Alexia – POV:
I should've pulled away.
Should've shaken him off, turned around, slapped him even—something.
But I didn't.
Because the moment his lips brushed against the side of my neck, everything else fell away. My guilt. My anger. The loneliness. The ache of being hated by the man I once crushed under heel, and now… loved with every breath I took.
He didn't speak. Didn't give me time to think. Just turned me around with a firm grip on my waist, hands commanding, movements sure, gaze heavy. And when our eyes finally met—God, I didn't see hatred.
I saw need.
Raw, volatile, sharp enough to cut.
Then his mouth was on mine.
Rough. Hungry. Starving.
Like he'd been trying to forget me and failed. Miserably.