Alessio was pissed off. As much as he did not like being in bed all day his body was still sore and he somehow wanted to obey Julie's bed rest order.

She had devoted herself to taking care of him. The last person to worry about him like that was his mother when he was still a boy.

He outgrew the need to be taken care off. When he got hurt he would only sleep till the drugs wore off then he was back to work. Being coddled was a sign of weakness and that was the first thing his father beat out of him.

Somehow it was different this...