Chapter 102

Chloe’s POV

The next few days, I moved carefully.

I didn’t rush into anything reckless. I didn’t confront anyone. I didn’t even let my expression change when I saw Margaret at the office.

But I started digging.

Birth records were the first place I tried. Public registry searches. Old hospital archives. I pulled every thread I could think of without drawing attention to myself. If Jack wasn’t Drake’s biological son, there had to be a paper trail somewhere.

There wasn’t. Or at least not one I could access.

Every official record listed Drake as the father. Clean. Proper. Signed. Sealed. Untouchable. I tried school enrollment documents next. Alumni archives. Family photos from company newsletters over the years. Public interviews. Articles celebrating “father and son leadership.”

Everything aligned perfectly. Too perfect.

It looked curated.

Which meant if there was a secret, it had been protected for decades.

I even atte