Chapter 171

The men glared at me; the impatience on their countenance despite not saying anything was enough screams of their displeasure, and I understood why. It was almost half an hour waiting for me to make a decision.

"Ma'am, are we taking the boxes in or not?"

I never knew a man who wouldn't back down until he got what he wanted, and Adler knowing me like the back of his palms wasn't an easy feat for me.

Outside the library, I gazed at the stacks of boxes on the trucks, each filled to the brim with books I had a clue were from the manor.

I couldn't believe that he brought all of this to me. Despite pushing him away, he came back with as much force, making it harder for me to repeat myself word for word.

He was bringing Italy to me without the tension and darkness. How could he go through all of this trouble, making me feel him despite his absence?

Two days since he caused that scene in Alessia's, two days since he jumped down my window, and two days