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

between amused and e he said dryly, “that could have gone worse.

”

rated. “Well,”

out a nervous laugh, shaking my head. “She

smirk making my heart skip a beat. “The important thing is you’re not bleeding all over the

eased some of my tension, but I still had an odd feeling

wound and inspected it closely. “It’s not that bad,” he said, relief evident in his voice. “I’ll bandage it

to seriously injure myself. “Once

about that,” Alexander interrupted as he rummaged through the first aid kit,

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

towel, he knelt back 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, rinsed the

on,” he said with a

I muttered, pulling my gaze away from

drifted. Alexander continuously surprised me. Nothing about his behavior today–his

yet here he was, doing it himself without hesitation. It might have only taken a few minutes,

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