Elliott blocks Roman’s car with a pregnancy test in hand—he just wants money for the procedure. Roman doesn’t believe a man can be pregnant, until the paternity test comes back: twins, 99.9999%. A cold contract marriage begins. Elliott thinks he’s just a vessel for the Kingsley heirs. But Roman shields him from family humiliation, holds his hand in front of the whole school, and cancels his engagement to the Vaughns. When Elliott discovers Roman has been secretly investigating his abusive adoptive family and tracking down his biological parents, he asks: “Was this for the children, or for me?” Roman doesn’t answer—until the rain-soaked night he kisses him. Years later, Elliott stands on a graduation stage and says, “I will no longer bow to malice.” Roman sits in the front row with their two sons, and the pride in his eyes says everything.
