Chapter 31

Maya's Pov Soon our orders arrived, I stared at the meal and grabbed a fork and knife to dig in. When I heard Nico scoff. “I'm sure you haven't eaten something like this before.”I ignored him and continued eating, or at least I tried to eat. I really did.But every movement felt wrong, every breath slightly off like I didn't fit in. The fork in my hand felt heavier than it should, I was painfully aware of my posture, of how I sat, of where my elbows were placed, of whether I was chewing too slowly or too fast.The table was tucked away from the rest of the restaurant, far from curious eyes and wandering glances. Luca must have requested privacy wrapped in quiet luxury. The soft lighting barely reached us, casting warm shadows across polished wood and crisp white tablecloths.Still, despite the distance from everyone else, I felt exposed and out of place.It wasn’t about the restaurant but the company.Luca sat across from me, relaxed in a way that looked effortless, well he must ha

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Chapter 32

Luca’s PovI froze.For a moment, time itself seemed to stop, and the rising tension coiled around me. “You!” Nico croaked, his voice came out raw and trembling. Coughing loudly again. “You tried to kill me!” he repeated again.I could see the panic in Maya’s eyes, the frantic way she opened her mouth to speak, trying to calm him, to reason with him, to tell him that it wasn’t her fault. And I could feel my chest tightening, the mix of fear and frustration boiling up inside me.“Mr. Luca, I didn’t, there was nothing wrong with the food! I checked, I swear!” she pleaded, with her voice breaking slightly, but Nico wasn’t listening neither was I.He was insistent, his tiny hands fisted at the edge of the table, his knuckles turned white. I had to do something quickly.“Calm down, Nico,” I said, my voice coming out harsher than I intended. My chest rose and fell rapidly, my focus narrowed entirely onto him. “Breathe. Listen to me. Breathe!”But he didn’t. I could feel the stares of the o

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Chapter 33

Maya's Pov “Maya, you need to relax, Nico would be fine.” Sarah said.But I couldn’t, the guilt sat in my chest heavily No matter how I shifted on the couch, no matter how many times I inhaled slowly and let the air leave my lungs, it didn’t move. It stayed there, pressing down until my ribs ached and my throat felt tight again.Sarah sat beside me, with one hand resting lightly on my arm keeping me in place. She had been talking for a while now, in a calm voice, but it was only halfway reaching me.“Maya,” she said gently, squeezing my arm. “You need to breathe. You’re making yourself sick.”I nodded, though I wasn’t sure she noticed. My eyes were fixed on the floor, on a tiny crack in the tiles that I had never noticed before today. Everything felt sharper now, sounds, thoughts, memories. I could still hear Nico’s voice accusing me, and I could still see the way Luca’s face had hardened as he walked away with his son in his arms.“I didn’t do it,” I whispered, more to myself than

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Chapter 34

Maya's Pov I stood outside Luca’s office door longer than I meant to.My fingers hovered in the air, curled slightly. The hallway was quiet, the kind of quiet that made every breath feel too loud. My heart was pounding so hard I was certain he could hear it from inside, maybe he could sense my presence before I even knocked.“Maya, it's now or never” I sucked in a breath, held it for a second longer than necessary, then knocked.The sound echoed, soft but final, like a decision I couldn’t take back.“Come in,” Luca’s voice came through the door.My hand tightened around the door handle, and I pushed it open.I took one step inside and stopped.The room was dim, the overhead lights were off, only a single lamp casting a muted glow across the space. Shadows clung to the corners, stretching long and dark across the walls. The air smelled faintly of whiskey and something sharper, something I would always recognise, Luca’s perfume.He was standing near his desk, with a glass in his hand.

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