Ortensia could feel something twist in her heart when those words came out of Vito's mouth. "Are you jealous?"
Her heart dropped. Because that's exactly how she's feeling… jealousy. Even though she doesn't want to admit it. She hated to admit it, but that's just it.
If she wasn't feeling that way, she wouldn't have wanted to stab Giulia right there when she hugged him and kissed him. That thought alone made her chest ache and her stomach tighten. It wasn't anger, i was something worse. That's exactly how she felt about Giulia.
She didn't say anything anymore. Her throat burned from trying to hold it in. She just wished she hadn't opened her mouth to talk to Vito in the first place. He always had this way of breaking her open without even trying.
Vito looked ahead, his jaw tig
