Chapter 4 Lies Between Us
- The next morning felt heavier than usual.
- Alessia sat at her desk in the back row of the classroom, staring blankly at the open textbook in front of her. Words swam uselessly across the page, her mind a storm of memories—of Luciano's hands, his mouth, the *need* he had sparked in her body.
- It was dangerous how easily he had cracked her open. How she already craved more.