Another Chance for the Luna Queen by Aurora Starling

My Prince

Chapter 0171

Chapter 0171

“I don’t know what you mean,” I replied, but the knowing look he gave me made it clear he saw through my denial.

“Go ahead and ask your questions,” he said, his tone calm. There’s no reason to be hesitant with me. You want to know about my relationship with my mother.”

I hesitated, unsure if I should press further. But he’d opened the door, and my curiosity had already taken hold. “I just… it seems like there’s a lot of tension between you two, And then, when Michael got back, she was like a completely different person.”

A bitter smile curved Alexander’s lips. “Yeah, that’s how she is,” he said with a shrug. “For as long as I can remember, she’s preferred Michael. She’s always been a little hypercritical of me, but it got worse after my father died.”

darkening as that stormy expression overtook his face again. Whatever he was thinking

into his painful memories, especially not now. “We don’t have to talk about this,” I said, standing and testing

know we don’t have to,” Alexander replied, his voice steady. “But you’re curious, and it doesn’t make

don’t think it’s abnormal to have tension with your parents,” I offered.

me anymore–not really. And most of the time, things between us are

“We can talk more another time. I’ll get dressed in the bedroom so you

our rest–we’ve got some very busy days

in agreement before quickly

the soft fabric feeling far more comfortable than the formal dress I’d worn earlier. Sitting down on the edge of the bed, I let my thoughts

but I still hesitated. My own relationship

looked at him didn’t sit right with me. Her demeanor shifted entirely when Michael was

over Alexander clouding my judgment. After all, I’d only just met

didn’t notice how much time had passed until the bathroom door