Chapter 209: Part Of The Plan

Roman I didn’t know what hurt more. The truth itself or the way Savannah reacted to it. Maybe it was knowing that the woman I loved with every cell in me… the woman I would die for… the woman who carried my child…was born to one of the men I hated most in the world. Or maybe it was the fact that the moment the words left Paula's mouth, she looked at me like I was the threat. Then she took that single step backwards. A tiny movement. But it gutted me. She drew back with her hands shielding our baby as if I might lunge at her for being Jace Hart’s daughter. Her eyes were wide—not angry, not confused—but afraid. Afraid of me. Something inside my chest cracked open. “Savannah?” My voice felt like it scraped up my throat. I reached out to touch her, just her hand, something small. She stared at my hand like it was a weapon. Then she stepped back again. My stomach dropped. My pulse punched hard against my ribs. And everything I thought we were—everything we had survived—wavered. “Savannah. C