Five Minutes Too Late

POV: Roman

The words hit me like a physical blow to the chest. It felt as though my world had shattered into a million jagged pieces. Valeria leaving the country? The concept was absurd. Where the hell would she even go? She had no family, no friends, no one else in her life but me. I was convinced she could not survive a single day without my presence and my money. I owned her. She was my proper