Chapter 147: "Marry me."

Roman speaks freely and I listen with all my might. His thumb doesn’t stop rubbing the one spot on my hand and I rub his too sometimes.

I see the locked-up emotions in him come to the light and then fade away as he talks about them and their effect on him.

I hate the way my hate for Elara seems to multiply the more he speaks.

She and Hunter might have been the perfect fit for each other. Hunter, a cheat, and her, also a cheat.

Roman’s voice fades into the background for a brief second and I say something I wish I could take right back.

“Marry me.”

Roman stops in the most halting sudden way that a smile tugs the side of my lips but the shock has my face frozen in place.

Roman also looks stunned and I spend the moment of silence asking myself “Why did I just blurt that out?”

This isn’t how I planned to do this.

“Say that again, Scarlett .”

Roman’s words have my skin pebbling and when I look at him, his gaze is hot and heavy on me. His thumb rubs the bone of a knuckle and I try to stead