Chapter 0170

Chapter 0170

Ella POV

“What happened? Why did I hear a scream?” Diana asked as she knocked on the door.

I opened my mouth to speak but no words came out. My heart pounded harder, and for a moment, I was completely frozen.

Alexander, however, didn’t seem fazed. Straightening up, he turned toward the door, his voice calm but firm. “It’s fine, Diana. Ella had a small accident. I’m handling it.”

“An accident?” Diana’s tone was sharp and suspicious. “Do you need me to come in?”

“No!” I blurted out, finally finding my voice. “It’s fine, really! Just… a shaving razor fell on my foot. Alexander’s helping me patch it up.”

There was a pause on the other side of the door, and I could practically hear her weighing the situation.

“Alright,” Diana said at last, though her voice held a note of skepticism. “But if you need anything, I’m right here.”

“We’re fine,” Alexander said curtly, his tone allowing for no further argument.

footsteps retreated from

turned back to me, Alexander’s expression was somewhere between amused and e he said

rated. “Well,”

a nervous laugh, shaking my head. “She probably thinks we’re

making my heart skip a beat. “The

eased some of my tension, but I still had

that bad,” he said, relief evident in his voice. “I’ll bandage it up, and

managed to seriously injure myself. “Once it’s bandaged, I’ll clean the blood

worry about that,” Alexander interrupted as he rummaged through

going to ask someone else to clean up the mess I made,” I argued, but before I

in surprise, struck by the sight of him doing something so… mundane. Once he’d soaked up most of the mess, he stood, rinsed the towel in the sink, and glanced

and get that bandage on,” he said with a

away from him and focusing on

carefully wrapped the bandage, my thoughts drifted. Alexander continuously surprised me. Nothing about his behavior today–his interactions with his family, his willingness to help–was

doing it himself without hesitation. It might have only taken a

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