*Several Months Later*
*Caterina*
‘He should be home any moment now,’ I thought calmly to myself as I leisurely stirred the red sauce I had simmering on top of the stove.
I’d decided to give the chef the night off and make dinner myself tonight. I chose a simple menu—eggplant parmigiana with angel hair pasta and a tossed salad.
Now that I’d officially finished up with my classes, I was finally free to relax and take a proper breather. It was honestly strange having so much free time on my hands now. At first, I wasn’t entirely sure what to do with myself now that my coursework no longer took up the majority of my time.
My finals had been difficult, I had to admit. But without any immediate threat looming over me or Elio, I was able to study and prep without any interruption.
And much to my surprise, that peacefulness managed to stick around longer than anticipated. Part of me thought that once word spread of Artem’s death, Junior would have tried to retaliate.
