CHAPTER FIFTEEN

There's complete silence in the room.

This is probably the part where he tells me he changed his mind and doesn't want anything to do with me anymore. Because in a lot of ways, I'm still a child, probably a far cry from the women he usually spends his time with. Men like him have women throwing themselves at him.

I've never felt as nervous as I do in this moment. It feels like I was dead before he bulldozed his way into my monochrome life.

"Why not?" He finally breaks the silence. "You are gorgeous, you can't tell me no guy has ever made advances."

I shrug, exhaling. "I never said that, did I?"

"So why not?"

"Because I've never been interested in anyone before you."

There, I said it. I probably shouldn't lay all my cards on the table. This evening taught me that I should always have some leverage.

Before I know what's happening, I'm flat on my back with Alessandro above me. My hands immediately go to his muscled biceps, my chest heaving as if I've just run ten miles.

His hair