It is eventually revealed that the baby actually belongs to Ivy’s deceased sister and Rafael’s late father, making the baby Rafael's half-brother.

Rafael (Rafa) is certain he has never met Ivy's sister, yet a DNA test remarkably comes back positive.

In the novel A Baby Scandal in Italy by Chantelle Shaw, Ivy, a penniless young woman, crashes into billionaire Rafael Vieri's business meeting in Rome with a bombshell claim: she believes he is the father of her orphaned nephew, Bertie.