An Innocent Request

Valerie froze in shock.

Tobias continued, "Is the child you had with someone else?"

Valerie tried to regain her composure, got up, closed the office door, and then walked over to the floor-to-ceiling glass window farthest from the door. She asked him calmly, "What does this have to do with you?"

"This concerns the reputation of our family and the next generation of our family. Do you think it does