Alessia shook her head and took several sips of water in a row.

She didn't know how she had returned to her room, but she was clear about her current thoughts: she wouldn't reconcile with Dominic.

Though the delayed feelings still made her heart race, that period had passed, and those feelings were no longer needed.

But there was one thing: Dominic's apology made her feel comfortable. That 'I'm sorry' summarized the three years she had once devoted to him.

She calmed her ...