Chapter 0075

Chapter 0075

Ella POV

There were easily two dozen in the massive bouquet. When he reached us, he held them out to me.

I took the flowers, feeling a surge of surprise. “These are bgnitiful,” I said, my volce barely above a whisper,

“Your favorite flowers, according to my sources,” he said, winking.

“Sources?” I asked, puzzled.

“Your mother,” he replied with a playful grin. “She also informed me that you’re a big fan of sports.”

“I wouldn’t have guessed that,” Elizabeth said, raising her eyebrows at me.

“I used to play soccer in school,” I said. “I haven’t been to a game in a long time, though”

David hated sports and always acted annoyed when I suggested we go see a game together. Eventually, I stopped asking, and it hadn’t even occurred to me that now that I was no longer with him, I could start pursuing my interests again.

“Then I’ve chosen well,” Alexander said with a mischievous grin.

“Are we going to a game?” I asked hopefully. “Is that the surprise?” I was unable to contain my excitement as I bounced up and down.

Both Alexander and Elizabeth laughed at my enthusiasm, but I didn’t care. I probably looked silly, but it had been a while since I’d had a genuine surprise like this.

“Yes,” Alexander replied. “The car is already waiting. We should hurry, or we’ll be late.” He turned his attention to Elizabeth. “It was good to see you.”

“You as well,” she said, a look of warning flashing across her face. “Take good care of my friend.”

“I’ll do my best,” Alexander said with a charming smile.

I linked my arm with his, and he led me toward the front of his office building, where a

waved back with

walking around to enter the car himself. As

beneath the surface, but

offend him to ask about the tension, so

my thoughts

genuinely excited about this date and touched that Alexander had chosen something he knew I would enjoy, I couldn’t ignore the fact that this was little more than a publicity stunt.

purpose of this outing wasn’t for us to get to know

of people at the arena, it would be

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Chapter 0075

had no doubt that with

official public announcement–people would

Alexander asked suddenly,

to make sense of his

I wasn’t team captain or anything, but I was fast,

“I might have guessed that about you.”

intrigued. “Oh? And why is that?”

anticipate their actions,” he said. “You seem

“What do

to do well before they do

his statement. “Some people are just very easy to understand. Their motivations are

like David?”

nodded. “I know what David wants, and based on the years I’ve known him, I can guess how he’ll try

leaned in, a smirk

thinking over my response. There were things I knew about Alexander from the original

had no idea what his true goals were or how far he

I said softly. “I can’t predict what you’ll do. I think you’re a man who isn’t what he

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