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But it did rateful that I had tonderful people in my life Erica was someone unexpected that had crept into ht-hand ainst o public withas I had the two of them

I was thankful that I had the point, but I realized now that for the first time, I was truly a rich man

Chapter 26

Erica

I had to tell Brett I was getting er I waited, the worse it would be to tell him At first, I wasn’t sure if I should tell him at all I orried about hoould affect his coe, and I was pretty sure he didn’t want anything to do withto have a baby

Walking away froht thing to do At least in one public Brett had held a press conference where he had confessed his love for me I wanted to be with hie his nant His press conference had been sweet and touching, and it see it, but that was because they didn’t know about the baby

Still, now that things had gone as far as they had—sleeping with hiain hadn’t really helped my cause—there was no way I could keep it a secret fro even more trouble

On Friday I kneas ti sickness, so I could do it face-to-face It was the only way to do it Of course, I wasn’t going to break the news to him at the office Since he had talked to the press, everyone at the office treatedhad coossiped about h some of them were still unsure, they treated me with the kind of respect I hadn’t expected

I walked to Brett’s office He orking on his laptop and smiled at me when he looked up

“Well, you’re a sight for sore eyes,” he said

“Are you always going to be this char?” I couldn’t help but smile

“Now that I’m allowed to do it openly, yes”

I nodded, but o to lunch with me today?”

“Absolutely,” Brett said “Let et this done”

“Let’s wait until after the investors lad when that’s off our backs”

The investors had wanted to call an e when Brett had done his press conference, but he had asked them to postpone for a couple of days to see how the world would react And this time I was nervous of their reactions I couldn’t handle the stress about the co Brett I had to handle one thing at a time

“That sounds like a great idea,” Brett said

I nodded and left the office Brett had seeo to lunch withI was terrified of telling him I didn’t want to do this to hi, and even if I didn’t want to tell him, there was no way I would be able to hide it after a couple of weeks I had to do it now I tried to concentrate onI tried to prepare myself for every scenario I expected him to be upset with me I expected hi to say After all, I hadn’t ether, the very least he could do was accept his own involvement It was much easier in theory than it would be in reality, but this was one of those things I wasn’t going to be able to get out of

It was finally ti Neither of us looked at the results Brett’s press conference had had yet The numbers had come back only a short while before we headed to the boardroom, and Brett had the file under his arm As usual, the investors were already in the boardroom e arrived They looked at us with expressionless faces, and I had no idea what to expect I didn’t know if they were happy or if they were serious