CHAPTER 114 ADRIEN I thought it would end that one time. One humiliating, loud, messy scene in the lobby. I thought he’d finally take the hint, disappear, do what every other man did when I shut the door in their faces. But Luca Moretti was never “every other man.” Day one, he came back. Day two, again. By day four, it rained so hard I could barely see the gate from my office window. He was there — drenched, stubborn, yelling my name like a curse and a prayer rolled into one. Security dragged him off every time. Day seven, he came bleeding. I don’t know where the blood came from. I didn’t care. Day ten, he came drunk. The kind of drunk that made his voice raw, made his fists bang against the reinforced glass doors of my building until his knuckles split. Day fourteen, he came again. Of course he did. Two weeks. Every single day. I didn’t see him once. Not personally. Not face-to-face. I made sure of that. Evelyn reported his presence with her usual calm, then
Read more