P.O.V. Alex:

I couldn't tell Josh. He was Ava's brother, couldn't keep any secrets if his life depended on it and he would freak out on me. So hard no. I couldn't tell Christian. The moment Stella would find out we talked about something serious he would tell her in a heartbeat. Even harder no. The only person I could trust with this except Raoul was Rhys. That was why I was praying that Bridget wasn't in the hotel room right before I was knocking on the door of their hotel room. Rhys opened the door. He looked at me with confused eyes.

"Can I come in?" He opened the door a little wider and I got in. I couldn't quite stand anymore so I sat down on the floor, my back against the wall. "Can you keep a secret?"

"Depends. Will I hear the whole story?"

"Is that what it takes to shut your mouth after I told you?" Rhys looked at me with challenging eyes. When I heard him close the door I blurted it out. "I am a dad." I looked up, to meet Rhys gaze. His gaze wasn't judging. He was just surprised. Who wouldn't? I was surprised too. Rhys sat down on the floor on the opposite wall. His arms were on his knees. He was listening. "No one knows. I didn't even know. I found out two hours ago. You can't tell anyone, not even Bridget." Rhys stared me in the eyes and after a couple of seconds, that felt like an eternity, he nodded. For that little movement, I was thankful. I didn't know what to say next. So I just waited.

"Who is the mother?"

"My ex-girlfriend." Rhys crooked his eyebrows. Of course he didn't believe I was in a serious enough relationship before Ava to call the woman my ex-girlfriend. If I was honest, I didn't think Ava would believe it quite either.

"When did you guys break up?"

"Around six years ago."

"How long were you together?"

"Eight years, six months and ten days." Rhys eyes changed their emotion. What does that even mean? I didn't know, like he got sad or who knows what, it just changed.

"So your kid is five now?"

"She's four. Ana and I hooked up once after we broke up." Rhys pulled his eyebrows confused together. "It was her birthday and I could not not see her." I took a deep breath. "It was the first birthday I hadn't spend with her since her 16th one." He didn't ask for it but I handed him the picture of my baby girl. He took it and examined the picture thoroughly.

"Why didn't you go to Raoul?" I told him why and why I chose to tell him. He asked me a couple of questions about my past relationship with Ana. "So what will you do? As I see it, you want to be in your daughters life but they live here."

"I can make Ana move." I knew she would move if I played my cards right. If anyone could get Ana to move, it was me and I was sure it was still like this.

"And Ava?" That was definitely the hard part.

"I am not sure yet. I can't marry her without her knowing what she would get into. And I can not marry her, without knowing if she and Lucy would get on." Rhys asked more questions and I ended up telling him everything about my relationship with Ana. Then suddenly the door opened and Bridget entered the room. Her head moved to Rhys sitting on the floor and then to me doing the same just on the opposite wall. Her head was turning three time until she stopped and said hi. I had to get out of here. I was glad I didn't go to the other two now more than before. They would have sold me out. I could trust Rhys more. He wouldn't say anything even if Bridget bombarded him with questions.

P.O.V. Ava

After everything that happened at Anas, we all went home. Alex wasn't in our room. Maybe he was at Raouls to tell him that he saw his ex again. Not long after I got a notification from our friend-group-chat. Before I could look at it, the door opened and Alex entered. His presence filled the whole room. I didn't know what to do. We were still cold with each other but now that I know about his daughter and me not wanting to tell him, I just wanted to be in his arms. So I made my way to him and put my arms around his waist. He stiffened. He hadn't done that in three years. It felt like a punch in the stomach. What happened? Did he have to rethink his feelings towards me after he saw Ana again?

I moved away from him and looked at my phone.

BRIDGET: Alex was here. I think he told Rhys about today but he won't tell me why Alex was here or what they talked about.

JULES: Make him crack!

BRIDGET: He won't! I tried! I really did.

So he went to Rhys. But why? Why not to Raoul? Alex is not the person who told other people about his personal issues. So why did he go to Rhys? Nothing major happened with Ana. So what was going on? She gave him a letter. Shit. I have to find that letter.