Chapter 56 Aria

• This had gone from fun and a little flirty, to strange and far too flirty in a moment. But the way Rocco’s eyes were focused upon me now made it virtually impossible for me to look away from him. That gaze was far too intense. Though it always had the potential to be. His eyes were stunning, and I knew that from the amount of times I had looked at them... and the amount of times I had tried to avoid their gaze...
• But, something was different today. This had gone from just intense gazes. Now he had touched me in passing multiple times, which had made me feel a whole host of things I had tried to ignore... and then there was the kissing of my hand. The kissing of my hand, which, when I questioned him about, he was saying he had wanted to kiss me for a while now. That was what he had meant, right? Because that was what it came across as. No. I urged myself. That couldn't be it, surely. Can it?
• My heart felt like it would beat right out of my chest right now, and I don’t know if that was a bad thing or a good thing. The sensation was unsettling… this man was doing things to me of late that I did not fully understand. One moment I was terrified of him and the next... well, I don't even know...