Aliana’s POV

It had been two days since I left Freddy.

Two days of silence.

Two days of emptiness.

I told myself I left because I needed to. Because he had kept the most painful truth from me. Because I couldn’t be with a man who decided what I should and shouldn’t know about my own father’s death.

But then why did I feel like I had just ripped out a piece of my own soul?

I thought I wanted revenge.

But now?

I wasn’t sure if I wanted revenge—

Or if I just wanted him.

I was staying in a penthouse Rafael had arranged for me.

It was luxurious,...