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Chapter 11

Roman forced himself to stay calm and find his voice. "Celia, stop this. If you come out now, I'll stay with you for a few extra days."He kept talking, his words echoing through the empty rooms. "I told you, Lana's just a fling. I'm already getting bored of her. You're the one I love, and no one can replace you. Just give me a little more time and I'll come back to this family."If you keep this up, you're really not going to like what happens. Do you actually want me to divorce you?"No matter how much he said, the only answer was silence.He searched every room in the villa and found no sign of Celia. Some of her belongings were missing as well.She was really gone.The realization hit him late, and when it did, his lips pressed into a hard line. The tension radiating off him was suffocating, one wrong word from snapping.It was not just Celia's things that were gone. Every trace of what they had shared—every memento, every reminder that they had once loved each other—had bee

Chapter 12

The regret came to Roman late, as it always did.If he had not gone chasing after excitement, if he had never taken up with another woman, would any of this have happened?Still, every man in his circle did the same thing—one woman at home and another on the side, sometimes several.Plenty of them played the field far more recklessly than he did, and Lana was gentle and agreeable. He could not understand why Celia refused to just accept it.The confusion sat alongside the regret, and neither one gave him any peace.He did not sleep at all that night. A restless, gnawing urgency lived in his chest, pressing him forward every second. He needed to find Celia faster, or he would regret it for the rest of his life.The team he had sent out searched for a long time before they finally came back with something.Joel walked into his office carrying a stack of documents and a USB drive and set them both down in front of him."Mr. Keller, we found her. Your wife... Ms. Vaughn took the di

Chapter 13

Roman's face was black with rage, and something dangerous was gathering behind his eyes."Bring Lana back!" he snarled.His hands curled into fists so tight that his knuckles cracked. He had reached the outer edge of his composure.Joel hurried out to intercept Lana. She was still standing by the elevator, exactly where he expected to find her. When she spotted him, her eyes lit up with unmistakable anticipation, and Joel felt a wave of contempt roll through him.He had never thought much of Lana. He could not understand what Roman saw in her then, and he still could not understand it now.In his eyes, Celia was a better woman in every conceivable way, and Roman had thrown that away. However, people grew bored with what they already had. Joel had learned not to judge.When Lana saw him approaching, the corner of her lips twitched upward, though she still managed to squeeze out a few tears."Did Roman send you to bring me back? I don't want to go back to him anymore. Tell him I'm

Chapter 14

Roman nearly laughed from the sheer audacity of it. A cold, humorless sound escaped him."Who said I don't love her? I love Celia. She's the one I love most. You were never anything more than a plaything. Who gave you permission to lay a hand on her?" He turned to Joel, his voice cutting. "What are you waiting for? Do I need to show you how it's done?"Joel kept his thoughts to himself. If Roman truly loved Celia, would he have treated her the way he did?Joel did not understand, but he did as he was told. He drew his hand back and struck Lana across the face with everything he had.Joel was not a small man, and he held nothing back. A single blow was enough to swell Lana's cheek. All traces of the fragile, pitiable creature she had been playing vanished in an instant.The force knocked her sideways against the wall, and tears, the genuine kind, streamed down her face. The defiance drained out of her just as quickly, replaced by desperate pleading."Roman, I know I was wrong. I

Chapter 15

Roman had grown bored with Celia and stopped paying attention. He had always assumed she loved him and that she had nothing of her own, so no matter what he did, she would remain by his side forever.Reality had hit him hard.If the man he used to be could see what he had become, that version of himself would have hated him for the rest of his life. Back then, he had loved her with everything he had.That love simply had not survived the test of time.Roman stared out the window at the endless stream of traffic below and felt nothing but emptiness. Life had suddenly lost all meaning.His phone kept lighting up on the desk beside him. It was Travis Harding calling. He picked up."Roman, the guys are getting together tonight. You coming? Bring that little kept woman of yours. Leave the wife at home, though. She's too timid and uptight for this crowd. She's no fun."The noise on Travis's end was loud and chaotic. Roman's brows furrowed, and an edge of anger crept into his voice. "I

Chapter 16

"I was too late the first time. I didn't get the chance to tell Celia how I felt about her. I'm not making that mistake again."Dominic's voice came through the phone clear and steady, and every word landed in Roman's ears like a bomb going off. Roman nearly lost his mind with rage.All this time, they had been steering him. They had been nudging him toward betraying Celia so that Dominic could step in.His eyes were bloodshot. He snatched the phone out of Travis' hand, his face twisting with fury. "Dominic, Celia will only ever love me. I'm going to apologize to her, and we'll work things out. She never fell for you back then. What makes you think you have a chance now? You don't."Dominic was perfectly calm. "She doesn't have to love me or be with me right now. That's fine. At the very least, I'm better than you. After what you put her through, even if she doesn't choose me, she will never go back to you."Roman's breath caught, and something sharp drove itself into his chest.

Chapter 17

"I'm sorry... I'm sorry..."Roman's voice was raw and broken, and he must have said it a hundred times, but the person who needed to hear it was no longer anywhere near him.Tears blurred his vision, and a memory surfaced unbidden. It was the first time he ever saw Celia.It had been an ordinary summer afternoon when a sun shower rolled through out of nowhere. She had no umbrella, and she was wearing a white dress that went completely sheer once the rain soaked through it. It clung to her body and left very little to the imagination.Celia realized it too. She looked mortified, pressing her arms against herself and trying to cover what she could while the heavy droplets kept coming down, drenching her from head to toe.He had been driving past. One careless glance in her direction was all it took. He could not look away, and his heart started hammering in a way it never had before.In that moment, he knew with absolute certainty that he was falling for her.He stopped the car an

Chapter 18

Dominic was right. Celia was probably never coming back. Still, no matter how determined Roman was to self-destruct, he woke up. Travis and the others eventually found him and rushed him to the hospital.When Roman finally opened his eyes, Travis let out a long breath of relief and started talking before Roman could get a word in."Roman, I get that you're in a bad place, but you can't just gamble with your own life like that."If you'd actually died, Celia would never know you regretted any of it. My brother likes her, sure, but he hasn't found her yet either. You still have a chance. Even if you two can't get back together, you should at least explain everything and tell her you're sorry."Or do you want her to go on hating you for the rest of her life? Do you want the version of you in her head to stay the worst one?"Something shifted in Roman's expression. After a long silence, he nodded. "You're right. I need to find her and apologize to her. I have to explain everything. Ma

Chapter 19

At some point, a figure that looked like Celia flashed across his line of sight. She was walking arm-in-arm with a foreign man.The jealousy hit him like acid, sharp and unbearable.Roman clenched both fists and strode over with bloodshot eyes. Before the man could react, Roman threw a punch that connected hard."Get your hands off my wife!""Your wife?" The man spat blood and stared at him in disbelief. "If she's your wife, then what does that make me?"He swung back, but Roman caught the fist in his hand.The woman at the man's side immediately stepped in front of him. "Where did you come from, you lunatic? I don't know you! Honey, let's go."She glared at Roman with open hostility, and only then did it dawn on him. He had the wrong person. A passing resemblance from behind had been enough to make him come completely undone."Sorry." His voice was flat and hollow.He paid the man for the trouble and walked on, disappearing back into the endless search.If not for this, he m

Chapter 20

Martin and Ruth were furious the moment they laid eyes on Roman. Neither of them bothered to hide it."Mr. Keller, you and our family are not the same kind of people. Go back to your privileged little world, where you can have as many women as you want and throw them away when you're bored. Our Celia is not your toy, and she is not your punching bag.""Our daughter was perfectly fine before she married you. Do you have any idea how much she suffered? How many times she was hurt? You had her thrown in a cell. You let her be abused over and over again. What did she ever do to deserve a man like you?"The more they spoke, the angrier they became. Tears streamed down their faces as they hit him, one blow after another.Roman stood with his head bowed and took every strike without resistance. The guilt was written all over him.Still, he could not stop himself from asking, "What about Dominic? He's the same kind of man I am. Same world, same money. Aren't you worried he'll turn out the

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