I was seated next to her “boring” twin sister—but her first question silenced the entire table and changed everything I thought I knew.

outside the workshop. She was carrying the same notebook from the café, with an uncertain expression he had never seen on her before.

“I didn’t come to ask you for anything,” she said. “I just wanted to know if you were okay.”

Mateo opened the door.

“I’m not completely okay. But I’m better.”

Elena nodded, accepting the answer without softening it.

“I’m continue reading …