Chapter 123 - 124
Elodie’s POV~
Even if Dante and I weren’t officially divorced yet or even if we already were, I’d still have to invite the Bellini family. Nonna and my grandmother had been friends for decades. It was the polite thing to do. The expected thing.
Whether they actually showed up? That was on them.
I’d planned to go back to my own apartment tonight. I’d been looking forward to it, actually. Looking forward toward the silence, solitude, no reminders of everything I was losing over there.
But as I drove, my hands turned the wheel almost on autopilot.
And I ended up at Dante’s villa instead.
Our villa, technically. Though it had never really felt like mine.
When I pulled into the driveway, the house was dark. No cars. No lights.
Dante and Liora were still at the hot springs, apparently. And Nonna had left for the old residence a few days ago to handle some Pack business.
I was alone.
I grabbed my bag, kicked off my shoes, and headed straight for the bathroom. The hot water felt like a small mercy, washing away the exhaustion that had settled into my bones over the past two days.
Half an hour later, I stepped out, wrapped in a towel, my skin still warm and pink from the steam.