I turned to face him, my body still bare, naked, yet somehow I felt confident by the raw hunger in his gaze. His dark eyes roamed over me like I was his to claim, and a small smirk tugged at his lips when he met my stare.
“You’d allow that?” I asked, my voice quiet but steady. “You’d let me…?”
Alessio leaned in slightly, brushing his fingers against my jaw in a way that sent shivers down my spine. “A deepest forbidden desire,” he murmured, his tone laced with amusement. “But nothing in my world comes without a cost, Bella Mia.”
A frown tugged at my lips, and I searched his expression for clues. “What cost?”
His smirk deepened, maddeningly mysterious. “You’ll find out soon enough.”
I stepped back slightly, crossing my arms over my chest. “You’re impossible.”
“You’ve said that before,”
