I wish I could say I was surprised to wake up and not see Roman beside me, but I wasn’t. If anything, I was relieved that I didn’t have to face him, and it didn’t matter to me that he’d left for the office without me again. But what bothered me, and is still bothering me, is the one text he sent to me earlier this morning. It was the first thing I saw when I picked up my phone. Don’t show up at work today. Just like that. I have never seen a rejection so glaring, and neither have I been on the receiving end of it. Obviously, Roman regrets what we did, like it’s not my life that’s on the line for this. But if I’m being honest? I don’t regret it. I don’t want to lie to myself more than I already have. The s*x was great, exhilarating. Roman made me come quite a number of times, and cle

