Page 46 of Rejected By My Shifter Billionaire
Alessandro’s lips curved when he saw Kassia hiding behind the sheets. “You look like you’ve been ravished,” he commented softly.
Her blush deepened as she mumbled, “We both know no kind of ravishing was involved.”
Returning to the bed, he sat down next to her, stretching his legs before scooping a surprised Kassia into his lap.
“Professor!” She tried to wriggle away, but his arm around her waist tightened like an immovable chain, preventing her from leaving.
“Rest here.” His hold gentle but inexorable, he pushed her head down until she was lying against his chest.
The fact that she was naked and in his lap while he was fully clothed made her feel both aroused and awkward, but with her curled up in his arms this way, the urge to leave had all but disappeared. The truth was, she liked – no, sheloved– being this close to the professor...and they both knew it.
“Is your sister okay?”
As Kassia spoke, Alessandro felt her snuggle deeper into his arms, and his lips curved, knowing that the action had been unconscious on her part. Whether she liked it or not, her body already knew it belonged to him, and he liked it that way.
“Esmeralda’s fine. She’s learned her lesson.”
She nodded against his chest. “I’m glad to hear that.”
Alessandro ran his fingers through her hair, something he had never done with another woman. But with Kassia, the need to touch her was always there, and it was one he never could resist. “How was your day?”
“It was okay.”
“You were bored without me?”
“You’re arrogance personified, aren’t you, Professor?”
“Ah, but I hear the truth in your voice.” Satisfaction filled him. “Youwerebored without me.”
Kassia almost told him the truth. More than bored, she had been hurt by his silence, the pain growing in proportion to the length of his absence. But in the end, she kept it to herself, knowing there was no point dwelling on making him feel guiltier.
Changing the subject, she murmured, “You never answered my question.” She lifted her head up to look at him. “Tell me more about your childhood.” She wanted to know something that the other students – that all the women who wanted the professor – didn’t know. She had tried researching about him online, but stories about his childhood were surprisingly sparse despite the Morettis being famous for their wealth and bloodline.
Gazing down at her, Kassia’s eyes once again proved to be windows to her soul, telling him exactly why she was asking her question. Alessandro almost sighed as the truth once again struck him.
He did not deserve to have her feel so strongly about him.
“I’m not on good terms with my older brother.” It was Alessandro’s first time to speak of his silent feud with Domenico without being asked, and the meaning behind it wasn’t lost on him.
Surprise showed in her eyes. “You mean,Domenico Moretti?”
He bristled at the way she said his brother’s name. “Don’t tell me you find him attractive, too.”
“I’m not blind. Of course I...wait a minute—-” Kassia started to smile. “Are you actually jealous?”
“The hell I am.” But he placed a quick hard kiss on her lips right after, wanting to remind her that he was the only man who could make her body sing. When he lifted his head, he found her grinning like an idiot at him.
Alessandro grimaced. “Shut up.”
Her grin widened, but then Kassia saw the professor looking around and she quickly wiped it off her face. She knew he was trying to find a piece of paper he could roll and smack her head with.
The suddenly solemn expression on her face didn’t fool him one bit, and he growled. “Impertinent little chick.” Almost every woman he had fucked didn’t care to tease him the way Kassia did, and he found it both amusing, disturbing, and arousing all at the same time. He also found himself needing to kiss her for it.
When the toe-curling kiss ended, Kassia released a dreamy little sigh as she settled herself more comfortably in the professor’s arms. Closing her eyes, she asked, “Is it serious? Your fight with your brother?”
He considered the question seriously and finally, he said, “Yes and no.”
Just like the professor to answer so vaguely, Kassia thought ruefully. “Well, I hope you two make up soon.” She paused then added wistfully, “I always thought it would be nice, you know, to have siblings.”
