Another Chance for the Luna Queen by Aurora Starling

Chapter 0159

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Chapter 0159

Ella POV

The silence that followed was so pronounced it felt heavy. Alexander didn’t respond, and the seconds dragged on long enough that I glanced at my phone to make sure the call hadn’t dropped.

“Alexander?” I said softly. “Did I say something wrong?”

“No, not at all,” he answered quickly, though there was a slight edge to his voice. “You’re right, of course. You should have met my family by now. It’s an oversight on my part that you haven’t.”

“I don’t want to pry,” I said uncertainly.

“No, of course not,” Alexander said, his tone steadying, “You’re not prying at all. I’ll speak to my mother and make arrangements.”

I nodded, even though he couldn’t see me. “All right,” I said softly. But something about Alexander’s tone left me

uneasy.

had never struck me as embarrassed by his family. He’d spoken of them before–briefly–but I hadn’t gotten the sense he was hiding anything. So why had the thought of me meeting them drawn such a

were going to get married–even if

too. Maybe I was just overthinking it. Things would probably be

sure nothing’s wrong?” I asked, my voice soft but insistent. “I’ll be honest, your

distracted,” Alexander said with a slight laugh, though it didn’t quite reach his usual confidence. There’s a lot of work

I said hesitantly. “I guess that’s normal for you.”

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been sleeping enough,” he said dismissively. “At any rate, everything

it,” I replied, though his tone didn’t fully ease

reminding me, actually. My mother’s going to be furious if I leave her out of the wedding planning. I can’t believe I

don’t want her to be upset,” I said

it came to the wedding planning told me they mustn’t be particularly close. I supposed that wasn’t unusual for a grown man, especially one who had been more or less on his own in the capital for the last few years. As much as Alexander worked, I doubted he had much time to

He’d lost his father and wasn’t close to his mother. Other than August, I hadn’t met anyone who could be considered Alexander’s friend. His life

said and done, he’d have learned to balance things a little more. If I could help him with that, then all of this

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