Chapter 105 —You gave me a daughter...

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Aylin had her head resting on Roman's chest, her breathing still heavy and her naked body covered only by his warmth. The air smelled of skin, sex, desire satisfied but still throbbing. Roman caressed her back with his fingers, slowly, with a tenderness that contrasted with the brutality with which he had loved her minutes before. It was as if that simple gesture was his way of reminding her that he was there, that he wasn't going to disappear, that he wasn't going to run away anymore.

Neither of them spoke. There was no need. The silence between them no longer hurt. Now it was peace. Roman looked down and found her watching him, her eyes moist but calm. There was no reproach. There was no anger. Just that way she had of looking at him that always disarmed him.

“Are you okay?” he murmured in a deep voice.

Aylin nodded and then traced a faint “yes” with her fingers on his skin.

“I'm where I want to be,” she whispered, and Roman closed his