Was Ordered to Take My Boss Home. At Her Family’s Doorstep—She Introduced Me as Her Boyfriend

Chapter 8

At the Sterling estate, Richard was waiting.
He placed a folder on the table.
Inside were photographs of me.
My childhood.
My school.
My old neighborhood.
Victoria looked shocked.
“What is this?”
Richard looked at me.
“Who are you?”
I stared at him.
“You already know.”
“No.”
He pushed another document across the table.
It showed my father’s name.
Victoria looked at it.
“Daniel…”
I took a breath.
“My father worked for Sterling Industries.”
Richard’s expression changed.
“How?”
“He was an accountant.”
“Was?”
“He died when I was young.”
Richard went silent.
Then he opened another file.
“Your father discovered financial fraud inside the company.”
I nodded.
“I know.”
Victoria looked between us.
“You knew?”
“I suspected.”
Richard sat down.
“He tried to expose it.”
“And?”
“He disappeared.”
The room went silent.
I looked at Richard.
“You thought he ran away.”
“That’s what the records said.”
I shook my head.
“He didn’t.”
Richard looked at me.
“Then why did you come here?”
I answered honestly.
“Because I wanted to know what happened to him.”
Victoria stared at me.
Suddenly, our fake relationship had become the smallest part of the story.