Alessia hadn’t meant to say the words aloud because doing so made it more real and it was something she’d carefully omitted in the past. As soon as the words were out, instead of freaking out, she felt a calmness that soothed her nerves making her ready to face what laid ahead.
“You’re kidding, right?” His jaw sagged ungracefully and for the first time, she saw him anything less than the dignified sophisticated politician in his poise.
“Are you laughing?” she caustically retorted, knowing that her high-handed attitude was the only way to force him to maintain his distance. For one second, she’d been unable to hide her feelings to him and had feared that he would have discovered the truth. All because of that damned kiss. He had deliberately tormented her for that very purpose. He’d wante
