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Alpheus glanced at Rome, who had finally slumped into sleep after drinking heavily. His body had given in to the weight of alcohol, yet the tension on his face remained, as if even in sleep he could not escape the feelings of the past.
It had been an hour since Rome had poured everything out, telling him what truly happened in his relationship with Sylvia, about how their whirlwind romance had burned so brightly only to end just as quickly.
For the whole time, Alpheus had believed it was Rome who had betrayed Sylvia first. But after hearing Rome's version, that it was Sylvia who had broken their love, his certainty wavered.
Guilt gnawed at him for being so quick to assume it had been Rome's fault that Sylvia left him.
At first, he assumed Sylvia had left because Rome had agreed to marry his cousin. But the bitterness in the way Rome spoke about their past suggested that their separation run much deeper.
