Guarded Confessions

Alessia’s POV

The musky scent of woods and smoke crept into my nose, tugging me out of the sweetest dream I’d had in weeks.

In it, Rocco was chasing me through the garden...... not as the cold, infuriating man who always had the upper hand, but as someone...... free.

He caught me against a tree, laughter spilling from both of us as he kissed me like a man drunk on love. There was no control, no