CATALINA'S PERSPECTIVE LUCCHESE ESTATE By afternoon, I was in the garden. The air was warm, the flowers neatly trimmed, everything in its place. I sank into the chair, finally away from the bed where Dante had kept me all morning. He barely let me move, hovering, brushing my hair, ordering food to be brought upstairs.He left only when the call came. Urgent, judging by the look on his face. I didn’t ask, he wouldn’t tell. But before stepping away, he leaned down and kissed me. On the lips. Quick, almost careless, but it was different.That wasn’t a kiss of habit. It was need.I smiled the second he turned his back. He didn’t even notice. He just gave me what I wanted without realizing it. Proof that he couldn’t stand being apart from me anymore.I leaned back in the chair, eyes on the roses. No metaphors, no pretending, it was simple. I had left, and he broke. Now he was crawling bac
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