Chapter 21

• Amelia’s POV
• It had been a week since I last saw Alessandro. A week since we had crossed the line and kissed in the park. For the first time in a long time, I felt something other than fear and hatred. And for the first time I wanted something, and I had thrown myself at him. I wanted him, and consequences be damned. I was ready to take the risk if it meant I would feel as content as I was feeling that afternoon, spending the day with him. I wanted to go down the rabbit hole and see where it would lead.
• However, I was not sure how Alessandro wanted it to be. Sure enough, he was attracted to me; I had felt it with my own hands, and he had agreed to my proposal. He had even taken my phone number, but that had been it. I never saw him after that night, and neither did I hear from him. Throughout the week, every time my phone dinged with a notification, my heart skipped, thinking it was him messaging me, and each and every moment I was disappointed. I had gone to the library every day, not to read but hoping that Alessandro did not want to show up at his father’s house to avoid raising suspicions. He knew I frequented the library, and I had hoped he would show up, but to my disappointment again, he never showed up.