Chapter 168

"...Dario is here, Lily." Alessia flung the towel on the counter, "Anabelle remains, so we wait."

Her excitement was apparent in how she paced and exclaimed every high note.

Once in a while, when it nears the festive season, Alessia finds herself filled with the holiday spirit, and the worst happens: she calls close friends and family for dinner, and while they eat, we sweated it out.

On New Year's Eve, we were lucky to have Rune and still would this easter if I had a way to reach him, but not only did I have no idea where he was, I was also getting scared.

This time, not many people were coming over, just Anabelle and Dario, and if Claudine decided to sit quietly, maybe she would.

I smiled, shaking my head, withholding from reminding her that she and Dario were divorced.

The hustling and bustling in the kitchen were beginning to slow down as the only thing remaining was the cranberry cake chugging in the oven.

On a typical day, I would have my thr