My Husband Forced Me to Be a Surrogate for His Boss to Get Promotion — but His True Motive Turned Out to Be Even Worse

Monica’s jaw clenched.

I smiled pleasantly and clicked my pen. “Shall we begin?”

The meeting was excruciating for them. I’d evaluated their proposal beforehand and found red flags everywhere.

“I have some concerns about the financial projections,” I said calmly.

“These numbers don’t quite add up.”

Doug tried to interrupt. “If I could just explain…”

“I’m not finished. We’ll need full transparency on your allocation of funds before we can move forward.”

Monica jumped in.

“Our books are completely clean.”

“Then you won’t mind a third-party audit,” Daniel said. “Standard procedure.”

I watched the color drain from her face and felt absolutely nothing.

Over the next few weeks, their company imploded. The audit revealed massive misuse of company funds.

Monica had diverted hundreds of thousands of dollars for “personal medical expenses.”

The investigator was a woman named Detective Williams. She called me one afternoon.

“Ms. Rachel?

I’m investigating financial improprieties at Monica’s firm. Your name came up. Did you serve as a surrogate for her approximately four years ago?”

My stomach dropped.

“Yes.”

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