He’d no longer been the skinny, bookish kid and the bullies had known it. After one particular fight, when he’d broken the nose of the ringleader and blackened the eyes of two others, they’d left him alone.
He hadn’t wanted to hit anyone since then. Until now.
How could anyone call Alessandra a slut?
‘Too many to name.’ She answered his question with a shrug.
‘How could they say such things? You were a child.’
‘I was seventeen. Old enough to know better.’
‘Do not tell me you blame yourself?’
through him. ‘I should have
men
didn’t elaborate. She continued staring at
‘No!’ he said forcefully.
have turned their backs on me because their parents didn’t want me corrupting them and Rocco had the humiliation of reading untrue, lewd comments about his baby sister. I’m sorry, but I will never trust you, Christian. All I can do is
will never humiliate you or disrespect you.’ He rose from his seat, ignoring the throbbing pain across the front of his face, and crouched on his haunches before her. Placing
her scent and his body responded, his groin tightening as
do not believe anything else, believe that
the
and
matching the intensity of his stare, close enough for his oaky, masculine scent to swirl
her skin. For a moment she lost her
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