Richard turned toward her.
She stood with both hands resting protectively over her stomach.
“You both keep talking about the Hayes name as if my baby is an investment. She is a little girl. She deserves to enter this world without having to prove she belongs in it.”
No one spoke.
Chloe continued.
“I loved Spencer. I wanted to raise our daughter with him. But I will not teach her that she has to earn love by being the child someone expected.”
She looked directly at Richard.
“And I will never let her believe that being born a girl was the reason her father lost his family.”
Richard slowly sat down.
For a moment, he looked older than I had ever seen him.
Then he turned to his son.
“You will resign from your position at the company while the board reviews this matter. Your access to the succession process is suspended pending that review.”
