Rose realized that they actually hadn’t stopped at La Duchesse. They were at a spa — a very exclusive spa she had only ever dreamt of — and Roman tilted his head, silently telling her to go in. She knew she didn’t look like she could afford the spa either, and she worried her bottom lip for a brief moment there. “I… I don’t think…” she began to protest, only for her concerns to be dismissed. Roman walked ahead of her, and she found herself following him in haste, as if afraid to be left behind… Admittedly, she had yet to get a taste of his temper. And as she limped forward, she refused to let this day be the day she did. Entering the luxurious place, the first thing that came to her attention was that there was no one around, save for the staff. Rose frowned ever so slightly, wonderin

