Ditched the Cheater, Pregnant by Mr. Righ novel Chapter 105

Chapter 105 The Truth

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The moment Julian finished speaking, the room went quiet for half a second. Then the crowd exploded into chatter, like a packed bar suddenly erupting after someone drops a bombshell.

People leaned toward each other, whispering fast.

Harold recovered first. Shock flashed across his face before panic took over.

“Mr. Sterling,” he said quickly, voice tightening, “what exactly do you mean by that? You can’t, you really

can’t…

Ethan stood beside him without speaking.

He knew who Julian was. Years ago he had read an in-depth interview with him in a business magazine.

The Whitman family had built a successful company. But compared with Julian’s business empire, it barely registered.

Julian clearly had no interest in debating anything. He lifted his hand slightly.

A bodyguard immediately stepped forward and handed a stack of photographs to Harold.

Harold only glanced at the top photo.

His expression froze.

Ethan instinctively reached for them, but Harold reacted instantly and pulled the photos back.

Julian looked at him. “Still going to deny it?”

Harold’s voice softened, almost begging. “Mr. Sterling, please. I’ve been married nearly thirty years. I don’t want to hurt my wife…”

Julian’s tone turned even colder. “Then why didn’t that cross your mind when you started cheating?”

His gaze shifted toward the woman standing nearby.

“Tell everyone. The woman you cheated with, is it the one standing here?”

Harold stayed silent.

Julian spoke again, voice calm but edged with steel. “Whitman Media, right?”

Harold’s heart lurched.

He blurted out quickly, “I’ll explain. I will. Yes, I cheated. It started five years ago. But it wasn’t Quinn. It

was… someone else.”

Lydia clapped a hand over her mouth, staring at her husband. Five years?

It had been going on for five years. Ethan looked just as stunned.

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Julian said quietly, “Keep talking.”

Harold knew he had no way out.

Of all the possible outcomes tonight, he had never imagined Julian stepping into the situation.

Five years earlier, he had gotten involved with a young actress.

She was beautiful, warm, and knew exactly how to charm him.

Yes, he still cared deeply about Lydia. But somewhere along the way, their marriage had started to feel more like family than romance.

He wanted excitement again. Passion. A spark.

Lydia had lost interest in intimacy years ago.

Secrets never stay buried forever. Eventually rumors about the affair reached Lydia.

When Ethan started hiring people to investigate him, Harold already knew. That was when he came up with the idea to use Quinn.

If Ethan and Lydia believed Quinn was the mistress, their attention would shift.

Later, when they discovered she wasn’t, they might even feel guilty for suspecting him.

It solved two problems at once. It cleared the suspicion hanging over him and protected the woman who had been with him for five years.

As for the embarrassment Quinn might face, that wasn’t something he worried about.

The jewelry design project was real. He had offered a generous payment.

If she had to tolerate some awkward rumors, what was the big deal?

He admitted it. He had planned to use her. She was young, attractive, and a jewelry designer who had appeared at exactly the right moment.

He had paid well. In his mind, that balanced things out.

Everything had been moving along perfectly.

Until Julian stepped in. Harold knew exactly what kind of power Julian held.

Compared to Julian’s corporate empire, Whitman Media was tiny. The message in Julian’s eyes was unmistakable.

If he refused to tell the truth today, his company might not survive tomorrow.

Harold took a breath and finally spoke, “I used our wedding anniversary as an excuse and asked friends to recommend a jewelry designer. I picked Ms. Lane on purpose. She was supposed to be a distraction for my son. I knew my wife and son were suspicious, and once they started looking into something, they wouldn’t

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stop.”

The crowd around them looked stunned.

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Just a few minutes earlier, many of them had been condemning Quinn. They had called her shameless.

Said she had ruined someone’s marriage. Now every bit of that anger turned toward Harold.

Someone in the crowd spoke up angrily. “Do you realize if this rumor had spread online, her reputation would’ve been destroyed?”

Lucy stepped forward, furious.

“So you used Quinn as your human shield?” she snapped. “You just stood there while people dumped every ugly rumor on her? Why should she have to carry that for you? What gives you the right?”

With Julian standing there, Harold didn’t dare argue.

Ethan finally spoke. Right now he wasn’t focused on confronting his father anymore.

He looked directly at Quinn.

“Ms. Lane, I’m sorry. I should have investigated properly before accusing you. I owe you an apology, and I hope you can forgive me.”

Lucy threw up her hands. “Seriously? That’s it? You think saying sorry fixes this?”

Quinn pressed her teeth into her lower lip.

The humiliation from earlier had felt unbearable.

But the moment she saw Julian appear, that humiliation slowly turned into something else. A wave of grievance.

And now the weight pressing on her chest suddenly seemed to disappear.

She felt strangely light.

Compared with Lucy’s anger, Quinn seemed calm. She looked at Ethan and spoke quietly, “I don’t think you’re the one who should be apologizing.”

Her gaze shifted. “It should be Harold.”

Just as the words left her mouth, a surprised voice came from behind. “Quinn? What are you doing here?

What’s going on?”

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