Chapter Eighteen

“Because she wasn’t the first woman to show up at my doorstep, claiming to be pregnant for me, and all the others before her had turned out to be liars.”

“So, you are in the habit of sleeping with anything in skirts and – “

“Uncle Doug…” Rachel protested.

“You’re right, sir,” Derek said, looking straight into Doug’s eyes. “I a man who enjoys hanging out with any lady I fancy, but I was always careful until I met Rachel. I was wrong to accuse her of lying even when I knew that there was a possibility that her claim could be true. I was a coward and I apologize for not being there for Rachel as I should have. That is one mistake that I’ll regret for the rest of my life.”

Everyone was quiet again except for Zoe and her little friends who were running around and laughing, completely oblivious to the encounter going on with the adults.

“Has anyone ever told you that you look like that billionaire called Fraser?” Asked Hunter, Doug’s oldest son. “Are you guys related?”

“Yes, we are,” said D