CHAPTER 61

MANUEL'S POV

"What a delight!" Nonno chuckled the moment he sighted us coming towards the garden. Instantly, I developed cold feets, but Bianca was quick to hold my hand.

"It's fine." She smiled at me and I nodded like a robot. It was indeed fine. This was what I was supposed to do. I definitely couldn't leave Sicily without patching things up with my grandfather. "Good afternoon Nonno." Bianca waved before detangling our hands nad making her way towards where he sat. The moment she got to him, she bent down for a hug.

"Hello my sweet." He grinned, then looked up at me. "For a moment, I was wondering if all my favourite people were gonna do was...." He trailed off, realizing he just referred to me as a part of his favourite people. That was clearly a slip. He glanced at me quickly, before his eyes fell on Bianca again. "So when are you both leaving?" He asked. Instead of Bianca to answer his question, she pulled away from his embrace and walked up to me.

"When are we leavi