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Matteo’s POV
There’s something liberating about surrendering to a decision you don’t entirely agree with. I’d told Gianna I wouldn’t push her, and now I had no choice but to honor that promise.
So, I shifted my focus to work. Full steam ahead.
Monday morning came with a mountain of emails and back-to-back meetings. Perfect. It gave me something to concentrate on that wasn’t her.
That decision lasted all of two hours.
By the time the coffee run became unavoidable, I knew I was in trouble. Not because I wanted coffee—I needed it—but because her order was already in my head before I’d even reached the counter.
Black coffee, two sugars. It wasn’t difficult to remember, but the fact that I couldn’t forget it was the problem.
When I returned to the office, I placed her cup on the edg
