Riley POV
“What exactly is going on between you and Luca?”
My father’s voice remained calm.
That made the question harder to avoid.
We stood in a quiet section of the medical center hallway, far enough from the waiting room that the children could not hear us. Through the glass wall behind him, I could still see Sophie sleeping against Claire, with Leo and Max beside her.
The sight gave me something else to focus on.
“I told you,” I said. “He was injured.”
“That is not an answer.”
“I came because of the children.”
“That is also not an answer.”
I folded my arms.
“You have already decided what you think.”
Richard studied my face.
“I have seen the rumors.”
“Everyone has.”
“I have seen the photographs too.”
My chest tightened.
“Which ones?”
“All of them.”
He listed them with
