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Megan stood by a table filled with men writing down their orders. She was already counting down the hours till she got to go home. She had enough of drunk men hitting on her and some even trying to grope her each time she walked passed them. Megan was used to this behaviour as she worked at the bar since she was eighteen but it didn't get any easier for her. Today Lola was off too so she felt even more irritated to be at work. 

As she heads to the bartender she smiles, "More whiskey for table 8 Luke."

"You look beat."

"I am beat."

Luke, the tall golden retriever looking guy with stunning green eyes smiles at her.

"Lets steal a shot once everything is closed up."

"I am in." 

Megan enjoyed talking to Luke and he was a good guy. He and Lola even dated once but settled on being friends in the end. Megan knew he had lingering feelings for her.

The moment Megan turned to the table to hand the men their drinks a man tried to grope her butt as he spoke in a drunken and slurred tone.

"Excuse me, baby- hey wait a minute, you single baby?"

"Hey! That's not allowed here!" Luke angrily said moving to shove the guy away. 

Megan sighs feeling grateful to Luke for always helping her out this way. Megan hated how these men treated the waitresses like they owned them and could do what they wanted.

"Excuse me sir don't you dare touch me!" She yells.

"Calm down sweetheart!" He tries to touch her chin.

Luke shoves the man, "I'll have to ask you to leave!"

The man looked at Luke with a disgusted and annoyed expression and he spoke in a very drunken tone.

"Let me grope her ass as much as I want. I'll give you fifty bucks for it. So just let me do my thing and stop interfering in my life."

Megan is about to talk when she hears a farmiliar voice.

"I dare you to touch my woman again." 

She turns and sees Roman walking into the bar with the owner Victor. A older man known to love money and women.

"Why are you here?" Megan was confused as to why he was there.

Roman didn't pay any attention to Megan's confusion as he glared at the drunk man with a murderous expression. He took a few steps forward till he stood right next to the drunk man and he spoke with a clear and sharp tone full of malice and anger.

"So let me get this straight, you touched my girl and you tried to pay to do it again?"

"Mr...Mr Lewis...I had...no idea she was your girl..." The man looks down shaking.

Roman couldn't help but snarl as he spoke to the drunk man, his voice now becoming even sharper and louder this time as he spoke.

"It doesn't matter whether you knew or not. The most important thing here is you just tried to grope my woman! So I will ask one more time. Is that correct?"

"Yes."

Megan sighs wondering where Roman was going with this. She didn't like where all of this was headed. She feels people's eyes on the scene unfolding before them. She knew Roman would lose his shit if this went on so she places her hand on his shoulder. 

"Roman, It's enough...I could handle it."

Roman's expression immediately shifts as he looks back over at his girl. For a few moments he just starred into her eyes before he spoke in a calm and gentle tone.

"I know you can honey, but this man is the type of person who hasn't been disciplined in his life ever. He thinks he could do whatever he wants and get away with it. So, just trust me on this one because now it's my time to deal with him."

Megan knew that by "dealing with him" Roman would simply kill the drunk man. Megan knew that what the man did was horrible and disgusting but he didn't have to die for it.

"You won't kill him Roman."

"Just trust me, I know how to handle him. This time I won't kill him but he definitely needs a good beating so he'll know not to mess with us again. And I'm also doing this for your protection, I can't let this guy get away with such disrespect to you in front of me."

Megan didn't know what to say to that. Roman was going to do what he wanted. She sighs and walks away feeling her exhaustion weighing on her more. 

The moment she walks away Roman doesn't say a word or make any attempt to stop her. His entire focus and attention is now directed towards the drunk man as he stares at him for a few moments, his body now tensing up as the rage inside him started to rise again. He didn't want to let this man walk away and not learn his lesson for this time. So he started to walk slowly towards him.

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Later that night Megan sat on Roman's large king sized bed. She was brought home by his gaurds while he took care of some business. Megan had a feeling that business was the drunk man but she didn't want to think too much about it.

"I think I will go crazy waiting for him." Megan says to herself getting up to take a shower but stops when she thought of something.

she realized she had slept here many times but never really took a look around at all. Megan had free reign to go anywhere in the house and Roman didn't stop her from doing anything at all so Megan wondered why she never took a look around.

Walking to his bedside drawer she opens it and her heart sinks to see a particular framed photo.

The photo contained Roman and his brother Apollo smiling and grinning towards the camera as they both held a couple of drinks in their hands. The look in the brothers' eyes showed their pure and genuine happiness in the photo. The photo itself also held a special message written on the bottom of it that read "A moment we'll cherish forever." It seems like the brothers were having a great time when someone took this photo and the memory it held was very precious to them.

Megan hugs the photo for a second vowing to make things right between the two brothers soon. She is about to put the photo back when she Accidently drops it.

"Shit!"

She gets on her knees to pick up the broken frame. She is about to pick up the brothers photo when she sees another photo hidden within the frame. It was Roman kissing a beautiful woman with black curly hair and big doe blue eyes. 

"Is this...Monica?" She wondered looking closely at the woman.

Megan's attention and curiosity had been peaked as she now held the photo of Roman and the woman he was kissing. In the picture you could see Roman and the woman standing in front of a large building with their arms wrapped around each other's waist. They both looked extremely happy and in love standing close to each other.

When Megan hears the bedroom door open she quickly hides the picture behind her. She did her best not look suspious or anything like that.

Roman entered the room with a very serious and angry expression on his face, clearly dealing with some stressful problems outside. The moment he entered the room his anger suddenly shifted and his expression immediately softened as he saw his girlfriend standing by the bedside drawer. As he saw this his expression immediately became more concerned and he quickly ran over towards her.

"Sorry I broke the frame. I will buy another one." 

"Oh no hun, it's ok, that frame was already old anyways. So don't worry. Here, just let me take the pieces so I can throw them away."

"Roman...can I ask you a question?" She said nervously.

Roman looked at her with a concerned expression on his face and he nodded his head slowly while speaking in a concerned tone.

"Sure? What is it?"

Megan wanted to so badly ask about the photo but she decided against it eventually.

"Do you...ever want to make up with Apollo?"