Chapter 53 She'd Always Belong To Me

• I had won. At least, that’s what it seemed like. Alessio had agreed to my terms—or, more accurately, he had allowed me to believe I’d won this round. But I knew better. I knew him. Men like Alessio didn’t surrender.
• They adapted. And that made him even more dangerous.
• I kept my expression neutral as I turned away from him, heading toward the closet. I needed to get out of this room, out of his presence before I did something reckless.