Chapter 174: "It's fine."

Scarlett's pov.

Roman asks me what’s wrong and I don't know if I can tell him.

I didn’t envision today would go the way it currently is, but I'd be a bad person if I didn't tell Roman what I know. I wouldn’t feel worthy of him.

“Your father says he’s located someone he thinks you might want to see.”

The look on Roman’s face is still happy. He’s still smiling at me, and I wonder if telling him is really the best option at this point.

I was in his office when Fen came in with a worried look on his face. He began asking for Roman, and when I said I had no idea where Roman was either, he dropped the news on me.

“Your father has been looking into the attack that happened all those years ago.”

Roman stills beneath me and I feel his expression freeze over. The smile is frozen on his face and Roman’s emotions leak in through the mate bond.

Surprise is like vanilla on my tongue, and amidst that surprise is fear.

“What did he find?”

I make to push off Roman and sit up but he doesn’t l