Chapter 0446

We have a really nice evening, especially when the food comes and then we get to share in on the muffins that Daphne’s mother sent along as a gift, but even despite that I think all of our eyes are on the clock. Tomorrow everything starts again, after all, and we’re all anxious to make a good start. We end the evening earlier than we usually do.

Daphne is the first to leave, making her excuses about having a ton of sewing to get started on in the morning, and we all bid very sorrowful goodbyes that she laughs off cheerfully, reminding us that while we have a workout in the morning she just gets to get up and have coffee and start sewing.

Ben and Luca stay a little longer, but they bow out soon after. After I give Ben his kiss goodbye on the cheek and wave him away down the hall, I take both of Luca’s hands in mine and lean back against the wall of the stone corridor, looking up at him.

“So, what was that all about?” I ask, a little smirk on my lips.

“What was what all about?” Luca asks, blinking innocently and playing dumb.

I just narrow my eyes. “Your secret rendezvous with Jackson. Ben thinks you two were kissing, by the way.”