Chapter 23

• Amelia’s POV
• I had been watching Alessandro the whole night, so I had noticed how he had been watching me too. When he stepped out, I had counted down two minutes before I excused myself and followed him outside. I found him on the balcony, pulling on a cigar. I had not seen him smoke before, and I definitely had not smelled the smell of a cigarette on him before.
• “I did not know you smoked,” I said as I walked closer to him. I stood next to him, my back on the railing, so that we could be facing each other. He took another pull on the cigar before responding.