I have never begged anyone to stay,
But I said please that day.
We can work this out.
I have never prayed for anything so badly,
but I remember begging the universe that if it could hear me somehow,
all I want is a chance to make it work.
'I can't'...
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The soft music playing in the background sort of fades in obscurity as I near Thalia. The moment reminds me of that day we met at the store, and Thalia's initial reaction towards me. She seemed shocked to me then, and now that I think of it, I understand why.... my return threatens whatever she has going on with him, and if him showing up at my apartment this morning is anything to go by, she does have reason to be worried.
I watch how her fingers are curled around the slender flute champagne glass, and I can't help but imagine those fingers all over Roman's naked body, touching him in intimate places, and him enjoying it.
The image alone makes me want to grab one of these paintings on the wall and smack it over Roman's head with it...perhaps even hers too. Before the image clears, Thalia stops in front of me, her perfume fusing into the air around us and smothering me.
"Sienna, hai." she smiles politely, but her smile does not quite meet her blue eyes.
"Thalia." I respond.
"What a surprise to see you here? I didn't know that you and Tom were acquainted already."
"Tom?"
"Tom.. the Artist, the host?" she motions to everything around us.
"Right, no, we haven't met."
"Oh, right, well, Tom is a good friend of Rome and I, an amazing artist, as you can probably appreciate...Roman and I actually bought a couple of his pieces from his other art shows, and they are hanging in his house right now." she says innocently.
The mention of Roman's name in such a possessive tone makes my heart recoil and my fingers to twitch. If she says Roman One. More. Time, I will be tempted to smack her with anything I can get my hands on, and right now, it's a glass figure of a dolphin to my left.
I decide to take a deep, sharp intake of air to calm herself down. I am not a violent person, far from it..but Roman evokes a whole range of emotions inside me, and right now, my heart is filled with entitlement towards him, and it becomes abundantly clear to me that this whole situation with her, it's going to be a lot harder for me to deal with than I could have ever imagined.
And it's been an incredibly heavily, emotional day, and the past few minutes after arriving here had given me a temporary escape from my reality...making me feel lighter and enthusiastic about something, and the last thing I need is her evoking bad vibes, whether intentionally or unintentionally.
Fortunately, Thalia reads her facial expressions and blushes.
"I see Roman has already told you about us." she murmurs.
