Chapter 176 —Limits

Narrator:

Sunlight filtered timidly through the heavy curtains of the hotel room. Roman opened his eyes slowly, as if he had slept deeply for the first time in months. And there she was. Aylin. Lying on her side, her hair loose on the pillow, her face serene, her skin warm under his arm. She was still asleep. Or so he thought.

He smiled. He hadn't smiled like that in a long time. He kissed her shoulder, then her neck, slowly, with that tenderness he reserved only for her. He