Unspoken Wounds

Rocco's POV

My hands fell away from her without warning. The space between us felt colder than it should have. I stepped back. I didn’t mean to, but the wound opened the second she said those words.

I couldn’t hold it, not when the ache still lived right under my ribs, like it happened yesterday.

She noticed every detail.

“You were the one telling me to open up a few minutes ago,” she said sof