Chapter 232

• Matteo’s POV
• The office was quiet when I arrived, but not in the usual early-morning, everyone-still-setting-up way. It was the kind of quiet that felt heavy, like something was missing.
• I scanned the open space, hoping to catch a glimpse of Gianna in her glass-walled office at the far end, but it was empty. My chest tightened as I made my way to my desk. She wasn’t here. And there was an high chance she won’t be here today. Like she wasn’t yesterday. And the day before.