Secrets

Alessandro stared at her with his full attention, as though she were the sun and the moon.

The intensity of his gaze scared her as much as it made her heart race in weird ecstacy, those powerful feelings eliciting different emotions in her.

Guilt, disbelief, fear of being labeled a liar.

And when his grin widened and those sinful lips parted to let out words, she felt even worse.

"A sight for sore eyes indeed. Missed me, baby?"

Because she couldn't force herself to smile or pretend like a storm wasn't brewing inside of her, Eve swallowed hard and diverted the topic.

"Em, you are friends with Bella?"

Yeah, that wiped the smile off his handsome face, and he stood from his seat, walking towards her just as she was taking off her jacket.

"Hardly friends, she came to ramble about something unimportant. Don't worry, I took care of it."

That was a nice way to evade what she wanted to know.

Eve feigned a smile this time and held her breath as he took her jacket, his fingers brushing her a