Chapter 137

DAHLIA

Sometimes, when your mind is full, time moves strangely.

Too fast.

Too slow.

Or in my case… too loud.

My head wouldn’t stop replaying Adrian’s last words after we made that ridiculous, necessary one-year deal.

“But that’s not why I came, though.”

Then the part that stunned me the most:

“I’m leaving. I’m going back to Italy.”

The words kept circling, looping, and bouncing inside my skull like they were looking for new ways to confuse me.

Italy.

He was actually leaving.

And of course, the first stupid question that popped into my mind was… Was it because of me? Was my rejection the final straw?

Or was it the divorce finally sinking in?

Or something else entirely?

Not that I was going to ask. Not that I cared.

At least that’s what I kept trying to tell myself.

I was still stuck in that whirlpool of thoughts when the door swung open and Izzy walked in, dropping her bag onto the b