All Chapters of The Wrong Mr Calloway : Chapter 21 - Chapter 25

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

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

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