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.

footsteps retreated from

to me, Alexander’s expression was somewhere between amused

”

rated. “Well,”

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

her think what she wants,” he said with a shrug, his smirk making my heart

light tone eased some of my tension, but I

gauze away from my wound and inspected it closely. “It’s not that bad,” he said, relief

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

Alexander interrupted as he rummaged through the first aid kit, selecting a bandage.

ask someone else to clean up the mess I made,” I argued, but before I could say more, Alexander handed me the

down 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,

get that bandage on,” he said with a pointed look.

my gaze away

carefully wrapped the bandage, my thoughts drifted. Alexander continuously surprised me. Nothing about his

staff member to clean the floor, yet here he was, doing it himself without hesitation. It might have only taken a few

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