Layla’s POV I had just returned from my lunch date with lexus, words couldn’t convey how ecstatic it was, my first real date, he was tender and compassionate, a great listener too, at some point I felt like he compelled me to talk and I couldn’t stop. Soon we were talking and laughing at the top of our voice, who knew a stoic park leader like him, masked with tattoos and an aloof aura, I wouldn’t have guessed he was capable of smiling. It was simply magical. My thought of bliss got interrupted by a knock on the door, which startled me. At first I thought it must be the maid, but then Rome spoke, instantly sadness loomed over me, like a dark stormy cloud. What is he looking for here? “ Layla?” He said, I could feel goosebumps all over me,he was the last person I wanted to talk to, a

