25. Tiana
I 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 wo
