Cassandra ReidI take a look of her once again. Her auburn curls are now wavier and auburn, extra pounds have melted away giving her the most spectacular body I've ever seen, including Leah's, and the rimless glasses are gone. However, it is her, I would recognize anywhere that gray and gold heterochromia"Wendy Lambert", without wasting another second, I run towards her. "Look what the wind brought"."Cass, for God's sake!". We hugged each other so tightly that we were about to shed tears of happiness. My childhood friend is here, in Florence, in front of me... "I can't believe it!""That makes two of us", I point out. "How long has it been? Ten years?""Nine to be exact", she says once we've parted ways, "since you went to Harvard and I went to Yale"."Right, but the important thing is that we both managed to graduate", I point out. As girls we used to play doctor together, it was our favorite game. The love of medicine was a feeling we cultivated together and we had plans to study

Cassandra ReidHis hands rest on my lower back as he literally eats me alive.'I could punish you a thousand times like this... and reward you a thousand more'His lips move to my jugular and suck unceremoniously until leaving the mark of desire rooted in the depths of my skin.'In every one of them I would applaud myself for making you my wife'Words echo through my head as he hits my most sensitive spot with little lashes which make me scream out loud. I won't be able to hold out much longer.'I'm going to chase you, Cassandra Di Lauro, through all the worlds so you never stop being mine, over and over and over again'He gets into me with incredible ease to start with strong thrusts. One, two, three times without pause, without mercy. It's funny how with such sudden movements he can move me and make me fall in love more."Cass..."I lose myself in the frantic hip dance as he whispers 'you're mine' against my lips and unable to resist another second, I shatter into thousands of piece

Adriano Di LauroI kiss her lips one last time before reluctantly letting her go. I can feel her excessive exhaustion, her paleness coating her skin and the emerald green of her eyes looking dull. She doesn't look well and the only thing I can think of at this moment is to lock her in my room and force her to rest... However, I let her go with a kind of uneasiness whipping at my insides.I don't like sensations which starts to take over my senses. They want to make me lose control and I can't allow it."Hey, are you okay?". My right hand's question interrupts my internal debate. I haven't been able to concentrate all morning and that's got me in a lousy mood."I am," I give a terse answer. "I'm trying to deal with a rebel wife"."The same old story, man", the lawyer scoffs. Situations like these make me rethink our friendship. I can't stand it and he knows it. In fact, that motivates him more to behave like a real bastard. "I think you're fading, my friend. Or maybe you're winning, le

Cassandra ReidI rush up the stairs and slam the door loudly before sliding my back against the door, tears spilling out uncontrollably.What did I expect? An "I love you" back and making love until dawn?I burst out laughing in the middle of crying.Yes, that's exactly what I wanted and I was delusional to even think about it. I shouldn't have told him, it wasn't time yet. Or maybe... I should have said it much sooner.It's not the fact he doesn't love me "because I'm sure he has feelings for me", it's his refusal to open up and accept it. And it hurts, it hurts me the same way. It is as if an earthquake had passed through my body, opening cracks in my skin until it reached every organ. Broken inside would be a good definition.Suddenly, intense nausea invades me and I run to the bathroom, feeling how life falls apart in a matter of seconds. Trembling, I move to bed to tuck myself into a fetal position and I do not get out of there all day.Vivi knocks on the door and I dismiss her q