Vanessa felt horribly guilty for lying to Raffaele and for making him worry about her. But at least, she avoided having to talk about how she really got hurt earlier today. Chiara was in the back of her head, whimpering due to having had to mislead her mate, but they both knew that it was the only way for now. She didn’t want to drive a wedge between Raffaele and his brother, and although she didn’t know much about their relationship, he never said anything negative about him, and from what she knew about Alessio, he seemed to be looking up to his older brother, and she had an inkling that ruining their bond would have consequences for her. So it was better if she just kept her mouth shut and waited for… well, she didn’t know exactly what she was waiting for. Even when school ended, Alessi
