Chapter 261

4 months later...

The banquet hall buzzed with chatter, its high ceilings draped with twinkling lights, tables covered in crisp white linens and piled with platters of roasted lamb and pastries. It was a birthday celebration for one of Marco’s aunts, a lively woman turning sixty, and the Vincenzi family’s extended relatives filled the room.

Evie stood near a dessert table, a glass of sparkling wat