As soon as they got to Roman's house, he showed her to his room. Floor to ceiling windows that the sun hit all day, black walls with dark wood trimming. His king sized bed was against the wall in the middle. A fireplace across from it with a couch facing it.
"Wow", she said.
He smiled.
"My mom suggested the floor to ceiling windows because I decided on black paint.", he said.
"Good idea", she nodded.
He tilted his head so she would follow. Walking into what looked like another room.
"This is the closet, our closet", he smiled.
"Ours huh", she said.
He set her bags down on the empty side of it.
"Hoping you'll leave the clothes you brought here. That way when you come over, you already feel at home", he shrugged.
She smiled.
"Sounds like a plan", she replied.
He stepped over to her and took her hand.
"Let me show you the rest of the house", he said.
She followed as he showed her the master bathroom. It had a shower and a huge tub. His and her sinks. When he brought her for dinner, she never bothered to ask for a tour.
"How many rooms do you have?", she asked.
"Six, room to build more if you want", he said.
She nodded. Each room had their own bathroom.
"My office is downstairs, and if you want to share that's fine, but if you don't, let me know and you can pick whatever room you want.", he said.
"An office is all I'm willing to share", she said.
He smiled.
"Me too. Like I said, you are mine and only mine", he reminded.
She nodded and he leaned down to kiss her.
"If there is anything you don't like, feel free to change it. I want you to feel at home here", he said.
She nodded.
"I turned the guest house into a gym, you'll mostly find me there when I'm home, if I'm not in the office", he said.
"Or in bed with me", she added, biting her lip.
He chuckled and nodded.
"All damn day if you want", he replied.
"Oh I want", she nodded.
He groaned and rested his forehead against hers.
"You're so lucky we have dinner plans with my folks", he whispered.
She giggled. She really hoped he wasn't the masked man, but deep down, she knew he was it. The way he was looking at her now, no man had ever looked at her this way.
"I love you", she whispered.
He moved his head away a bit and smiled, eyes twinkling.
"I love you too", he replied.
His heart was racing at hearing her words and him repeating them.
"You saying that means there are no secrets between us. No lies.", she said.
He swallowed.
"Right?", she asked.
"Ronnie, I…", he was cut off by the doorbell ringing.
She walked past him.
"Lets go see who it is and then we can get back to this conversation", she said.
He nodded and lifted her hand to his lips, kissing it gently. Once downstairs, he opened the door to see his family here. He smiled.
"Hey future sister", Nia said, hugging Veronica.
His girlfriend smiled and returned the hug. His mom hugged her next.
"We thought you would be more comfortable meeting the family here.", Patricia said.
"How sweet, thank you", Veronica replied.
"Sweetheart, you remember my brother Afa. His boys Samu, Junior, and Lloyd.", Sika introduced.
She shook their hands and smiled.
"Roman, she is beautiful. You've picked a good one cousin", Tamina said, hugging Veronica.
"Wait till you get to know her. You'll love her just as much as I do", he smiled.
Veronica set a hand on his chest.
"Ronnie, this is Dwayne, but we call him the Rock", Roman introduced.
"We've met, when he goes to see my dad with yours", she said.
Dwayne nodded.
"The twins, Jimmy and Jey, who've you met", he continued.
The twins waved at her.
"Rikishi, Jimmy and Jey's dad", he introduced next.
"You have a lot of family", she whispered.
He chuckled and nodded.
"Why do you think they call us the Bloodline. Only family, its why my parents adopted Dean and Seth", Roman said.
"But didn't you meet Dean when he was an adult?", she asked.
He nodded.
"It was his call, so his full name is Dean Jonathan Ambrose Reigns", Roman explained.
"And it's the same with Seth", she said.
He nodded. She noticed the women setting up the food in the kitchen. She let go of Roman and went to see if they needed help.
Sika approached his son.
"Raya is gone, but keep her close or close to one of your brothers. The last thing we need is her trying to hurt Ronnie.", Sika said.
Roman nodded.
"She also knows about you and what Garcia had you do", he added.
"I'm going to tell her, she deserves the truth on my end. I won't tell her it was her dad, I'll just say it was Ric. That I promised him to get him out alive if he kept his mouth shut about me", Roman said.
"Think she'll believe it?", he asked.
"I hope so", he replied.
Sika squeezed his son's shoulder.
"I told her I loved her. We both did.", Roman said.
Sika smiled.
"Then she will forgive you, it will take some time, but she will", he nodded.
"I hope so", Roman mumbled.
Once everyone from his family left. Veronica was finishing cleaning up.
"You don't have to do that. I've got maids coming tomorrow morning", he yawned.
She finished setting the plates in the sink before looking at him.
"So then, should we finish our conversation from earlier?", she asked.
He smiled, before he could nod, she kissed him.
"Or, we could go to bed", she whispered.
He smirked.
"Bed sounds so good right now", he replied.
She walked back towards the stairs, removing her sweater.
"Coming?", she asked.
He followed removing his shirt.
"Right behind you", he replied.
Kenny was not amused when Raya told him Roman was officially dating Veronica.
"I suggest you just get over her, because either way, she is dead", Raya said.
"She's your daughter, they all are. How could you just stand here and say you're killing them all without feeling something?", Kenny asked.
"Because, I got over it a long time ago. I wanted that seat, but he said no. It was rightfully Melina's, unless I had a boy", she said.
"So then why not lie and say Cody was his?", Matt asked.
"Because, if you haven't noticed, he looks nothing like Ben. Besides that, he and I hadn't had sex in a few months. He was gone on business while I was pregnant.", she said.
They nodded.
"Then when he was getting ready to come back, I told him I was visiting with my parents. Scheduled a c section as soon as they told me he could survive outside of my womb", she shrugged.
Kenny watched as Cody flinched. This woman had no feelings, for any of her children.
"When I realized I couldn't pass Cody off as his son, I left him with his dad. Started reigniting the flames with Ben. Tried again for another child a few years later, it was a girl. Bayley", she said, starting to pace.
"Then Veronica", Kenny said.
She nodded and faced them.
"Five kids was his limit. I think he was catching on to the whole boy thing", she said.
Kenny chuckled.
"Figured if I just got rid of all of them, Ben would be in such a dark place it would be easier to kill him. Cody could take his rightful place as my son, since I was married to Ben, Cody could take the seat", she said.
"Obviously that didn't work since he is still alive", Nick said.
"Bayley ran to her sisters when I was trying to smother Veronica. Little brat", she said.
She scared Kenny just a bit. He could tell his friends were too by the looks on their faces.
During their love making, Veronica closed her eyes and ran her hands down his body. The further her hand went, the better she was feeling. Maybe Charlotte was…
There it was, the scar. Opening her eyes, Roman panting and thrusting into her. It was him. Why didn't she see it before. Maybe she just didn't want too. She arched her back and dug her nails into his back.
"Fuck, I love you Veronica", he whispered, kissing just under her ear.
"I love you too", she whispered, kissing his cheek.
What was she going to do? If she told her sisters, they would kill him. She needed to know why? And if it really was Ric. So many questions, she didn't know where to start.
Roman moved beside her, arms wrapped around her tight as he kissed her shoulder.
"Welcome home, my love.", he whispered.
She closed her eyes slowly. He was making it harder.
Roman woke up to the sound of a clicking. Feeling someone straddle him, he smiled, knowing who it was. Opening his eyes, his smile disappeared. He came face to face with a gun.
"Why?", Veronica asked.
He swallowed.
"Baby, what's going on? Why what?", he asked, trying to sit up.
"Do you think I'm stupid? I know. Now I want to hear you say it. Tell me who you are", she said.
He sighed.
"I'm the one who kidnapped you, it was me.", he admitted.
She shook her head lightly.
Charlotte arrived to her dad's house, marching right in.
"Dad?", she called out.
Ethan had seen the boxes on the front porch, but he ignored them.
"Mr. Flair", he shouted, as Charlotte went from room to room.
Charlotte came back out and right up to him.
"Bitches lied to me. They said he would be here", she shouted.
Ethan then remembered them saying that they were sending him back with a big red bow. He stepped back outside and looked at the big box beside the other smaller ones. He swallowed as the red bow caught his eyes.
"Shit", he mumbled.
"What are you doing? Forget those damn boxes, we need to find my dad", Charlotte shouted.
He pointed to the box with the red bow.
"Found him", he said.
Charlotte stepped towards the big one and pulled the tape off. The smell caught her nose before she opened it. Ethan lifted one flap and peeked inside. Charlotte covered her mouth before running inside crying.