Chapter 136 —You Belong to Me

Narrator:

Aylin didn't bring up the subject with Dominic again. She didn't need to. His smile, his evasiveness, his silent discomfort... had already told her everything he didn't dare put into words.

And Roman wouldn't say anything, not yet. She knew him well enough to know that he would protect her, yes, but in his own way. A way that inevitably left her out.

So she decided to act on her own. She didn't ask questions, she didn't confront him, she just observed.

She waited for Gabriel Ordoñez to leave. She watched through the side window as he got into his car and mentally noted the license plate number. Then she went to the small office in the gallery, the one where Roman sometimes left papers he didn't want anyone else to see. She found nothing, but she noticed which folders had been moved. And she took note.

That night, when Roman said he had to make a call, Aylin got up without saying a word. She walked around the house in silence until she heard his v