Mrs. Agosti looked surprised, undoubtedly noticing my sullen expression as I climbed down the car and headed back inside. I actually didn't expect Nico to behave like that. And it did surprise me to some extent that I actually expected something from him to begin with.
Maybe my heart was not so dead after all?
And to be honest, I wasn't surprised by the way he reacted. I understood where he was coming from. Up until I met Leonardo, Nico was the only man in my life. And even though we had never even hugged until that night when he kissed me, he indeed was the only man who was allowed within my close proximity. Being a couple of years older, he had always behaved like this big responsible guy who was assigned to look after me. And even though he did realize early on that I was not the ki
