Another Chance for the Luna Queen by Aurora Starling

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.

her footsteps retreated from the room.

expression was somewhere between amused and e he said dryly, “that could have

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rated. “Well,”

out a nervous laugh, shaking my head. “She probably thinks

think what she wants,” he said with a shrug, his smirk making my heart skip a beat. “The important thing is you’re not bleeding all over the

of my tension, but I still had an odd feeling about the interaction.

away from my wound and inspected it closely. “It’s not that bad,” he said, relief evident in his voice. “I’ll bandage it up, and it should be fine.”

replied, relieved I hadn’t managed to seriously injure myself. “Once it’s bandaged, I’ll clean the blood

interrupted as he rummaged through the first

up the mess I made,” I argued, but before I could say more, Alexander handed me the bandage and turned toward the

and began wiping up the blood. I stared at him 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

and get that bandage on,” he said with a pointed

pulling my gaze away from

Alexander continuously surprised me. Nothing about his behavior

to clean the floor, yet here he was, doing it himself without hesitation. It might have only taken a few minutes, but still it said

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