Chapter 24

“That darn bastard,” Melanie huffed as she and Amara walked into her apartment. Although she had not experienced the entire interaction between Tobias and Amara, she had seen the aftermath, which was Amara coming back into Giovanni with a mood obviously ruined. “That man really had the nerve to show up and ruin our night! Just you wait, the next time I see him, I’ll-“ “Mel,” Amara called, calming her friend down before she says something that she’d later end up doing. “Let it be.” “Let it be?” Melanie exclaimed, watching with narrowed eyes as Amara walked to the kitchen and picked out a bottle of water from the fridge, pouring some for herself and drinking it. “Tobias acts the way he does after nearly mistreating you for years and then later threatening you for a divorce and you say I should ‘leave it be’.” She scoffed. “How do you expect me to leave it be?” Amara smiled softly. “Because I want you to. If I start giving a flying fuck about him again, he’ll win. So I’m just going to tre