CHAPTER 46

Vanya's POV

Vanya's POV:

I had tried, I really tried, to stick to the two-week break Marco and Emilia had practically forced on me.

For the first few days, I indulged in the luxury of not having to rush anywhere. I spent time with my children, making them breakfast and driving them to school. I even allowed myself the guilty pleasure of spending a quiet afternoon reading a book, something I hadn't done in ages. You might say I was living my best life.

But the itch to return to work, to the life I had built so meticulously, became impossible to ignore. By the end of the first week, I found myself pacing the house, feeling restless and uneasy. Every time my phone buzzed, my heart would skip a beat, half-hoping it was a work-related emergency that would justify my return to the office. But it never was. Instead, my phone seemed to be a direct line to Cian's persistence.

Every morning, noon, and night, without fail, he would text me.

At first, I blocked his number. Then he started sendin