Chapter Twenty-Three: At Villa Palace

I moved closer to him and held him in a warm embrace before he could even say a word. "You look so...” "Shh, you don’t have to say anything.” I held his lips, cutting him off before he could complete his sentence. He pecked me on the cheek before he moved towards the seat in front of me, pulling the chair out for me, and soon we were seated. “I feel so honored to sit with a multi-billionaire and an aspiring mayor." "Oh no, I’ve been disqualified." "You finally did it, Regina, speaking out for yourself after so long. You've given a lot of women hope. You are a hero.” “It's been all you, Evans. I need to say this to you. You have been really good to me. Even when I had no hope for anything, You funded most of the campaigns. I owe you a lot.” “You don’t owe me anything. I did what I did from the place of love, even if you don’t feel the same way.” “Don’t say that; you know that I do.” “But in your text,” “I didn't send that text, Evans, believe me. There is clearly something goi