Earlier, Roger sighed after Karen and Oriana excused themselves, thinking of ways to make Delanie understand his stance on the matter. He loved her so much, but not in a romantic or erotic way.
For Karen, it was both. Even when he claimed not to love her, he always felt that strange attraction towards her that could make him do things he never imagined with her.
If this obsession were with someone else, Roger would have handled it with ease, but Delanie was already knitted in his heart, and there was no way he would be able to cut ties with her.
She was the biological daughter of Giovanni and Molly, ones he loved as his parents, so he couldn't mess things up.
"I was there when you were born, Lani, and I fell in love with you the moment I held you in my arms. In that instance,
