Serenity
I could feel the weight of the phone in my hand, its screen lighting up with a news notification, flashing the headline that seemed to take everything from me in a single second. My heart stopped as I read the words, the image loading slowly in front of my eyes, but I already knew what it was going to show. I knew before the photo fully came into focus.
There he was. Luca.
And there was her.
My breath caught in my throat as the photograph settled on the screen, the image of Luca with another woman, her hand casually draped over his shoulder, a look of intimacy in her eyes that made my chest tighten with something dark and unfamiliar. The woman’s smile was wide, her face glowing, her arm wrapped around Luca like they were more than just friends—more than whatever we were. My st
