Delanie couldn't make head or tail of the situation but also couldn't completely accept that Roger wasn't related to her by blood.
Roger made a call to his father. "Dad, I'll be late for the meeting."
"Why? Isn't Delanie there? She said she was coming to get you," Giovanni informed. Roger replied, "She's here, and everything happened just as you predicted with Oriana."
"f**k!" Giovanni hissed from the end of the line. "I'm coming," he said, but Roger stopped him. "Don't worry. I'll handle it and bring her as soon as I'm done here."
He ended the call before Giovanni could say anything more, then turned to Delanie.
"Mom and dad wanted to tell you, but I told them not to," Roger lied to save his parents from Delanie's wrath. If anything, he wanted to bear the responsibility a
