~Tiara
I gripped my phone so tightly that my knuckles turned white. My breath hitched, and my entire body went still as Giovanni’s words echoed in my ears.
I wanted to scream, to shout, to demand more details, but I couldn’t. My throat closed up, my body trembling. The room around me blurred, my vision clouding. I felt the walls closing in.
Antonio.
Antonio was involved in an accident.
I felt a sharp, painful twist in my chest, like someone had reached in and squeezed my heart with their bare hands.
I wanted to cry, to break down, to let out the unbearable pressure in my chest. But I couldn’t. I couldn’t show too much emotion.
If I did, Giovanni would know.
He would know that Antonio and I had been seeing each other behind his back.
I took a sharp breath, forcing my
