Ocean looked at Charlotte, then away. “You don't need to answer his questions.”
Charlotte managed to extricate herself from the chair and shuffled in his direction. “We can't hide it anymore, Ocean. The truth is out there now. I've learned that lesson already.”
My heart stopped racing from Ocean's near assault as I addressed Charlotte. “That's why Porter changed his will. A private detective discovered you were Gia's mother. Porter later wondered whether Ocean was Gia's father. Your secrecy forced Porter to suspect the reason you asked him to hire Ocean as the new hotel's architect was because you still loved him. You began an affair with Ocean when you visited Braxton last year, and then you found out you were pregnant with his child.”
Maggie, Ben, and Lucy remained silent, unable to d
