Alyssa POV
It feels unreal. Only married one day and yet it feels as though I've known Xavier Trace forever. Every touch of his hand sends butterflies fluttering inside my stomach. He's so different from Theodore, in every way. I know I shouldn't compare the two, but there is no way Theodore would have ever let me choose a ring with emeralds in it for my wedding band. It would have been too simplistic for his taste and yet, Xavier didn't so much as blink when I requested it. When he kissed me, my knees went weak, and I felt as though I might drop to the floor in a dead faint. His lips were so hard, pressed against mine and the sheer force he had used to take my breath away should have frightened me, but instead, I had felt as though I couldn't get enough of it. I had pressed myself agains
