The clink of silverware on porcelain echoed through the dining room, far too loud in the silence between us. I sat across from him, my fork hovering over a plate of pasta that had long since grown cold. Lorenzo hadn’t touched his food. He sat there like a statue, broad shoulders tense, his jaw locked, his gaze fixed somewhere far beyond the flickering candlelight between us. He looked haunted. I had noticed the moment he walked through the door tonight. His presence filled the room, commanding as always, but the usual fire in him was missing. Instead, he carried a storm on his shoulders—silent, heavy, suffocating. He’d kissed my forehead mechanically, sat down at the table without a word, and hadn’t spoken since. At first, I told myself to give him time. Work had been weighing on him, and the hospital call had shaken him earlier. But now, with every passing second, my heart pounded harder, because this wasn’t just exhaustion. This was something else. Something deeper. I set my fo
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