Chapter 75

Ramon POV

“Rhodes. Do you think he actually loves me? Or is he just... staying because he feels obligated?”

“Troy, what are you talking about? Of course Rhodes loves you. He’s crazy about you.”

Troy had shaken his head, still walking, forcing me to catch up. “You don’t understand. Our relationship—it started because I got pregnant. One night stand that turned into a pregnancy. I was going to get an abortion, but Rhodes showed up at the clinic before I could go through with it. Said he wanted to be involved, wanted to take responsibility.”

“I remember,” I’d said carefully. “That was five years ago.”

“And we’ve been together ever since. Got married. Had another kid. Built this whole life together.” Troy’s hands had been shoved deep in his pockets, his shoulders hunched. “But sometimes I wonder if he’s only here because of Sophia. Because he felt obligated to step up when I got pregnant. And then we had Julian, and now there’s more reason for him to