48

Bingo.

He was seriously not supposed to be here. I did not expect that Giovanni Dela Vin would have the guts to attend this meeting but I guess I underestimated him once again. I can still feel his lingering stare at the back of my head and I admit it, it’s making me uncomfortable. And — I’m sure it wasn’t just me who was uncomfortable by his morbid stares but also every person in this room who once saw me as his wife.

Sebastian laughed and broke the tension. “ Well—let’s find our respective seats, shall we?” He asked, making everyone do what he asked and find their respective seat in this place.

At the back of my head, I can sense an unfamiliar woman tugging Giovanni’s sleeves. Who is she? I try to have a back track of every page I have read about him these past few years but I can’t remember her.

“ Let’s go, Van.”

Nickname basis huh?

I clucked the side of my lips using my tongue without realizing that Allistori was already beside me. “ Where have you been?”

His gaze follows m