All Chapters of The Brother boss’s obssession : Chapter 21 - Chapter 24

By the time we reached the penthouse, my name was already everywhere. Maya had sent me the first screenshot before we even made it through the elevator doors. VANCE CEO'S SECRET BABY SCANDAL. My stomach turned. I opened another message. ADRIAN VANCE HIDES PREGNANT WOMAN FROM PUBLIC. Another. LIAM MERCER CLAIMS HE IS THE FATHER OF CHLOE BENNET'S UNBORN CHILD. I stared at the screen until the words blurred."This is insane."Adrian stood beside me, his phone pressed against his ear. "Get every article taken down that contains the false claims," he ordered. "And find out who supplied the reporters with the information."He listened for a few seconds. "No. Don't contact Liam."His eyes met mine. "Not yet."He ended the call. I dropped onto the sofa. "They know."Adrian sat beside me. "They know you're pregnant.""Everyone knows.""I'll protect you."I gave him a bitter laugh. "How?"He frowned. "By making sure this doesn't get worse.""It already got worse."I held up my phone. "My pregna

Adrian's phone started ringing before we had even reached the penthouse, and he pulled it from his pocket with the same tired reflex of a man who had stopped expecting good news from it. He glanced at the screen, and I watched his expression harden before he said a word. "Robert." I touched his sleeve. "Don't answer if you don't want to." "I have to," he said, and he accepted the call with a single clipped word. "What?" His father's voice came through loud enough that I could hear the anger from where I stood, though not the words. Adrian said nothing for several long seconds, and his jaw tightened until a muscle jumped beneath his skin. "I'll be there," he said at last, and he ended the call."What happened?" I asked. "Board meeting." "Again?" He nodded. "Robert wants me at Vance Tower." The doctor's warning rose in my mind, every instruction repeated so carefully that I could still hear it, and I stepped in front of him before he could reach for his keys. "No. You just got home from