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Tiana POV
I didn't have a kink of listening to my husband get nasty with another woman, I just needed something to clear every ounce of affection I felt for him and cement every decision to leave. Two years of her calling me every time Genova and her got tangled in sheets. Every time, I received the call and listened. I fucking listened to every moan he made, every grunt, every sound of his betrayal. Tonight, it was the same. I could still hear them – the wet sounds of their skin against each other, their moans, her name on his lips like a prayer…Only that I didn't just listen, I made my presence…well from the other side of the call… known. "Is it fun or funny Hailey? Does knowing I am listening make you ride his cock faster or come faster?" I sneered, my voice echoing through the speaker. Genova made a sound of being shocked. "Fuck! Is that Tiana?" He asked no one in particular. "What's happening?" He added and although I didn't know how to prove it, I knew he was just faking it. He was faking shock. Would he fake guilt when he came home? "Don't let me disturb your fun." I said, then hung up before he could say anything else. Standing by the kitchen counter with a glass of wine in my hand and silence echoing through the space, a slow self mockery smile bloomed on my lips. I was indeed the most pathetic woman the world has ever seen. It's been two years of this silence, two years of a marriage that looked perfect from the outside and felt like slow suffocation from within. I poured myself another glass of wine after gulping the first one. My mind kept going back to every sound they made.The wet slide of skin, his moans, her name in his mouth like she was something sacred. Hailey. That was the name of my husband's bitch. He said it like a prayer and I stood on the other end of that call collecting every syllable like evidence, like punishment. I set the glass down before I threw it. Then Roman's voice crawled into my head. “What has being a good wife benefitted you Tiana? You're nothing but a joke among his circle.” Those were the words he had said last week, leaning against the kitchen doorframe in nothing but grey sweatpants. His eyes were on me with that look he never bothered to disguise. The look that made my skin feel two sizes too small. I had told him to go to hell but Roman had smiled like I'd said something adorable. The thing about Roman was that he didn't pretend. He didn't dress his intentions up in politeness or hide desire behind decency. If he wanted something, his eyes would pass that message and he didn't apologise for any of it. He had looked at me like that from the beginning when I married his brother and I hated how much I noticed. What I hated more was how my body did with the information. I moved to the couch and sat there. The man I was suddenly thinking of was out. Probably buried between some woman's thighs right now and adding another body to that collection he didn't bother hiding. That was Roman…messy and unapologetic. He lived out loud in ways his brother never had the spine to. I should have gone to bed like I did in the past when I realised my husband wasn't coming home. Instead I sat there and let my mind do the thing it had been doing more lately; think about Roman. My mind wandered to his hands —- those ink-covered arms and thick digits. I had watched them wrap around glasses severally and thought things I had no business thinking about a man who was my brother-in-law. I imagined those big palms coming down hard on my ass and my thighs pressed together. The heat between my thighs became impossible to ignore. Genova was across the city with his tongue down Hailey's throat while I was here, alone, starved and my dirty mind consumed with thoughts of my brother-in-law. My hands trembled as I pushed my robe aside, releasing my breasts. They felt heavy, nipples already hard. My sleek core throbbed, aching and I hadn't even touched myself. My hand drifted down my stomach, trembling. When my fingers brushed my clit, I gasped. "Oh God…" the moan slipped past my lips, breathless. My hips jerked forward, seeking more. As I circled my clit slowly, I imagined Roman hands.Those thick fingers wrapped around me and inside me. My fingers moved faster,a soft moan tearing past my lips. My hips moved on their own, grinding and chasing something I'd been denied for too long. Heat pooled low in my belly and I pinched my nipple hard, crying out at the sharp pleasure mixed with pain. "Roman..." I called, my head thrown back in ecstacy. I slid one finger insíde my wet sleek hole, my walls clenching around it greedily. I added another one, stretching my walls and imagining Roman’s cock inside me. Would it be thicker? Would he be gentle? Or would he take what he wanted? Use me like his greedy slut I pumped deeper, curling my fingers to find that spot. "Yes—oh fuck, yes…" My thumb found my clit as I heard Roman’s imaginary voice whispering into my ears. “Show me how badly you need it." My breath came in gasps, the wet sounds of my fingers moving in and out filling the room. "Please... please..." I pleaded as I imagined Roman behind me, his body caging mine against the wall and that thick cock sliding inch by inch. I pumped my fingers hard and fast, my thumb pressing firm circles on my clit. My moans turned to whimpers, then sharp cries. "Roman Oh God, Roman!" I cried. Then without warning, the sound of the door being opened echoed. I didn't stop, I couldn't stop. "Holy shit, Tiana." A low guttural voice sounded at the entrance. I opened my eyes and there he was. Roman stood at the edge of the sitting room, eyes on me like he had forgotten how to look anywhere else. He dropped his car keys on the side table without looking away from me. His gaze dragged down to my glistening fully displayed flower then back to my face. "That pussy is drenched.Is that an invitation?"25. TianaI didn't know what to say and at that moment, the kitchen suddenly felt too small, too quiet and too full of things neither of us knew how to handle.Roman remained kneeling beside my chair waiting. He was not pressuring me and not demanding an answer, he was just waiting and somehow that made everything worse because if he had pushed, I could have gotten angry, if he had insisted, I could have argued but he didn't.He simply looked at me with hope, vulnerability and years of feelings I had never known existed.My chest tightened painfully."Roman..."His eyes softened immediately and the sight only made it harder.I swallowed."I don't know."The words came out barely above a whisper and the moment they left my mouth, something changed. It was subtle that most people wouldn't have noticed but I did because I had spent years studying Roman too.The hope in his eyes dimmed just a little nut enough to make guilt crash into me instantly.Roman looked away first and a small smil
24. RomanThe fork froze halfway to my mouth and for a second, I genuinely forgot how to breathe.Tiana's question lingered between us. It was simple but devastating."If you loved me... why didn't you choose me when my family wanted a business marriage?"The eggs on my fork suddenly became the least important thing in the world.Slowly, I lowered the utensil back onto the plate. Across from me, Tiana watched and waiting.God!I had imagined this conversation a thousand times over the years. In every version, I was smarter, braver and less pathetic. But sitting here now, staring at the woman I had spent years loving from a distance, I realized there was no perfect answer, only the truth and the truth made me look like a fool.I leaned back in my chair, ran a hand over my jaw then laughed quietly. The sound carried no amusement."You really want to know?"Her eyes softened."Yes."I looked down at the table, at the coffee growing cold beside me, at anything except her because looking a
23. TianaFor the first time in years, breakfast felt peaceful.Not polite like it usually is, not obligatory, not one of those strained meals where silence sat between two people pretending everything was fine… peaceful.I sat at the kitchen island with a cup of coffee warming my hands while Roman stood at the stove making pancakes.Someone was actually making breakfast for me.The sight alone felt absurd."You're staring."I smiled into my cup."You look ridiculous."He glanced over his shoulder."Because I'm making breakfast?""Because I didn't know you knew how."His expression turned offended."I can cook.""Barely.""I can."I laughed. The sound escaped before I could stop it and Roman froze dramatically.My smile widened."What?""Nothing."Suspicion immediately crossed my face."Roman..."His grin appeared."There it is again."I frowned."What?""That laugh."Heat touched my cheeks."Oh."His expression softened."I haven't heard it in years."Something inside me stilled. Yea
22. TianaThe room fell quiet after my words and Roman's gaze drills into me.I also remembered his words, “you deserve someone who chooses you the first time.”They echoed inside my chest long after he stopped speaking.I stood in the middle of the room staring at him, at the man who somehow managed to make me feel seen when everyone else spent years looking straight through me.My throat tightened unexpectedly and Roman noticed immediately and his expression softened."Tiana?"I swallowed hard as his eyes searched mine carefully as if he sensed something important was happening.I lifted my hand and rested it against his chest. The steady rhythm beneath my palm grounded me instantly.For years I spent my life being what everyone needed: a good daughter, a good wife, a responsible woman. I have always been someone useful, someone dependable, someone who endured but standing here with Roman...I didn't feel useful I felt wanted and the difference nearly shattered me."Hey."His voice
21. TianaThe knock came again and it was loud and sharp this time and dangerously close.We both froze instantly and for one horrible second neither of us moved.Roman's hand remained tangled in my hair and my fingers still gripped the front of his shirt.The kiss died between us as another knock sounded."Tiana!"Genova… again. What was with him this morning?My stomach dropped again."Oh God."Roman exhaled slowly against my forehead."He has terrible timing."I stared at him."You're joking right now?""A little.""Roman."The knock came again more impatient this time."Tiana, open the door."Panic exploded through me immediately because unlike earlier, Roman wasn't hidden in the bathroom he was standing in the middle of my room looking entirely too comfortable and entirely not guilty."Bathroom," I hissed.Roman raised an eyebrow."Again?""Now."The amusement on his face nearly drove me insane. Still, he finally relented and disappeared into the bathroom.I barely waited for the
20. TianaGenova rubbed a hand over his jaw tiredly.“You’re acting cold.”I blinked at him slowly wondering if he said cold to me. The irony almost hurt.“You introduced other women into our marriage,” I say and his expression hardened instantly and he's out of words, “and somehow I’m the cold one?”“That’s not what I said.”“It’s exactly what you implied because you are already used to blaming me for everything including your shortcoming.”Silence stretched between us and Genova looked strangely unsettled suddenly like this conversation wasn’t going the way he expected.Maybe he thought I would cry, beg or compete harder for his attention but instead I stood there emotionally exhausted and deeply done and I think that scared him more.His gaze dragged slowly over my face again lingering and searching.“You’ve changed.”The words came quieter this time and dangerously observant.My stomach tightened because he was right. Something had changed and part of me feared he could somehow se







