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Alessandro was fairly sure the house hadn’t been this clean when he came to stay here. He’d dusted and vacuumed, wiped down countertops and cleaned mirrors, scrubbed the showers upstairs even though Ava had absolutely no reason to check on those. It was unlikely that she planned to do a white-glove inspection of the place, only wanted to make sure he hadn’t destroyed the house with wild parties or something.
There was a joke. Who would he even invite to such a party?
During his cleaning spree, Victoria had been conspicuously absent. Maybe she didn’t like the noise, or maybe she felt no need to comment on his activities, since he was finally doing something she approved of. Whatever the reason, he was left alone to work, and so managed to fill up more of his time than he’d thought — e
