Chapter 145

Charles stared at the screen, mind all over the place. There was something he'd been hiding from Stella all along. The truth was, Sophie wasn't biologically related to either of them. That's right—she wasn't Stella's daughter, and had nothing to do with him by blood either. Back when Stella first got pregnant, his trust issues kicked in. He secretly did a paternity test behind everyone's back. And when the results came out? Not his kid. He'd gone ballistic, convinced she'd cheated on him. But then, another report turned everything upside down—Sophie wasn't related to Stella either. That threw him into complete confusion. If Stella wasn't Sophie's mom, and he wasn't the dad, then... who was? Had their real child died? Gotten switched at birth? For years, he'd tried to figure it out. But no matter how deep he dug, nothing ever came to light. And now? He felt like Stella had to know the truth. Problem was, Stella wanted nothing to do with him. She'd cut off every single way he could get i