Chapter 155

• VALENTINA
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• I got to the DeLuca Energy offices early that morning, hoping work would bury the jealousy still gnawing at me from that tabloid photo. Gustavo with Gabrielle, arm-in-arm, laughing close like it meant something. I settled at my desk on the open-plan floor, the hum of keyboards and coffee machines starting up around me. Spreadsheets waited on my screen, numbers I usually liked losing myself in. But concentration faltered quick. My eyes kept drifting, mind replaying the image.