Chapter 53

“That’s not caring. I don’t think you’re capable of really caring, and you use all of this as an excuse for being a completely controlling shithead.” Whether I want to admit it or not… the arsehole has made me care about him, and I hate him for it. Ironically, it’s coming from my mouth because I didn’t think I was capable either, until Alexi.

How can a girl with no ability to feel anything about anyone start to fall for the devil himself? I didn’t think I had an ounce of heart left inside me even to beat anymore, and he has done nothing to warrant any feelings for him. Yet Santagato posed a real threat, and all I kept thinking was—don’t hurt Alexi.

“Either way… one outcome, whether I care about you or own you. It makes no difference. Santagato isn’t going to back off. If the roles were reversed, I would use any obvious weakness to get at him and throw him off his game. You pull out one brick, and the tower starts to come down. I exposed a brick… He won’t let that go.”