I whipped my head towards the door, and the sight of Catherine standing there had my muscles tensing on instinct. She was hanging off the arm of some guy I’d never seen before. He was handsome enough, I guess, but Catherine was paying him zero attention as her eyes immediately flew to where Matteo was.
I was more than a little tempted to get up there and grab her by that stupid, silky hair of hers and smash her face into this lasagna. See how pretty she’ll look then.
“Don’t do it, cherie,” Theo warned, not even bothering to look up as he shoveled food into his mouth. “Keep it together.”
I tried to. I really did. I kept my ass firmly in my seat as Christian stood up to welcome the newcomers. I didn’t so much as make a peep as Catherine chose the seat directly beside Matteo. The man who’
