Todos os capítulos de Who Knew My Baby Daddy Was This Powerful?: Capítulo 1 - Capítulo 10

[Doctor, I got involved with a married man. I had his baby behind my boyfriend's back. Does that make me a terrible person?]Rose Laurent was a psychiatrist, and today it was her turn to take online consultations. That was the first question from the client who'd just messaged her.A mistress. An affair. A secret child.That identity, that guilt clinging to every word...No wonder the woman wanted to stay anonymous.Rose typed back in her usual professional tone. Rose: [Would you mind telling me more about your situation?]Patient: [Our families have known each other for years. We grew up together, practically promised to each other since we were kids, and both sides of the family were thrilled about it.]Patient: [But right before we were supposed to get engaged, he fell for someone else. He even had me shipped off overseas so he could keep that woman happy.]Rose let out a quiet breath. A childhood sweetheart passed over for someone new. Nobody would take that well. No wond

It took a while for Zach to pick up. "Rose."His voice was rough, lazy with sleep, like he'd just woken up."Why didn't you come home last night?""I was working until dawn. It was too late, and I didn't want to wake you, so I crashed on the couch in my office.""Really?""You don't trust me?""It's not that. I was just worried something happened at the company and you were hiding it from me.""That's all handled now. Don't worry about it.""Good. From now on, whatever happens, I want you to tell me. We're married. We're supposed to handle things together.""Okay."Rose hung up, got dressed, and headed downstairs for breakfast. Todd drove her to work afterward, same as always.At noon, a colleague on shift for the online consultations came down with a stomachache and asked Rose to cover for her.She logged into her own account.Rules were rules, whoever took a case owned it, so she couldn't just switch back. She'd barely logged in when the same anonymous client from the da

Rose still remembered the way the entire Peyton family had bowed and scraped in front of Tommy on her wedding day, the way courtiers might grovel before royalty.Ordinarily, around the holidays, he'd send someone with gifts for the family. This year, the gifts had been coming more often than usual, almost monthly, though he himself had never once shown his face.She'd heard he'd been in a car accident, a brush with death that left him paralyzed.So why was he suddenly back now?Had something happened in the Peyton family worth this kind of grand appearance, something significant enough that they needed a man in a wheelchair to come lend the occasion some prestige?Rose thought it over. It couldn't be Zach's sister getting married. Jennie hadn't been seeing anyone these past two years. The family patriarch, Arthur Peyton's birthday wasn't for another month, so it was too early for that too.Well, whatever business a man that powerful had was none of hers to worry about.Still

Normally, once dinner ended at the Peyton estate, Rose and Zach would head straight home. Tonight, with Tommy in the house, Zach stayed to chat with him a while longer, and it was nearly nine by the time they finally left.On the drive home, the phone mounted on the center console rang.Rose saw the caller ID: Manager Robles. Her brow creased slightly.She remembered that number, it was the same one that had called during their dinner at Libre a while back. It had called several times since. She'd asked Zach who it was, since he'd never bothered to save the contact.Zach told her it was a new manager from the planning department, and he just hadn't gotten around to adding him to his contacts yet.Lately, though, this manager had been calling constantly, often late at night, and it wasn't unusual for Zach to get pulled away right after. Over the past two weeks, he'd spent more nights away from home than not, something that had never happened before.But it was work, so Rose hadn't

A while later, Zach hung up and sent her a text: [Going to use the restroom.]Rose waved at him through the window to let him know she'd seen it and to go ahead.About fifteen minutes passed. She finished her dessert and her drink, but Zach still hadn't come back.Why was a trip to the bathroom taking this long?She was starting to get restless from sitting, so she got up, walked around a bit, waited another five minutes, and when he still hadn't shown up, she left the shop. A restroom sign caught her eye not far off, and she headed that way, one hand cradling her belly.She reached the little waiting area outside the restrooms. Not able to go into the men's room herself, she pulled out her phone and called him instead.A moment later, she heard his ringtone playing, faint, from inside the men's room. Curiously, though, he didn't pick up right away.Just as she was wondering why, two men walked out of the restroom."Can you believe it, a guy bringing a baby into a public restro