Episode 84

Naomi

“What do you think you are doing?”

I clenched my hand into a fist as I stared at a very pissed-off Roman. I had been so engrossed in hearing Gavril’s voice that I hadn’t heard Roman come into the study, but at least I had done what I had set out to do.

My husband was coming for me. He knew my location, and I could expect him to be here as soon as he could and to take me back home, back where I belonged. Even in Roman’s home, I didn’t feel completely safe and secure.

No, there was only one person that could make me feel like that, and he was coming for me.

“I did what I had to do,” I replied, standing up to him when normally I wouldn’t have. “I handled my shit when you wouldn’t.”

Roman blew out a long breath as he set the phone back on the receiver. “While I appreciate that you weren’t willing to listen to me and went about it your own way, you have no idea what you have truly done.”

A bit of my bravado left me at his resignation, a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach. It co