Exposing the Arrangement

Rocco's POV

Love.

A word I had not thought about in years. A concept I had buried alongside Nella. An emotion I had convinced myself I was incapable of feeling again.

Alessia looked up at me from across the table, and for a second it felt like everything around us faded. A charged moment passed between us, filled with everything we were not saying.

I cleared my throat. My voice came out ro