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Chapter Twenty Three
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2026-07-10 15:27:51
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Roman’s PovNate found me in my office late that evening, closing the door behind him with a caution that immediately put me on edge.“You need to look into your father’s private files,” he said, without any greeting first.“Nate, what are you talking about?”“I’ve said too much already, but I can’t keep watching you walk around blind while everyone else in this family knows more than you do. Douglas has documents hidden in his office. Old ones. Look for a false drawer, something that doesn’t match the rest of the furniture.”“Why would my father hide documents from me?”“Because some secrets aren’t just Victor’s,” Nate said, and then he left before I could ask anything else, leaving me standing there with my heart pounding and more questions than answers.“Nate, wait,” I called after him, but he was already gone, his footsteps fading down the hall like he’d never intended to stay long enough to be questioned.I waited until Douglas had gone to bed before slipping into his private off
The Wrong Mr Calloway Chapter Twenty four
Sienna’s PovCole picked me up after dark, telling me only that he wanted to take me somewhere that mattered, refusing to give any more details even when I pressed him during the drive.“You’re being mysterious,” I said, watching the city lights blur past the window.“I’m being sentimental. There’s a difference.”“That’s exactly what a mysterious person would say.”“Fine,” he said, glancing at me with a small smile. “I’m being both. Is that allowed?”“I suppose I’ll permit it. This once.”When we pulled up outside the old hotel downtown, my breath caught in my throat. The Ashford, the same small boutique hotel where we’d first met years ago, back when I was twenty-two and waiting tables at the restaurant inside, and he’d wandered in looking lost and out of place in his expensive suit.“You remember this place,” I said quietly.“I remember everything about this place.” He came around and opened my door, offering his hand. “Come on. I want to show you something.”We walked into the lobb
The Wrong Mr Calloway Chapter Twenty Three
Cole’s povSienna caught me in the hallway before breakfast, arms crossed, looking like she’d been awake most of the night deciding something.“I want you to have time with her,” she said. “Just you and Ava. No me standing in the corner watching every second.”I stared at her, not quite believing what she’d just offered. “You’re sure about this?”“I’m not sure about much these days,” she admitted. “But she’s your daughter too, whether either of us is ready for that or not. She deserves you, even if she doesn’t know why yet.”“Does she know who I am? To her, I mean?”“She knows you’re a friend,” Sienna said carefully. “That’s all she needs to know for now.”“That’s fair,” I said. “Whatever pace you want, I’ll follow it.”“I know,” she said. “That’s part of why I’m doing this.”I thanked her before she could change her mind, and an hour later I found Ava in the playroom, hunched over a coloring book, humming some tune to herself.“Hey there,” I said from the door. “Room for one more?”S
The Wrong Mr Calloway Chapter Twenty two
Sienna’s PovThe photos hit the internet before any of us had even finished breakfast.Ava was eating cereal at the kitchen table when my phone started buzzing nonstop, notification after notification piling up faster than I could read them. I opened the first one and felt my stomach drop straight to the floor.A grainy photo of Cole walking through the estate gates, taken from a long distance but clear enough that there was no mistaking who it was. The headline underneath screamed loud enough to make my hands shake.“Missing Calloway Brother Resurfaces After Four Years.”“What is it?” Marta asked, noticing my face.“Everything’s about to get complicated,” I said, closing the app before Ava could glance over and ask questions I wasn’t ready to answer.“Should I keep her upstairs today?” Marta asked quietly, glancing toward Ava.“Please,” I said. “At least until we know how bad this is going to get.”Marta nodded and gathered Ava’s bowl before the little girl could look up and notice t
The Wrong Mr Calloway Chapter Twenty One
Roman's Pov I didn’t say anything that first night. I just closed the door and walked away, my mind too loud with questions to trust myself to speak.Two days later, I found Cole waiting for me in the old groundskeeper’s cottage at the edge of the estate, a building nobody used anymore except for storage. Nate must have told him I was looking for answers, because he was sitting there when I walked in, like he’d been expecting this conversation for a while.“You’ve been avoiding me,” Cole said.“I’ve been trying to figure out what to say to a brother I thought was dead, who I just found kissing a woman I’ve been—” I stopped myself, not even sure how to finish that sentence.“Roman, I need to tell you something, and I need you to actually hear it before you react.”“I’m listening.”He took a breath, steadying himself. “Ava is my daughter.”The room went completely silent. I heard the words clearly enough, but my mind refused to process them right away, like my brain needed extra time t
The Wrong Mr Calloway Chapter Twenty
Cole's Pov I went back to the estate three nights after the storm, using the same service entrance Nate had shown me, telling myself it was only to check that Ava had recovered from being frightened, telling myself it had nothing to do with wanting to see Sienna again.I found her in the small sitting room off the guest wing, alone, a book open in her lap that she clearly wasn’t reading, staring instead at the fireplace like it might give her answers to questions she hadn’t asked out loud yet.“You came back,” she said when she noticed me, not startled this time, like some part of her had been expecting it.“I told Ava I would try.”“That’s not the only reason you’re here.”I didn’t deny it. I sat down across from her, close enough to talk quietly, far enough to give us both room to breathe. “No. It’s not the only reason.”She closed her book slowly, setting it aside. “Then say what you actually came here to say.”I’d rehearsed this moment more times than I could count over the last
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