Chapter 189

Vincenzo's POV

The silence after her question lingered longer than I wanted it to.

Will that ever be possible?

I didn’t answer right away, not because I didn’t want to, but because I knew the truth wouldn’t sound the way she needed it to. And I had promised myself I wouldn’t lie to her again.

I stepped a little closer, my voice steady even if everything inside me felt anything but. “The only thin