Chapter 53

Mia’s pov

When Lorenzo came down for breakfast, he barely glanced at me twice, and I wasn’t sure of what to make of that.

The fact that he isn’t paying attention to me right now is supposed to feel relieving and pleasant, which is why I’m unable to place my finger on the meaning of the weird feeling bubbling in the middle of my chest.

It’s been two days since I last set my eyes on Lorenzo.

The last time we both saw each other was that night in the kitchen when he had returned from somewhere in the middle of the night, whereby I had made myself a bowl of cereal after being unable to fall asleep on an empty stomach.

The days that had followed that midnight, I had been glad that Lorenzo hadn’t come to call on me to come prepare food for the both of us, and I had been pleased that he left me to myself. I spent those two days eating snacks and food that didn’t require me to turn on the gas.

I had thought that was how I was going to be living the rest of my life seeing as he left to