Mrs. Whitaker sprang to her feet.
"You're pregnant?"
Heidi nodded through her tears.
"I wanted to take this secret to my grave, but the baby is growing every day. I can't let my child suffer."
Her voice was filled with misery, but her gaze passed over the crowd and landed on me.
The triumph in her eyes was unmistakable.
Now I understood.
She'd dared to lose control in front of everyone because she'd planted this bomb first.
Gideon's face was terrifyingly cold.
"Impossible."
Heidi shuddered.
"Gideon, you were unconscious that night. Of course you don't remember anything."
"I wasn't drunk."
Those three words drained the color from her face.
Mrs. Whitaker quickly interjected, "This concerns the Whitaker bloodline. Call the family doctor first."
Heidi's assistant had clearly pre
