Matteo POV
Matteo had been struggling since Alessia had shown up on his doorstep—really struggling. He’d been so lost and angry when she had left, only leaving behind a note that she was not ready to be a mother.
Who the hell leaves behind a baby?
He’d felt torn—torn between missing her and hating her. She cheated on him with his younger brother—leaving him unsure of Sophia’s paternity and, on top of that, she just abandoned them. Abondend her family.
Matteo had rarely spoken of her to anyone. His mother had openly scorned Alessia from the moment she left, reminding Matteo of her flaws whenever he seemed tempted to remember only the good. For a time, he’d defended her, clinging to the Alessia he’d once loved—the woman he’d put on a pedestal. He'd almost needed to believe that person st
