Roman's POV

"Are you okay, Roma?"

I nod at Edwin's question and he continue helping me bath in silence. He has been asking me the same thing ever since he saw me this morning. But I am fine since there isn't anything bothering me...physically.

I look at my friend as he hands me a towel and I wrap it around my body and leave the bathroom. It has been two weeks since we came back from Alpha Fred's pack. Nothing much has happened since, and I'm really enjoying Edwin's company. He's always with me from morning until the evening. We are never apart for too long.

"Let's go if you are done."

"I not, need brush hair." I say while brushing my hair.

When I'm satisfied enough with the style, I leave the bedroom and go down the stairs with Edwin who holds my hand for safety. We were going to have breakfast.

"Do you know what we will be doing today?"

I shook my head and he continues.

"We will be in the garden, planting flowers, watering others and..."

I tune out his voice and I get lost in my own thoughts. I miss my Ken. Ever since we came back weeks ago, he has been busy and got no time for me. Every time I go to his office, I'm told that I'm not allowed to go in.

In the morning before he leaves, when I try to hold a conversation, he always walk out on me. I've actually tried my best to talk to him and voice out my needs but he always brushes me aside. I'm tired of trying and waiting for him to have time for me. I really miss him greatly.

"Roman, what's wrong? Why are you crying?"

I look up at Edwin and I see how worried he is. I didn't even know that I was crying. I wipe off the tears and give him a fake smile which I know he sees right through it.

"Do you want to talk about it?" He questions and after a minute, I nod. I trust Edwin and he's a good friend, so talking to him is right.

He tells me to wait by the door leading to the kitchen and he walks in. Some minutes later, he comes out with a basket with food in it. He leads me out of the house and he grabs a blanket on our way out. We go in the garden and he finds a good spot and lay out the blanket.

"So tell me about it." He says, eating a pancake after we sit on the blanket.

"My Ken." It’s what comes out of my mouth first. I look at Edwin shyly and he raises an eyebrow in question. I fidget and play with my fingers as I look for more words to say to him.

"Ken ignoring me." I say at last.

"Why would he? Did something happen?" Edwin asks frowning.

"Uh, he no talk to me. We no eat together. He...he," I pause as I think of how to say it. Edwin just looks at me as he waits for me to say something.

"He no sleep with me." I whisper.

Some days ago, I woke up and found him not in bed with me. I listened but there was no sound that he was in the bathroom or the room. I couldn't go back to sleep no matter how I tried. So I stayed up and watched the time.

When I heard the door opening, I lied back on bed and pretended to be asleep. His smell was fresh meaning he had just taken a bath but not in our room. I didn't think much of it and went back to sleep when he lied beside me and held me in his hands.

Only after waking up four times with him not in bed and coming back smelling fresh, did I start getting worried of his whereabouts. So the next day, I pretended to be asleep after we had both lied down. He got up and jumped out the window to which I gasped. I got up hastily and looked out the window, only to see him running into the woods.

I didn't sleep at all that night. I glanced at the clock as it ticked away minutes then hours. I didn't even bother to pretend I was sleeping when the door opened. His steps faltered when he saw I was awake.

"Roman, how long have you been awake?"

"No long. Where you go?"

"I stepped out 30 minutes ago. I remembered I didn't lock my office door when I left the office."

My eyes glanced back at the clock and did some calculations. He had been gone for 5 hours and 44 minutes. Ken had lied to me.

I didn't say anything else but lied back on the bed. He held me in his arms that night and all I could think about was that he lied to me. Then the questions came. Where was he going every night? What was he doing out there? Why did he take a bath before coming back to bed? What was he hiding?

"So why don't you follow him and see what he does in the woods." Edwin suggests.

"I should?"

"Yeah. Since you don't want to ask, you should go and see." He smiles at me and I smile back, my mind settled. I'm following him tonight.

We eat our breakfast happily and talk about things to do during the day. We get started on the garden after we are done eating. We spray water on each other as we water the flowers. Lost in our own world, I didn't smell the scent as it came towards us. Only after the water stop spraying, did I notice him.

"What do you think you two are doing?" He yells at us and I fidget, looking everywhere but not at him, Ken's mother.

"W-we were just watering the flowers." Edwin stammers.

"You good for nothing slave, don't you dare talk to me!" He growls at him and Edwin stands behind me.

"Say something, Roma." He whispers and I look at my Ken's mother.

"Morning mother." I speak up.

"This should be the last time I see you two in here. Get out of my garden." He leaves after saying that and Edwin carries the basket and wet blanket as we walk out of the garden.

Ken's mother, Monroe, has been really rude to me. He insults me verbally, every time we come across each other. He calls me names which I don't like but I say nothing back.

I've been trying to tell Ken but unlucky me, he doesn't give me the time to. I watch Monroe leave on a car and I sigh in relief. He going away means I won't cross paths with him for the whole day.

"What do you think we should be doing today then?" Edwin asks me as we sit in his bedroom.

His twin Edward has been training with the pack warriors and he's always away for the whole day. So there is no one else to spend the day with but Edwin.

An idea pops up in my head and I check the time before grabbing his arm and run out of his room. It's almost lunch, so I send him to correct our lunch in the kitchen. I approach one of the guards outside the house and ask him to drive us.

I wait for Edwin by the car and we get in the back as the guard drives us away. We were going to see Ken's dad. He had told me to visit anytime and since we had nothing to do, I thought of visiting him.

The house comes in view and I smile knowing I'm about to meet Ken's dad again. We walk to the door and the guard opens it for us. A maid escorts us to the room and leaves after we get inside.

"Hello papa." I greet him and he smiles, opening his arms for a hug. He is already sitting upright, so it is easy for a hug.

"How have you been son? Is your mate treating you right?" He asks and I nod happily. I like it when he calls me son.

"This Eddie, friend." I introduce him. "Eddie, this papa."

We eat our food together when the maid brings papa his food. Our day is spent watching TV and listening to papa's stories. He's a good story teller and tells us a lot about his childhood.

The maid brings us dinner and we eat silently. I look at papa as he eats slowly. I really wish I could help him. He winces now and then but he still manages to smile. He's very strong and I admire him.

The door to the room opens and my Ken walks in. He looks at me and we stare at each other until I look away from him. He's angry.

"Wait for me outside, I want to talk to dad." He says.

I look at papa and he smiles, nodding at me. I walk out of the room with Eddie, to the car outside. The guard opens the car door and we get in then wait for Ken.

My Ken walks out the house and I watch as he meet the guard who drove us here earlier. I gasp in shock when he punches the guard and he falls down out cold. Fuming, he opens the driver’s door and drives us back to the house.

Edward takes his brother the minute we get off the car and walks away hastily. I look at them confused and follow Ken inside the house, to our room.

"Ken?" I ask when he embraces me the moment our bedroom door is closed. He takes deep breaths and I feel as his anger starts fading away. He kisses my forehead when we pull apart and he tilts my head up, so that we are looking at each other.

"Don't ever go away without telling me, okay?" I nod at him and he smiles.

"Come on. Let's get to bed."

He holds my hand and helps me strip to my boxers and he does the same, then get on bed. He holds me to his chest and I sigh in relief with a smile. So far in two weeks, this is the only time I feel great emotions from him and I fall asleep with a smile.

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I open my eyes and find myself alone in bed. I feel my Ken walking in the room from the bathroom and I smile knowing he didn't leave me alone this night. But that smile gets wiped off my face when I hear him walk to the window and jump out.

I hastily get up and put on my clothes. I get CJ's perfume that masks scent and then I sneak out of the house. It is easy to sneak out and stay away from the guard’s sight because of me being small.

I reach to the woods and sniff around for my Ken's scent. Once I find it, I start running following it. I breathe heavily when I stop running once I see Ken approaching a house. I am a good runner but I haven't run ever since I came to live with Ken.

A woman comes out of the house and holds the door as Ken walks inside. I move from the tree I was hiding and move to a nearest bush to the house. I look at the house wondering what he is doing there when I see shadows on the closed curtained window.

I gasp when the shadows lean towards each other and...kiss? I watch in shock as my Ken's muscled shadow takes off his shirt and the shadows disappear.

My mind runs wild as I think of all the possibilities of what they could be doing in the house. I stand up from my hiding and turn back to run back to the house, only to bump with someone and I fall on my butt.

"What the- Roman?" The voice which I recognize as Dean's, ask me.

I look at him from the ground but my vision blurs with tears. I don't register the pain from my fall as I get up and run by him, wanting to get as far from this place as possible. He doesn't stop me nor does he follow me and I run.

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