NATALIA
I sat there on the call with my assistant and Paul, and the idea still felt wrong in my head.
Faking a pregnancy? It was too much. Too big of a lie. I had already gone far enough by asking Wesley to fake date me in that restaurant. I had already seen the hurt in his eyes when he walked away. Now they wanted me to lie about carrying his child? I shook my head even though no one could see me.
“No,” I said firmly into the phone. “That is absurd. I am not doing that. It is wrong. Wesley would never forgive something like this if he ever found out. And I do not want to lie about something so serious.”
My assistant did not back down. Her voice stayed calm but determined. “Natalia, listen to me. This is the only way left. The board is happy right now because of that one viral moment.
