ROMAN'S POV
After hearing her last words, I let out a quiet sigh that felt heavier than it should have. I dragged over an office chair from the corner and sat down across from her. For the first time since I walked in here, I didn’t feel like a boss talking to his employee, I felt like a man trying to reach through the invisible wall she had built around herself.
She had just let down her guard a little, and that was progress, something I’d been trying to achieve for days. If she was willing to open up, even slightly, then maybe, I could close the distance between us.
She said she wasn’t ready to fall in love again, but her voice carried a sadness that made me believe she wanted to, deep down. Her heart just needed to heal and that wouldn’t happen if she kept living in her shell, convin
