Lia pulled the passenger door open and sank into the seat without a word, her hands folding tightly in her lap, her eyes fixed on nothing in particular through the windshield. Lorenzo didn't start the engine. Instead, he stepped out from behind the wheel, rounded the front of the car, and slid into the seat beside her, leaving the driver's side empty. The leather shifted under his weight as he angled himself toward her, studying her in that quiet, unhurried way of his, like a man reading a page he already knew the ending to. "You're not sad for him," he said finally. Lia turned her head slightly, but didn't answer. "Your friend, then." His voice stayed low, almost gentle. "That's the one who's broken something in you tonight." She swallowed, still saying nothing. "No." He tilted his head, watching her more closely now. "That's not it either, is it. Your eyes are giving you away, little bird. There's relief in them. And disappointment, sitting right next to it, like the tw
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