Chapter 39

"Please say something," Thomas says.

"Are you sick?" Melina places her hand on his forehead to check his temperature.

"I'm not sick, Mi amore," he says as he gently removes her hand from his forehead

"You're definitely sick. You just referred to me as "your love."”

"That's because you're Melina. You're the love of my life."

"Is this some new way of torture because I don't understand why you're saying all of these?"

"I think I need to explain everything. I’m aware of what you did."

"What did I do?"

"I know why you stole my money for James."

"You do?" Melina says, finding it difficult to believe because what she expected from him, knowing the truth, isn't what she's getting.

"Yes, principessa. I know what you did to protect me." Thomas squeezes her hand a