Rose is the sweet and kind-hearted secretary to the cold, calculative and unbelievably hot CEO, Alec. She finds herself naked, covered with only his shirt, lying in his bed after a drunken night at a corporate party.  
She is enraged and blames him for taking advantage of her but Alec swears up and down that they hadn’t spent the night together. He doesn’t tell her the full story, to protect her from further embarrassment. She relents and ends up believing him. So, she was dumbfounded when she found out a couple weeks later that she is pregnant!  
Alec is surprised but equally happy when he finds out that Rose is pregnant with his child, the heir to the Xander Business Empire. The only issue? Rose believes that since they had never shared a bed, her ex-boyfriend must be the father instead. Her ex, the CEO of a failing rival company, shows up in hopes of ensnaring Rose back to him.  
How will the over-protective and over-possessive Alec react to some other man rubbing his hands all over the secret to-be mother of his child? Will he be able to tell his secret to Rose and still have a relationship left to enjoy?

The CEO's mystery heir

　　The next day early morning Rose gets a message from Derek.


　　“Good morning, Beautiful! I wish you and my little boy have a great day! Please do not forget the pills.”


　　Seeing the message brought a smile to her face thinking he has been really waiting for the baby to be born. They didn’t know yet if it was a boy or a girl but both had started making guesses.


　　Rose sent in a quick reply while continuing to get ready for work.


　　“Good morning! Just had a light snack and the pills. Rushing to work now. Catch you later.”


　　As she puts the phone away and quickly does a touch-up. Even though Alec has been exceptionally nice to her, she didn’t wish to take things for granted. And he had always been a stickler for timing.


　　It’s only once she is on the subway that she gets the time to check her messages. And as expected, there were two from Derek.


Chapter 18