Nadia's POVI was shaking as Roman drove away from my house. The kiss. God, that kiss. I felt everything in those few seconds. Love, desire, connection. The mate bond screaming for its other half, begging me to turn around and run back to Dylan.But I could not go back to him. I could not."Are you okay?" Roman asked gently. His voice was soft and concerned and completely unlike the desperation I had just left behind."No but I will be." I wrapped my arms around myself and tried to stop trembling. My lips still tingled from Dylan's kiss and my cheek hurt from where I had slapped him. Everything hurts.Roman did not push. He just drove and let me sit in silence until my breathing slowed and the shaking stopped. When we pulled up to the restaurant, he came around to open my door like a gentleman. The simple courtesy made my chest ache because Dylan used to do things like that before everything fell apart.The restaurant overlooked the lake and the sunset painted the water in shades of o
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