All Chapters of The Affair Baby : Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

When the cars slowed to a halt in front of Mõshon’s headquarters, Blaine sat still. He looked out to the front of the building with the revolving doors and wondered if Ariel would show up.He had sent her an invitation to do the inspection together, but he was not sure whether she would accept it.He was desperate to win her affection again, not because he needed it, but because that was the only way she would willingly let him into their son’s life. There was the added benefit of annoying Sullivan by being close to his wife.Or more accurately, soon-to-be-ex-wife.His eyes lit up when he saw the convoy pulling up and stopped just behind him. He nodded at his guard standing outside his car, and the man pulled the door open.Blaine got out, fixing the button on his suit. He stood watching as Ariel stepped out of the car. She looked stunning in an ankle-length, beige green coat, and a tiny cream-colored round hat. As she stepped away from the car, the coat parted, revealing her thi

Sullivan offered to get in the car for the test drive as chairman, perhaps in an attempt to bolster his crushed ego.But this move made him leave Ariel alone with Blaine, something he had sworn not to do at the beginning of the tour.They stood side by side as they watched the car start up and begin to drive down the tarred road that stretched out miles and miles ahead.“How did you find out something happened to my daughter?” Blaine turned to Ariel immediately.“What?”“You did not ask about her in the elevator that day, which indicates you did not know. And that’s reasonable seeing you were unconscious at the time of the accident.”Her eyes were clear as she stared at him, and then she looked away as she said, “I saw it on the news.”“It’s old news now. Nobody is broadcasting it anymore.”“Is this an interview or what?” Her voice came out sounding sharp. And his initial reaction was to be curt with her, but he remembered his goal and relaxed.He frowned and turned to stare at the car

“That would be up for a vote, don’t you think?” Blaine smiled at him. “I would like to see how many people would be in support of releasing a car with the possibility of imploding.”“That’s only a tiny chance, chairman Tucker.” The director bowed.“You heard the man. What automobile does not have a tiny chance of imploding in careless hands.”“You cannot promise people speed when there is a risk attached to that speed.” Blaine shot out.“What the hell is this man saying? Is that even English? There is always a risk attached to speed and that is death.”“But not by implosion,” Ariel said, and he and she exchanged a glance that Sullivan caught. This seemed to infuriate him, and he wove his hand around her waist and pulled her to himself.“Okay the car. We will move ahead with the planned launch date,” he said to the director. Blaine pulled out his phone and put a call across to Ethan.“Converge the board for a meeting tomorrow morning,” he said, and ended the call. Sullivan turned to

Blaine looked back at the housekeeper. Maybe it was just a mannerism. Some domestic staff always found it difficult to maintain eye contact with their bosses, although it did not make sense why her eyes only strayed to that window spot instead of anywhere else.“And?” he prodded, urging her to continue with the story.“She never returned.”Blaine frowned, “What do you mean she never returned?”The housekeeper shook her head, “She never came back to tell me whether the new mistress needed anything or not.” She frowned, looking down at her hands for the first time, and Blaine could clearly see she was hesitating.“You will not get in trouble. Tell me everything you know.”The woman looked up with a sad smile, and Blaine suspected that at that moment, she was probably seeing him as that little boy she had watched grow up. “If I was scared of that, I would not have told you anything.”She stopped, “I am not just certain, but I thought I heard Leila scream. That was what pulled me up to

He told the chauffeur he was headed to the police station, and sat back as his head ached and his chest burned.He felt sick, really sick. He tried to keep his mind from thinking about any of it, till he had answers. How could he go around claiming the head of the Tucker household when he was so blind?Something this grave had happened to his unborn child and the woman who was supposed to be under his protection, and he did not know it.He had been unable to protect them under his own roof and had lived in ignorance for almost two years. All Ariel’s actions began to make sense. If what Sullivan had said was correct, that meant he must have saved her that night.It was impossible for her to disappear into thin air like his mother claimed, and in that state he could not see her getting far on her own without someone’s help. If that helper was Sullivan, it would make sense why she had married him.Or, that opportunistic Sullivan might have seen it as the perfect opportunity, and pro