Chapter 174

Lake POV

I woke up in an unfamiliar bed, disoriented for a moment before the events of yesterday came crashing back.

Ramon. The truth. The lies. Everything.

The guest room at Troy and Rhodes’s house was comfortable—they’d made sure Ollie and I had everything we needed. But it wasn’t home. Wasn’t the bedroom I’d shared with Ramon, wasn’t the house where we’d been building our life together.

Beside me, Ollie was still sleeping, curled up with Mr. Hoppy clutched to his chest. I’d let him sleep in my bed last night after he’d cried himself into exhaustion, begging me to take him home to Papa. Looking at his tear-stained face now, peaceful in sleep, made my chest ache.

What was I doing? Was I really going to keep my son away from the man he loved just because I was hurt and angry?

But it wasn’t just about being hurt and angry. Ramon had gotten me pregnant when I was fourteen. That was a fact I couldn’t ignore, couldn’t rationalize away. Even if