27.

Alessia

I didn't know how he managed to make my whole body weak but it was the way his heart was thumping loudly through my palms. Every part of me wants to hate him. Every part of me was screaming at me to hit him. But I couldn't. My heart wasn't in agreement with my mind and body. I found myself melting in his touch. "Why are you doing this to me, Angelo." I choked out the words.

"Why do you keep making me this vulnerable for you? Why can't I find the hatred in my heart for you? Why?" I pleaded.

He used his other hand to cup my face. "Because you want this too." He whispered. "You can't hate me because you don't have that kind of heart in you. You're not heartless."

He stopped talking and ran his thumb over my cheeks making me weaker than I was. "Like me." The expression in his eyes mirrored his words and emotions. "Call me inhuman, heartless, or any bad names. But forgive me, I can't let you go now."

I didn't know why at that moment, the only response I could think of to give h