Chapter 33

"Why is he unpleased with me?" Octavia thought either of Lachlan or Benjamin had testified wrongly against her.

Lachlan huffed and went to sit.

"Salome is pregnant for Lachlan and Sir Williams knows it." Benjamin said.

"What!" Octavia was stunned to the gut.

"Yeah, he's angry because he heard you hurt Salome." Benjamin took a step towards the exit and said, "need I say we've also been fired. I must start carrying my stuff and prepare to leave the company." Then he proceeded out.

When Octavia and Lachlan were left in the office, Octavia walked towards him, "hey..."

"Sit." He gestured.

Octavia sat at the seat that Sir Williams just stood from and said. "Salome is a liar, she could be lying about the pregnancy."

"Doesn't matter. My father believes her pregnancy is for me. Moreso, I can't prove otherwise until she has a baby and I perform a DNA test." He said.

Octavia exhaled. "So I just got fired just like that?"

"I'll handle it. Drop what you brought to the table." He said.

"Does