As soon as Alessandro stepped through the front door with Rose by his side, his entire being vibrated with tension. He hadn’t said a word on the way home, but the air around him was hot with something unspoken. Anger? Hunger? Desire?
He followed her up the stairs, his steps heavy with purpose. She barely made it through the bedroom door before he caught her wrist and turned her around gently but firmly, his dark eyes burning into hers.
Her breath caught.
Uncertainty swirled in her chest. His gaze wasn’t soft, but it wasn’t cruel either, it was intense, clouded, unreadable. She felt the pull between them again, that unspoken something she had yet to name. Her heart thumped painfully against her ribs as his head dipped, his breath warming her skin, lips so close—
Knock.
A sharp rap on t
