MATTEO
Isabelle released me immediately and turned away.
I caught her by the waist before she’d taken a step, pulling her back against me. “I can see it in your eyes,” I said, close to her ear. “You want to. Don’t let your ego get in the way.”
She turned in my hold to face me. “Say the words.”
We stared at each other, the air between us burning, neither willing to be the first to break.
“Anything else,” I said, my voice barely above a whisper. “I’ll give you anything else.”
Something shifted in her expression. A slow, knowing smile.
“Anything?” She glanced down, then back up.
“Anything but apologise.”
Bella held my gaze for one more beat, and then she sank to her knees.
“Isabelle—” Her name came out strangled.
“You said anything else?” she reminded me, her hands sliding up my th
