Too warm.
Alessandro shifted, burying his face into something soft and oddly comforting.
He sighed sleepily, snuggling deeper.
"Mmm, soft."
His arms tightened around the warm presence next to him, his brain still half-asleep.
"Serena's so soft."
Wait.
Why was Serena so big?
His brows furrowed.
Why did she suddenly feel more muscular?
And since when did she weigh this much?
His mind, still groggy, tried to piece things together.
Then, in a moment of absolute horror-his eyes snapped open.
And he came face-to-face with-
Raffaele.
Their noses were inches apart.
Raffaele's arm was wrapped around his waist.
And then-
A blood-curdling scream shattered the morning silence.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!"
Serena shot up from her bed, heart racing, thinking they were under attack.
But no.
It was just Alessandro.
Screaming like he had seen the devil himself.
"WHY THE HELL AM I CUDDLING RAFFAELE?!"
Serena blinked at the bed next to hers.
Raffaele and Alessandro were tangled up together in the most disgustingly affectionate position possible.
Alessandro's arm was wrapped around Raffaele's waist.
Raffaele's leg was casually thrown over Alessandro's thigh.
And worst of all?
Alessandro's face was nuzzled against Raffaele's shoulder.
Raffaele groggily opened his eyes.
His sleepy brain registered two things immediately.
One: Alessandro was in his personal space.
Two: Alessandro was screaming directly into his ear.
Raffaele blinked. "What?"
Alessandro jerked away so fast, he nearly fell off the bed.
"WHY WERE YOU HOLDING ME?!"
Raffaele frowned. "You were holding ME!"
"NO, I WASN'T!"
"YES, YOU WERE!"
Serena, now fully awake, slowly turned to watch the disaster unfold.
She wasn't stopping this.
Not when it was this entertaining.
Alessandro, still traumatized, pointed an accusing finger.
"You were holding me like I was your long-lost soulmate!"
Raffaele gagged. "DON'T SAY THAT!"
"You did!"
"I did NOT!"
Alessandro narrowed his eyes. "Then why were you so comfortable? Huh? HUH?"
Raffaele gasped. "YOU were comfortable too!"
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The ties that bind
RandomA family that once loved her. A crime she never committed. And a past that won't stay buried. For years, Serena Rossi lived in hell, locked away in a place that felt more like a prison than a school. She was punished for a crime she didn't commit-at...
Chapter 18: Midnight Secrets and Burnt Toast
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