Chapter 370

Roman exhaled deeply and, after a long silence, replied, "Identity isn't some magic solution. Beyond matching social status, my mother has a mental block—Sloane's been married before."

"And Sloane has her own hang-up, too—trauma from that marriage. She doesn't believe in love anymore. She's afraid of getting hurt again."

"That being the case, why drag her into danger over something like 'identity'