Chapter 2: The Truth Sophie Never Knew
Chapter 2: The Truth Sophie Never Knew
The scandal exploded overnight.
Every business network carried the same headline.
CEO Removed After Secret Ownership Revealed.
Billion-Dollar Company Changes Hands.
Mysterious Wife Identified as Hidden Majority Shareholder.
Journalists surrounded the Bennett mansion.
Investors demanded explanations.
Banks suspended several credit facilities.
The Bennett family's fortune began collapsing faster than anyone imagined.
Inside the mansion...
The atmosphere had changed completely.
Richard sat silently in the dark.
Helen hadn't spoken for hours.
Lucas hadn't slept.
Then Sophie walked downstairs holding her phone.
Her face was pale.
"What is this?"
Nobody answered.
She threw a folder onto the table.
Medical reports.
Financial transfers.
Private contracts.
"I found everything."
She looked directly at Lucas.
"You promised me Isabella married you for money."
"You said she was nothing."
Lucas lowered his eyes.
Sophie laughed bitterly.
"Nothing?"
"She owned the company."
Richard whispered,
"We didn't know."
She turned toward him.
"No."
"You never cared to know."
Then she opened another envelope.
DNA results.
Lucas frowned.
"What is that?"
Sophie smiled weakly.
"I figured if everyone was exposing secrets..."
"...I might as well expose mine."
She placed the report in front of him.
The room became completely silent.
Lucas stared at the page.
Probability of Paternity:
0%.
His lips parted.
"No..."
Sophie's eyes filled with tears.
"The baby isn't yours."
Helen gasped.
Richard stood up so quickly his chair crashed backward.
"You lied?"
Sophie nodded slowly.
"I thought marrying into your family would solve everything."
Lucas stepped backward as though the floor had disappeared beneath him.
Every choice he had made...
Every betrayal...
Every sacrifice...
Had been for a child who wasn't even his.
Without another word...
Sophie packed one suitcase.
May you like
She walked out of the mansion.
She never looked back.
