The office

61. Tiana I flinched at the sound of the door and I felt my heart fall. So, this was it? This was Roman? We're all men this fickle?The office felt larger and colder without her in it. Roman and I stood on opposite sides of the invisible line she had drawn.“It wasn’t what it looked like,” he said at last.I laughed once, the sound brittle. “That’s the first thing you choose to say? Not an introduction. Not an explanation while she was still here. Just the classic line after the damage is done.”He dragged a hand through his hair. “Her name is Elena. She was part of my life a long time ago. She showed up unannounced. I was telling her to leave when you walked in. Also, she has been sent by my family as my fiancee and she thinks she owns me.”“You were standing close enough for her to put her hands on you. You didn’t move them. You didn’t speak. You let her look at me like I was a temporary amusement and you said nothing.” My voice had begun to shake. I hated it. “A few days of quiet

The village

62. TianaThe villa stayed silent long after the sun disappeared.I sat on the edge of the bed in the dark, still wearing the same clothes I had put on that morning to bring him lunch. My phone lay face-up on the nightstand. The screen remained black. No call. No text. No headlights sweeping across the driveway. Roman had not followed me home. He had not even tried to explain once the office door closed between us.The longer the quiet stretched, the louder the spiral became.I kept replaying the scene in his office: the woman’s hand on his chest, the casual way she spoke about him, the way Roman had stood there and said nothing while she looked at me like I was temporary. Every minute that passed without contact felt like confirmation. Whatever we had been building in the quiet mornings and shared nights had been thinner than I wanted to believe.By the time the clock passed midnight I could no longer stay still. I stood, pulled a small bag from the closet, and packed without any rea

The silence

63. RomanThe silence after she hung up stayed with me like a physical weight.I sat in the dark of the villa for a long time, the phone still in my hand, replaying every cold word I had thrown at her. “Don’t call me again until you’re ready to listen instead of accuse. I won’t keep bleeding for someone who keeps one foot out the door.” I had said it to protect myself. It had only driven her further away.Regret settled deep and heavy. I should have spoken the moment Elena put her hand on me. I should have followed Tiana out of the building. I should have driven after her instead of letting two full days of silence stretch between us. The possessiveness that had always lived under my skin sharpened into something almost painful. She was out there somewhere, hurting because of me, and I had let her go.I called her again. Voicemail. I left another message, rougher this time. “I’m sorry. I was wrong. Come back. Let me fix it.” Nothing.By the next afternoon the waiting had become unbear

The night

64. RomanI drove in silence.Tiana sat rigid in the passenger seat, arms wrapped around herself, staring out the window. Tear tracks still marked her cheeks. Her lips were swollen from the kiss and the bite. Every few minutes she shifted, as if the confined space of the car was too much. I kept both hands on the wheel and my eyes on the road. The taste of her blood and mine still lingered on my tongue.The gates of the villa opened automatically. I parked, killed the engine, and got out. She did not move. I walked around, opened her door, and waited.“Get out.”She looked up at me, eyes red-rimmed and defiant. “You can’t just…”“Get out of the car, Tiana.”She stepped out. The moment her feet touched the ground I closed the door, took her wrist, and led her inside. The villa was dark except for the low lights that came on automatically. I did not turn on more. I walked her straight through the living room, up the stairs, and into the master bedroom. The door shut behind us with a sol

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The office

The village

The silence

The night