Chapter 107: I Love You, Sav

Savannah Present. Fear. Satisfaction. Anger. Gratitude. They all collided inside me, crushing against one another until I couldn’t tell which emotion was heavier, or which one I was supposed to feel first. I only knew my chest ached with the weight of them all. He had killed a man because of what he did to me. Not yesterday. Not last week. But years ago. And he stood here now, confessing it to me like it was the most natural thing in the world. “Now you understand why I would never apologize for killing him,” Roman said, voice steady, unwavering. His gaze cut through me, daring me to flinch. “He deserved it, Sav.” The words crawled into my bones. My lips parted, but the answer wouldn’t come. Because what could I say? That I was horrified? That I was relieved? That part of me wanted to recoil but another part wanted to cling to him for never letting that man get away with it? I remembered the hand on me. The excruciating pain. The filthy words. The smirk. The press of my face against th