Chapter 36

Violet

Alessio is the most untamed man I have ever met ,chasing me down and taking me in the open ,Claiming me like were animals .

I raise my hand to his neck, trace the scar there. "How did you get this?" I murmur, "It seems painful."

He wraps his fingers around mine, guides my hand back to his chest. His fingers graze the ring and he freezes. Then he traces the diamond in a slow circle.

"We need to get out of here," he finally says, then pushes himself, and me, up to sitting position.

"Fine, fine," I huff, "if you don’t want to tell me about the scar, I’ll understand." I toss my hair over my shoulder, "You only have to say so. No need to brush off my question, you know."

He glances down at me, then sets me to the side before tucking himself inside his sweatpants. He rises to his feet, then holds out his hand, "Come," he murmurs, "let’s get out of the rain."

After some minutes later ,Alessio filled up the bathtub ,throwing in salts that had fizzed with the scent of lilies and lavende