"Where is your mind, sweetheart?" Alex asked, looking at her as if their earlier exchange hadn't happened, trying to act normal now.

He didn't even know why he felt the sudden urge to warn her, he just felt the need to show her he didn't want to reveal his darker side.

Even if she thought he was already bad, she didn't know that the other side, he is way softer than he could ever be with anyone.

She was everything he hated, despised, even loathed, but with her, he couldn't maintain that ...