Chapter 29

(Renata Pellegrini)

> One week later:

I always believed in the phrase: "What nobody knows, nobody spoils", I read this phrase in a post on instagram when I was sixteen, I don't remember who posted it, but this phrase was marked in my memory and since then I bring this to my life, even though I never have many people around me.

I feel that Filippo thinks differently than I do, and in a way, I am even happy that he wants to take me on, but I know that in doing so, we would face many problems... correct, I would face many problems. I am poor, an orphan, and a foreigner - he is also a foreigner, but he has lived here much longer than I have and has his name recognized all over the world - I am just a recent graduate who was lucky to have a teacher with good contacts. I can't even imagine the degree of offense I would be exposed to if they knew that someone like him was dating someone like me.

Filippo was upset with me about my request, even though he didn't say anything, I could feel it.