Alessia's lips quivered when Marco added a bit of pressure to his hold on her neck.

Her face turned bright red from the lack of air, but she remained stubborn, refusing to ask him for liberation from his hold on her.

When she couldn't bear it any longer, she shut her eyes to let the tear slip from it as she clutched to his arm with both of her hands.

“Let..go…” she managed to voice out as she bit down on her lower lip.

Delilah, who initially decided to let her be, came back to make sure Marco did nothing bad to her.

To her surprise, he was already busily...