Roman’s POV
I should’ve left.
Should’ve turned my back and walked out like I always do when things start to crack open inside me. But her voice God, her voice kept echoing in my head.
“I just wanted you to love me enough to ask me why.”
That line tore something inside me wide open. Because the truth? I did love her.
I loved her in the kind of way that made it hard to breathe. The kind of way that left scars behind. The kind of way that made everything hurt even when I was numb.
And yet I still stepped back.
Like a f*****g coward.
Her eyes were red, her mouth trembling. She looked like she was about to fall apart again, and still I said nothing. Still I let her think I didn’t care.
Because if I did… if I let it show… I’d break in front of her.
And I couldn’t.
Not when I’d built t
