Chapter 210

• Dinner ended quickly, and I couldn't wait to get out of there. Enrico seemed to delight in the annoyance
• flaring in Leonardo’s eyes every time he got a little too close to me. I found it all exhausting, knowing that it was only the mate bond tugging on Leonardo's heart—or whatever was left of it. I could feel his gaze burning into me until we finally left his house.
• The empty place Leonardo had assigned to us was just four houses down from his own. I’d flatly refused his offer for a suite in the packhouse. As Chiara and I walked down the quiet street, Enrico pulled into the driveway. The house was about a quarter the size of Leonardo’s, but that didn’t bother me. Painted in a pale mint green, the color was odd but somehow suited the old house’s charm.