HAVEN POV
“I never said John was Lennox’s father,” Melissa said, her harsh laugh still ringing in my ears.
It took a few seconds for my mind to catch up with my ears and for her words to make sense in my brain. I was still reeling from the revelation that she was actually Lennox’s mom. That the whole time I knew her and knew him, he was her son.
I thought back over the years, over all our interactions and her interactions with him, and it all made sense. The way she treated him, the way they were always so close. And of course, how they always wanted us together, always emphasized how we’d make such a cute couple.
But that didn’t answer the question of who his father was.
“So then, who is his father?” King Malachi said, his voice deep and authoritative, the way it had been when he’d q
