Chapter 121– Wait

Chapter 121

RUSSEL

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SICILY, ITALY

I've never been one for relationships or emotional attachments. Natural things like sex have always been arranged, just like business—a matter of control and predictability.

Maybe there were a few exceptions, but they were rare and brief. For me, sex was just another thing to dominate, another transaction to manage.

But Allesia. She changed everything.

When I first met her, Kegan was so convinced I wouldn’t find her appealing because she didn’t fit my usual type. Blonde hair, hazel eyes, younger than my usual preferences, clumsy yet bold, stubborn yet willing to submit.

But y hose qualities unexpectedly captivated me from the start, and every day thereafter.

Now, months later, here I was, unable to move on even after a month of depriving myself of her– telling myself I couldn't force it, watching her from afar, seeing how much she was enjoying her new boyfriend and the peaceful life in his apartment.

But the thought of what usually