Chapter 107: "Everyone deserves a second chance, Scarlett."

Scarlett's pov

Roman makes my heart melt with the way he treats Maya.

His guards exchange bewildered glances when they see him wheeling a little girl around the room while the dye sets in and even I am bewildered because I never imagined this.

I never imagined that one day Maya would have so much to talk about with someone who isn’t me, and the way she settles into comfortable banter with Roman has my heartwarming.

I don’t know what they discuss.

At some point, Maya looks thoughtful like she’s been given something to think about and then she shrugs and goes right back to talking.

At some point, she stands on the seat as Roman wheels her about, and though my heart lurches at how close she might be to falling and getting injured, something tells me Roman would never allow that to happen.

That thing tells me, my greatest fear won’t be a problem at all, that Roman won’t have me choose like Hunter did.

Roman won’t have me choose between love and my child.

With him, I might be able to have