Chapter 123

**Valerio**

Someone was in a playful mood.

I took off my shoes to move silently as I listened to movements in the house, but it was quiet. I looked around on the top floor, but she wasn’t there. I made my way downstairs, checking every room before I got to the living room. She was still nowhere to find as I looked around. Just as I was about to move again, I stopped as I looked out of the floor-to