Chapter 177

Ryan's POV

I didn’t need to ask the question again or wait to hear her reply. I didn’t need a DNA test. The truth was staring me right in the face, as clear as day.

Emma had been hiding him from me?

But why? How could she??

I staggered back, my mind reeling. I could barely breathe, the shock hitting me like a freight train. The boy—my son—was looking up at me, wide-eyed, innocent, unaware of the storm brewing inside me.

" Hello, I am James, who are you? "

His name. My voice cracked as I said it, almost unconsciously. "James?"

The boy blinked, his small face lighting up with excitement. "You know my name?"

I couldn’t speak. My throat was tight, my heart thudding painfully against my ribcage.

But then, something happened that shattered the last bit of restraint I had left, nothing could have prepared me for it.

"James, he is Ryan... He is my... " She was saying but the expression of his cute face changed dramatically, all of a sudden.

" Ryan????" He asked as if he was shocked to