Penelope POV

A shiver coursed through me as I glanced up and recognized him. It was Nicolas.

The third son of the Castillo family and Eve’s second son, I knew him well. When Eve took me in, he welcomed me, and we quickly became friends. However, he wanted to deepen our relationship, while Eve was against it.

He was infatuated with me, and perhaps I was with him at that time. I was inexperienced in love, and he had introduced me to those feelings.

Although we never went beyond innocent touches, I admired him deeply. Yet now, my heart raced for Silvio. What I felt for Silvio was unlike anything...