Chapter 207

Lauren's POV

I picked up my lipstick and ran it carefully across my lips, watching the shade glide smoothly in the reflection of the mirror. The faint light from the bedside lamp cast a warm glow over the room, highlighting the small details — the velvet headboard behind me, the curtains swaying slightly from the morning breeze slipping through a crack in the window.

“Are you sure you don’t need bodyguards to follow you? Or better still, I could come with you myself,” Roman said from the bed.

He lay there shirtless, propped up on one elbow, watching me intently. His hair was tousled, eyes narrowing a little as he studied me. Ever since we had sex four days ago, things between us had become… different. In the best way possible. We’d been having sex every night since then, and honestly, I hadn’t realized how much I’d missed being touched, being wan