Chapter 151 —Radiant

Narrator:

The sun was just beginning to filter through the curtains when Aylin opened her eyes, and for the first time in many days... she smiled without reservation. She hadn't had to pretend to be fine. She hadn't had to swallow her feelings. Last night, at last, she had felt him close. Roman.

His voice, the way he spoke to her. His eyes and the way he devoured her with his gaze were intense even from the other side of the screen.

And even though he was thousands of miles away, he had touched her in a way that only he knew how. With words, with fire, with that intensity that had made her tremble to the very core of her being.

She got up with almost absurd energy. She took a quick shower, chose comfortable but pretty clothes, and even put on a little makeup, something she hadn't done since she had returned. She looked in the mirror, adjusted the blue scarf she wore around her neck like a secret, and left the house with a spring in her step.

Aylin entered the facto