CHAPTER 142
KATYA POV
I didn't remember leaving Nonna's room.
I didn't remember the hallway, or the stairs, or the sound of the maids still rushing around.
All I remembered was the name.
Marina.
It echoed in my head like someone had whispered it directly into my bones.
I wasn't bothered.
I wasn't bothered.
I repeated it as I stepped out of Nonna's room.
I wasn't bothered.
I wasn't...wasn't… anything.
Romeo liking someone was normal. Logical. Expected.
So why did my pulse jump every time I heard footsteps on the stairs?
Why did I keep imagining her—Marina—walking through the halls like she already belonged here?
When I didn't? By the time I reached the end of the hallway, my steps had slowed, my fingers curled into my palms without me noticing.
Romeo… liked someone.
And that someone was her. My feet moved before my brain could keep up, carrying me down the corridor with no direction in mind.
