Chapter 162

• Author’s POV
• A week had crawled by since Alessandro Vitale walked out on Aria. Seven long days and nights of silence. Not a single word. Not a single sighting. Not even a trace of him.
• Her life felt like it had been drained of color. Every morning she woke up hoping for a call, a message, or even a shadow of him by the door. Every night she went to bed with her pillow damp from tears she refused to shed in front of anyone.