The tension from the cinema followed us all the way back to the hotel.It sat between us silently during the ride upstairs, thick and suffocating, neither of us willing to speak first.Roman stood beside me inside the elevator, hands tucked into the pockets of his coat, jaw tight, eyes fixed ahead.Cold.Controlled.Like the argument earlier had sealed something shut inside him.I kept my gaze on the glowing numbers above the elevator doors, stubbornly refusing to look at him even though I could feel his presence everywhere around me.The memory of his words still burned inside my chest.You’ve never really been his.And somehow, despite how angry I was, those words still lingered beneath my skin in ways I hated.The elevator doors slid open.We walked toward the suite without speaking.The silence between us echoed louder than footsteps.By the time Roman unlocked the door and stepped aside for me to enter first, frustration already sat heavily inside my chest.I tossed my purse onto
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