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$ landed e a atas dropped inte still ater, sending ripples through every thought I had.
at him, certain i must have misheard. “Married?” I echoed, breath catching. “Like… right now? You want us to
Rita’s expres det ften. If anything, his resolve sharpened.
he said simply. “Don’t you want to marry me p>
My heart lurched. Panic fared, not at the idea of marrying him, never that, but at the urgency behind it. “No!” I blurted quickly, shaking my
head. “It’s not that. Of course I want to marry you. You know I do p>
Relief flickered across his face. His hand rose instinctively, warm palm cradling my cheek, thumb brushing softly along my skin as if grounding
himself
“Good,” he murmured. “Then there’s no problem p>
But there was.
I blinked, trying to organize the whirlwind inside my head. “But I thought we agreed…” I said carefully. “After the baby comes. That was the plan. We wait, we do it properly, we celebrate it in a grand way p>
His jaw tightened. I could almost see the thoughts moving behind his eyes–fast, restless, troubled.
“I remember,” he said. “I remember everything we planned. But this…” His grip tightened around my hand. “This feels like the right moment, Sav. We don’t have to make it big. We can do something simple. Just us. Then later, when everything settles and our baby arrives, we’ll have the wedding we talked about. Something big. Something grand p>
His gaze searched mine, intense and wide. “What do you think p>
I studied him quietly.
It wasn’t the request that unsettled me. It was the urgency. The tension beneath his voice. The way he looked like a man trying to outrun
something unseen.
This wasn’t romance. This was protection. And fear. Colliding together and mixing up dangerously.
It wasn’t like I didn’t want to marry my best friend. Heck, there’s nothing I want more in this world than to marry Roman and have his children. I would even marry him right now if he asked me to. But this was… spontaneous. Way too spontaneous.
I swallowed slowly. “I want to marry you,” I said honestly. “You know I do. There’s nothing in this world I want more p>
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Un wegens Highted slights, as if he’d been bracing for refutat
but I continued gently “this is sudden. Too sudden. And I feel like there’s something you’re not telling me p>
sgate Immediately. And that told me everything.
SAVED
1 Mited my hand and touched his cheek, guiding his face back toward mine Hey. Are you mad at me?” I whispered. “Talk to me. What’s wrong?
say something
Ay rather called you my girlfriend.” The words fell out of his mouth.
1 Minked “1… didn’t even notice,” I admitted quietly.
Roman’s jaw flexed. “I did,” he said. “He chose that word deliberately. He wanted to diminish what you are to me p>
His voice was calm, but the anger beneath it was unmistakable.
“I wanted to break his throat for it p>
I didn’t interrupt. I let him speak.
“There’s more,” he continued, gaze darkening. “My brothers p>
A cold understanding crept into my chest.
“I don’t trust them around you,” he said bluntly. “I can’t prove anything. I can’t accuse anyone. But waking up and finding you here… alone… with them…” His voice lowered. “It didn’t sit right with me p>
My throat tightened.
I knew where this fear came from. It wasn’t jealousy in its simplest form. It was memory. Trauma. The ghosts of what had happened before.
He looked almost frustrated with himself.
I know where this stemmed from. I should have known that this was the reason why he’d been very quick to lose his temper with Reese.
Dahlia. That woman again. Somehow, it looked like I’ll never be rid of her.
Maybe a part of Roman was still paranoid or scared that Reese and I would get so close that I’d maybe magically fall in love with him. Or fall
into bed with him.
I swallowed. “Roman, if it’s about Reese, there’s nothing- absolutely nothing- like that going on between us p>
He cut me off.
“Baby, it’s not just about Reese.” He began. “I admit I’m not overly comfortable with… that as well. But it’s not because I don’t trust either of you. It’s because of…” he trailed off, looking down. “the past p>
He sighed.
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I stepped closer and wrapped my arms around him.
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