Lila POVThe next morning, Nico announced we were leaving the apartment and moving to his house. The words should have made me excited, but instead, I felt strangely heavy inside.I was going to miss Jane, with her endless gossip and sharp tongue. The older women who fussed over me like I was fragile glass even the noisy mornings and laughter drifting through the halls.The drive was short and quiet. Nico kept one hand on the steering wheel, the other resting near the gearshift. He looked expensive and dangerous in a fitted black shirt, his jaw hard, eyes hidden behind dark glasses.He hadn’t said much since morning, that wasn’t unusual, but today his silence felt heavier. Before going to his house, we stopped at a large grocery store to buy supplies.The moment we stepped out of the car, heads turned and women stared openly even men moved out of his path.He walked beside me like he owned the ground we stepped on, we were halfway to the entrance when I heard it. “Lila?.I froze becau
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