Page 17 of Roman Blake
“You up,” he said, his voice deep and heavy with sleep.
I pushed the covers off me and swung my legs over the side of the bed. “Why are you in my villa?”
He stood up, calm as ever, and somehow that irritated me even more.
“Melissa—”
“No, fuck that,” I snapped, standing up too fast and instantly regretting it when the room spun around me. “Why the fuck are you in my room while I’m asleep?”
Roman’s jaw tightened, but he still stepped closer.
“Sit down.”
“I am not sitting down.”
“Yes, the fuck you are,” he said, and the sharpness in his voice made me pause. “Sit your ass down before you fall.”
I opened my mouth to argue again, but another wave of dizziness hit me so hard I had to catch myself on the edge of the bed. Roman stepped in immediately, gripped my arm, and eased me back down before I could do anything else.
I snatched my arm away from him. “Do not touch me.”
That was when his whole face changed. He did not look hurt. He did not look soft. He looked pissed.
“Watch your fuckin’ mouth when talking to me, Lissa,” he barked. “You have a whole lot to say this morning for somebody who does not even know what the fuck happened last night.”
That made me stop.
I stared at him through the pounding in my head and the confusion clouding my brain.
“What happened?” I asked, with my voice a little quieter now.
Roman let out a slow breath and dragged a hand over his face like he was trying hard not to lose his temper.
“I saw some nigga trying to carry you into your villa from my window.”
My stomach dropped so fast it made me feel sick.
“What?”
His eyes locked on mine. “You were damn near out of it. You could barely stand on your own. He had his arm around you and was dragging you up the walkway like you belonged to him.”
Every bit of irritation in me started draining out right then, replaced by something cold and ugly.
“I…” I swallowed hard. “I do not remember.”
“No shit,” he snapped. “Because somebody slipped something in your drink.”
I just stared at him.
His words hit me, but my mind did not want to fully take them in.
Roman’s expression darkened even more.
“The only reason I am here is because I saved your little pussy from getting took from you.”
My hand flew to my mouth before I could stop it.
A gasp slipped out, and my whole body went cold.
