Chapter 118

Roman's POV

With what I’d been able to dig up tonight, one thing stood out more than everything else Lauren had a daughter for her ex-husband, Ethan Black.

I leaned back in my chair, staring at the screen like it had just revealed a secret file I was never supposed to see. My fingers slowly slid from the keyboard and came to rest against my chin, my mind racing through everything I knew or thought I knew

So that’s it? That’s why she’s been, avoiding every question I’ve tried to ask her?

Because she didn’t want me to connect the dots. She didn’t want me to know that little Aria, the same little girl who had called her “mommy” in front of me, was Ethan’s daughter.

The thought made me exhale heavily, my jaw tightening as I processed it.

She works in my company, under me, and she’s perfectly aware that Ethan and I are on completely different sides of the line. Everyone knows it, our rivalry isn’t some hidden feud; it’s public knowledg