Seeing her again

Alessandro’s POV

"Do you care for a drink?" I asked my best friend, Ethan, as he plopped onto one of the sofas in my study.

"Yes, please. Do you have Brandy?"

I shook my head in disapproval. "I thought your doctor told you to quit drinking alcohol because of your reoccurring cirrhosis."

Ethan waved me off. "She doesn't know what she's talking about. Alcohol is the only thing that makes me feel alive nowadays. Chloe has taken my children to heaven knows where and the court is refusing to grant me joint custody of them."

His wife divorced him three years ago due to his frequent abuse of alcohol and how it was causing their marriage to fall apart.

It was quite saddening to see Ethan in such a vulnerable state nowadays.

Him and I went way back since kindergarten.

As we were both heirs from wealthy families, we had gradually bonded and became best of friends.

Ethan was even part of the people that had criticized me for maltreating Catherine after the divorce and because of that, we had