Two years after running into each other at Rome's grand opening of his studio-Essence and Rome have continued to live their separate lives and maintain no contact with one another after both dropping information on their new lives without each other...
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"I—I had an abortion a year ago.." Payton blurted out seeing the serious look on Rome's face. When she saw his jaw clench, she continued. "I-it was while we were on that break. I-I had confided in Grayson about what we were going through and we slept together in a vulnerable moment. I got pregnant and I didn't know if it was yours or Grayson's so I got the abortion. I'm so sorry Rome!" Payton cried.
When Rome just sat there staring at her with a deadly expression, Payton reached out and tried to grab his hand but he pushed her so hard away from him that her back hit the dresser making her wince in pain before he got up and walked out.
Payton called out his name as she cried for him. Everything in her wanted to follow after him but the pain she was in from going through the abortion at the moment prevented her from doing so.
"Rome, baby—please come back." She cried as she buried her head into her hands feeling like she'd just fucked everything up within their relationship.
Snapping out of his thoughts—Rome shifted in his office chair and picked up the glass of water he was drinking and brought it to his lips. He shook his head. He'd been trying to get Payton off his mind for the past couple of days but it wasn't working. Despite what she'd told him, and how angry he was, he missed her and Rj. The house seemed empty without them. After he'd left, he came back home the next morning and Payton had text him letting him know that her and Rj were going to go visit her parents for a few weeks.
No matter how many times he called, Payton didn't answer until she landed in Dallas and that was only to let Rome speak to Rj. Rome hated how she was acting as if he'd just hurt her but he knew Payton was just feeling guilty for what she'd done and she knew that Rome was going to go off when they finally did talk. Payton was avoiding him and he knew that.
Hearing a knock at his door, he looked up and see Dasia coming in. A smile gracing his face. "What's up." He asked masking his hurt with his normal expression. He hadn't told his parents or Dasia what'd been going on. The only one who partially knew was Essence and Rome hated that.
"I came to bring you some food and to tell you about this guy I met." Dasia said before plopping down in the chair in front of his desk. She reached out and sat the bag of Chick-fil-a on the counter. She had got him a spicy chicken sandwich meal with a strawberry lemonade and Polynesian and Barbecue sauce.
"Thanks for the food and who the fuck is this nigga?" Rome asked while mugging her. It had took him a long time to warm up to the concept of Khalil and now here she was talking about meeting a man with a smile on her face. Rome was ready to go into protective mode.
