Chapter 47 Knowing Each Other

Alessandra Valderrama POV

My heart was thumping rapidly in my chest as I waited for him to respond. Admitting that I had been thinking of him was a gamble. I didn’t want to be rejected, but what else could I do? I had to be true to myself and my feelings. If I didn’t take that chance, then I’d never know. Branching out and trying to make it on my own was all about taking chances and finding out who I was. That wasn’t going to happen if I didn’t go and get what I wanted. God knew my father and brothers went after what they wanted with everything they had in them. That’s why they were all so successful.

I was a Valderrama while that may be bad in many ways, it also meant I had balls. I needed to take chances to achieve my goals and right now my goal was the man sitting across from me. No one had to know, at least not for a while. Not until it was safe.

“Alessandra…”

“Look. You can’t tell me you didn’t feel what I felt last night. There was a spark left over from when we had that nigh