CHAPTER NINETEEN: THE EXECUTIONER
ALESSANDRO
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“I don’t believe she has feelings for him anymore, Mr. Mancini.”
Nico’s words keep circling my head. They echo long after he leaves my office, and the satisfied smile tugging at my lips refuses to die down.
The hate I’ve nursed for that clown she once dated… it loosens, just a little. Surprisingly.
It irritates me that something so small can make me this pleased. Yet I know exactly why.
Alessia is nothing like the women I’ve had over the years. Those ones bow. They tremble. They obey before I even speak.
But Alessia?
She’s stubborn. Wild. She fears me, but not enough. She tests me. She pushes boundaries she has no business touching. While other women work day and night to earn my approval, Alessia doesn’t. She’s relaxed.
And it d
