Chapter 17

Author's POV. (SALVATORE)

They drove back to the manor when it was already dark, and unlike she had been on their way to the beach, this time she was silent, even asleep.

Her few hours of energy finished, and now she rested her head against the car window, her shallow breath filling the quiet car.

There was no need for music; this was better.

Okay, what was he saying?

She needed the upliftment, and he had done that because it was his job, what his boss wanted.

Alright, he had never been a liar; he wasn't doing this because of Adler. He was doing this because of her. From the first day in the church, he couldn't help but ponder how she still managed to smile with all that hurt.

She lost her parents, almost died in the hands of childish Don, who wanted his way with everything, then was taken to a place she had no clue about and still hated by the one person she was doing all this for, her sister.

So he had recognized the pain because he once lived it.

Giving her the pass to share his mo