Chapter 49 She's My Only One

• “You're safe now,” he murmured soothingly. “I won't let anything happen to you, Alessia. I promise.”
• And at that moment, all the doubts and mistrusts that had plagued us vanished like smoke in the wind. We were stronger than ever before, bound together by a love that could withstand even the most brutal tests.
• Later that night, as we lay together in bed once again, Riccardo pulled me into his arms with a fierce passion that left me breathless. And as we made love under the cover of darkness, with only each other to hold on to in this ruthless world of ours, I knew undoubtedly that my heart was his forever.