"Why are you doing this?'' Renée stood up off the couch and started putting her clothes back on. If she wasn't guilty enough before, she was now.

"What?'' Roman sat up and pulled his hair back and tied it into a ponytail. He remained seated after that.

"This. Why did you come here, you know it's wrong. You should be in Florida, with Jessica. Our agreement Roman...'' she shook her head and sat back down, as far away from him as she could. The Canadian knew it wasn't all his fault. She blamed herself as well. After all, she did accept his "apology"

"I told you that I can't follow that agreement.''

"Well you're gonna have to!'' Renee snapped. "We can't be doing this while Jessica is in the home you share with her, while in her pregnant status.'' Renee saw Roman scooting closer to her from the corner of her eye; making her nervous all over again. Her heart raced a bit.

"I can't really explain this Renée. It's like, I feel guilty about the fact that I don't feel guilty, if that makes any sense.'' he began to nibble on her ear as he placed a hand on her thigh. ''I know this is wrong but you know as well as I do that it feels right.''

"That's not the point.'' she scooted away from him again.

"How do you feel about Dean?'' he asked out of the blue.

"Roman stop. You know he's a great friend of mine. I shouldn't even be giving you any explanation. Just, put your clothes back on and leave.'' she stood up and walked into the kitchen. She heard foot steps behind her and turned around to see Roman walking into the kitchen, with only his boxers on.

"Why did you faint?'' he asked softly.

"My blood sugar was low, that's all.'' Renee was getting annoyed with his random questions.

"And you're okay now right?'' a concerned tone in his voice. Renée just nodded.

"Fine, all I can give you is that I'll try to stay away from you.''

"Try? What do you mean try? You have to even if you don't want to.''

"I don't have to do anything.'' he grabbed her by the waist and kissed her passionately. Renée tried to push him away but like always, her body was betraying her. She kissed him back and took the initiative to deepen the kiss; it didn't last long though. "Especially since you don't want me to stay away either.'' he continued as he pulled away. "I'm leaving now but I'm not promising you that I won't come back. This is too good of a feeling Renee. I love you.'' he pecked her lips and walked back to the living room and got fully clothed. Once he did, he grabbed his things and headed for the door.

"I love you too but please take care of that family of yours. They...they need you more at the moment. Please, try your hardest.'' Renee whispered. The tears began to fall. She was practically begging the man she loved to stay away. Call her crazy but that's she just wasn't the kind of person to be "the other woman". She realized it was pretty much late since the damage had already been done on the couch minutes ago but still. She wouldn't allow for that to happen again, no matter what he said and what they felt.

Roman didn't respond and just exited the apartment, closing the door softly behind him.


Once Roman landed back in Florida, he rapidly got his bags and took a cab to his house. Before the cab could arrive directly in front of his house, he could have sworn he saw a car pull out of the driveway of his house. Once there he shrugged it off and figured that he had seen by mistake. He entered the two-story house and was immediately greeted with a hug by Jessica. He expected her to be in bed, considering it was pretty early in the morning. He slowly wrapped his arms around her and hugged back.

"So glad you made it home. It took that long to find your bags?''

"Yeah, you know how it is in airports with the luggage and stuff. They completely misplaced mine but good thing they were able to find it.'' Roman lied right through his teeth.

"Well good. Janelle and I missed you. This little one as well.'' she rubbed her still, flat stomach.

"Yeah, I missed you guys too. I'm going up to see Janelle. You should get some sleep.'' Jessica nodded and pecked his lips before he walked up the stairs and entered his daughter's room. Walking in, he smiled at the sight of his daughter sleeping so peacefully. He sat beside her on the bed and stroked her cheek lightly. She began to squirm and opened up her eyes slowly. Sitting up and realizing who was in front of her, she perked up.

"Daddy!'' she swung her arms around his neck and hugged him.

"Hi baby. I missed you.'' he hugged her back and kissed her forehead.

"I missed you too daddy. Mommy and the baby missed you too. Oh, wanna see what I drew?''

"Sure, show me.''

Janelle jumped off the bed and ran to her little desk on the other side of the room. She came back with a paper in her hand. "Look, it's you, me, mommy and the new baby. Do you like it?''

Roman immediately flushed with guilt as he looked over the picture that his daughter drew. Maybe Renée was right. He had to take care of his family and keep his distance. It seemed easy to do now but once he was in Renee's presence, all of it flew out the window. The Samoan was torn to say the least and now, looking into his daughter's eyes, he realized he had to do it instead of just trying. It had to be done, for everyone's sake.


Author's Notes: Thank you all for the support for this story. It's very much appreciated! I know it's been pretty crazy already but this is only the beginning ;) Hope you guys enjoyed this short chapter. Do you guys think Roman will keep his word this time?

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