Sorry

“How are things with him? Getting better? It was so tense in the car on the drive from the town to the city. Bastian said Valerio overheard you telling Donata you hated him.”

“I didn’t say I hated him. I simply said I didn’t love him. I think he heard the tone of my voice and felt it was worse than it was.”

“What was your tone?”

“Hateful,” she admitted biting her lip. “This is a new feeling for me