22. Tiana
The room fell quiet after my words and Roman's gaze drills into me.
I also remembered his words, “you deserve someone who chooses you the first time.”
They echoed inside my chest long after he stopped speaking.
I stood in the middle of the room staring at him, at the man who somehow managed to make me feel seen when everyone else spent years looking straight through me.
My throat tightened unexpectedly and Roman noticed immediately and his expression softened.
"Tiana?"
I swallowed hard as his eyes searched mine carefully as if he sensed something important was happening.
I lifted my hand and rested it against his chest. The steady rhythm beneath my palm grounded me instantly.
For years I spent my life being what everyone needed: a good daughter, a good wife, a responsibl
