Chapter Eighteen

A day had passed since I learnt about Luca's mother's death anniversary from the twins and from what they said, the next day was the day she died.

Luca and I had crossed paths twice from the time of the call. And every time we did, I resisted the urge to reach out and hold his hand in mine, instead, I murmured a greeting to which he grunted in response.

His hooded eyes seemed to be calling out to me. I didn't know what to make of how I was feeling towards him and so I just wrote it off as empathy.

I noticed the atmosphere in the house change that evening. The staff walked with stiff backs, like they were afraid of even breathing any louder than they should.

If the twins had not already told me what was going on, I would have had to force Gabriel to tell me. Speaking of Gabriel, he had come to give me some sort of warning that afternoon.

“The boss is not really in the best place this period, it would be in the best interest of you both if you just let him be for now. He'll come aroun