Leah
I watched them. The way she leaned into him without hesitation. The way his arms tightened around her with a protectiveness that had nothing to do with possession and everything to do with devotion. The way the tension that had lived in her body since she walked into this room melted away the moment he held her.
They reminded me of someone.
Two someones, actually. The woman I used to be, shrinking beside a man who didn't see her. And the woman I was now, standing beside a man who saw nothing else. The right partner didn't just change your circumstances. They changed who you were. They gave you permission to be the version of yourself that had been buried under someone else's neglect.
Roman bowed his head to us one last time. Then guided Tiana toward the door, his arm around her wa
