to buy yourself fancy things. Take it off!"

Simon clutched onto his watch for dear life and fought back as they wrestled.

Sonya stood nearby, desperately trying to break up the fight.

Suddenly, Sonya went pale. She clutched her stomach and groaned painfully, "My stomach hurts so bad!"

Simon and Mildred both froze in shock.

Sonya broke out in a cold sweat, and a bright red stream of blood ran down her legs.

"Sonya, what's wrong?" Mildred cried.

Sonya clutched my pant leg and pleaded in a trembling voice. "Honey, the baby… Please save our baby…"