Alessandro released her face and cupped her cheeks, staring into her eyeballs.

"It was all a ruse to make them confused and it worked. I would never have allowed them to hurt you." He said.

It was the truth. Seeing those men hold her wrists as if she was their prisoner had stirred up anger in him. However, he could not do anything against them or she would get hurt. So he had to get them confused.

Hazel bit her lower lips and stared back into his eyes. Why did he kiss her again? She had called it a mistake the first time it happened. This definitely couldn't be a...