AYLA
I stood at a quiet corner of my apartment, watching drops of rain tinkering against the windowpane.
One minute it was snowing, the next it was raining, the next the weather was just… just there.
The weather mirrored the internal chaos going on in my mind.
Any woman would be swept off her feet by Cassian's surprise party.
I'd played the role of a forgiving daughter and sister tonight, which clearly felt suffocating.
In fact, everything about tonight was suffocating.
I held a glass of red wine in one hand, my gaze fixed ahead, but I stared at nothing in particular.
I exhaled slowly through my mouth as my eyes drifted across the room to where Millie and Gianna were chatting in the dining area.
Nico had dropped Sophia off.
Jemma had the boys tucked in. Lorenzo was… I had no idea what that rascal was up to.
Nico was around this building complex somewhere.
