She could no longer taste the sweetness of cake,nor the heaviness of spice.The illness had grown worse,pressing on her nerves and already dulling her sense of taste.
Santino picked up her phone,unlocked it with ease,held the screen in front of her,and frowned.“You booked a ticket to Iceland,why?”
Aurelia’s heart tightened,and she quickly snatched the phone back,forcing her voice to stay calm.“Business trip.”
In the past,she would have pulled him in to complain endlessly about work,but now all she gave was those two plain words,“business trip,”and even then,only after he noticed the ticket and asked.
This thought made Santino’s face darken further.
The sudden ring of the phone broke the uneasy silence between them,and Astrid’s soft voice came through.“Santino,come out with me to set off fireworks!”
Santino’s expression softened,and his voice carried a gentleness Aurelia hadn’t heard in years.He turned and left,his figure light with the eagerness of a boy discovering love for the first time.