Chapter 127

Roman's POV

I let out a slow, weary sigh, dragging both hands through my hair until my fingers clenched at the back of my head. My thoughts were spinning too fast to catch.

“No, I didn’t know about that,” I said finally, my voice sounding rougher than I intended. “But that isn’t what’s got me worried.”

Jeff’s eyes narrowed slightly. “Then what’s the problem?”

That was the question, wasn’t it? What exactly was the problem?

I stared at the floor for a few seconds, lost in the fog of my own thoughts. I couldn’t just jump into conclusions when I didn’t even have solid proof yet. Sure, finding out that Aria wasn’t Ethan’s daughter was shocking, more shocking than I could put into words but that alone didn’t mean anything definitive. There were still too many missing pieces.

It was possible that while Lauren was in Italy, she might’ve been with someone else. Maybe she got pregnant for that person and, for some reason, decided to blame i