Vanessa walked through the city streets, her mind lost in a whirlwind of thoughts and emotions.
Months had passed since her disastrous encounter with Dante, months in which she had desperately tried to piece together the fragments of her broken heart.
But the pain still lingered, lodged deep within her soul like a slow-acting poison. No matter how much she tried to forget, no matter how much she filled her time to distract herself... she couldn't escape the memories, the ghosts of what could have been.
Then she saw him, the mysterious stranger who seemed to appear at the most unexpected moments, always with an enigmatic smile and eyes that seemed to see right through her.
She didn't know his name, she knew nothing about him beyond his striking appearance and his air of sophisticated da
