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CRAVING THE WRONG MAN: DANGEROUS DESIRES BOOK 1 Chapter 179
Alessio’s POVI shook my head, because the words still did not feel big enough for what was in my chest.“I would not have been able to live without you,” I said. “If you had not come back, I would have followed you. I mean that. I refuse to live in a world where you are gone.”Her weak fingers touched my face.“No, Alessio.”“It is the honest truth,” I said. “I spent years pretending I did not need anyone. Then you happened. I am not going back to that empty life. I refuse to live without you.”“Then stay,” she whispered. “Just stay. That is all I want.”“I am staying.”I kissed her hand again and held it against my cheek. For a few seconds there was no hospital, no fire, no Jake. There was only her voice in that quiet room, telling me she loved me.Then the door burst open.Moirraine came in first, still in travel clothes, her face pale and wet. My father was right behind her. They both stopped for half a second when they saw me so close to the bed, her hand in mine. Then Moirraine
CRAVING THE WRONG MAN: DANGEROUS DESIRES BOOK 1 Chapter 178
Alessio’s POVIn the hallway, the air felt too cold. I took out my phone with hands that still had soot in the lines of my palms and texted my father.The doctor said she is stable. Smoke in her lungs. Burns not as bad as they first thought. She is sedated. I saw her. She is alive.I stared at the screen. No reply.I assumed they were landing soon.I found the doctor near the nurses’ station.“I want her moved,” I said. “The best room you have. Private. Quiet. Whatever she needs. The best care. I don’t care what it costs.”He looked at me for a moment.“She is already receiving excellent care.”“I believe you,” I said. “I still want her comfortable. Please.”Something in my face must have ended the argument. He nodded.“We’ll arrange it.”They moved her within the hour. The new room was larger, dimmer, with a window that looked out over the city and a chair that did not feel like a punishment. I followed the bed the whole way. When they settled her again, I sat down and took her hand
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Alessio’s POVI don’t know how long I sat outside Rhaena’s room. Time had stopped meaning anything. The hallway lights stayed too bright. People walked past with coffee and clipboards like the world was still normal. My world was behind that door.When the doctor finally came toward me, I was on my feet before he finished saying my name.“How is she?” I asked. “Please. Just tell me.”He stopped in front of me. His face was tired, but not grim, and that was the first thing that let me breathe.“She inhaled a lot of smoke,” he said. “That was the most dangerous part. Her burns are not as severe as they first looked. We treated them. She is sedated right now so her body can rest. She is stable.”Stable.The word hit me so hard I had to put a hand on the wall.“She’s going to be all right?” I asked.“She has a fight ahead of her,” he said. “Smoke in the lungs is no small thing. But yes. She is going to recover. She was lucky someone got her out when they did.”I nodded, because if I tried
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Alessio’s POVThey met me halfway. I did not hand her over until they had the stretcher ready. Even then my arms did not want to let go. Her weight had become the only thing keeping me standing.“Are you family?” one of them asked.“Yes,” I said. I did not care what kind. “I am going with her. Do not ask me to stay behind.”They put an oxygen mask on her face. Her lashes did not move. I climbed into the ambulance and sat where they told me, my hand around hers, soot on my shirt, the city flying past the small windows. Her fingers were cold. I rubbed my thumb over her knuckles like I could push heat back into her.“Stay with me,” I whispered. “You do not get to leave me. Do you understand? I just found you. I just told you the truth. You do not get to go. I waited my whole life to feel this, and I will not lose it in one morning.”The medic worked around me. He asked if I knew her name.“Rhaena,” I said. “Her name is Rhaena.”He asked how long she had been inside.“I don’t know. Too lo
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Alessio's POVI sent the money.A second later an address lit up on my screen. No extra words. No proof she was safe. Just a street I did not know and a pin dropped like a dare.I stared at it and felt something cold move through me.“Why is this so easy?” I said.Callum looked over my shoulder. “Because he wants you there. Or because he is already gone.”“I don’t like it.”“I don’t either. But we go anyway. Sitting here will not bring her back.”We were in the cars within a minute. Callum’s men took the black SUV behind us. Callum and I got into his Ferrari. It was fast. I needed fast. I needed the city to fold in half so I could reach her before whatever ugly thing Jake had planned finished happening.I gave him the address. He did not ask if I was sure. He just drove.My knee bounced the whole way. I kept seeing the video. Rhaena tied to that chair. The gag. The mark on her cheek. Her eyes looking for me through the screen.“Hold on,” I said under my breath. “I am coming. Just hold
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Rhaena’s POVFor a moment the room was only the drip of a pipe and my own heartbeat in my ears.Then Jake picked up his phone, turned away from me, and started typing.“Hope he hurries,” he said without looking back. “I am not a patient man, Rhaena. And you just reminded me why I stopped trying to be one.”Not long after that, he left the room and shut the door behind him. The lock clicked. His footsteps faded down the hall until the old apartment went quiet again.The quiet was worse than his voice.I sat there with my wrists burning and my mouth raw, listening to pipes drip and a clock I could not see. A fly kept hitting the window. My own breathing sounded too loud. I thought of Alessio’s note on the pillow. I’ll see you at the office. I love you. I thought of his voice when he said those words in the dark, rough and careful at the same time. I thought of my mother on her honeymoon, still believing the world had finally gotten kinder.“Please,” I whispered to no one. “Please find m
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