Valeria's heart sank at the realisation of the tangled web Eros found himself in. "But how long is this arrangement supposed to last?" she asked, her voice trembling with apprehension. "How long do you have to stay with Bella before you can be with me?" 

Eros's expression darkened with a sense of resignation, his eyes clouded with a mixture of guilt and anguish. "I don't know yet, Lily. I am still trying to fix things." he confessed, his voice heavy with regret. "It shouldn’t be longer than ...