Chapter 0205

Chapter 0205

Ella POV

When I reached the end of the hallway, Diana came into view. She noticed me immediately, and a guilty look flickered across her face.

“What are you gossiping about?” I asked, my tone sharp as fixed her with a steady gaze.

Diana straightened her posture and gave a tight smile. “Oh, nothing of consequence, dear. Just a little light conversation.”

“That’s good to hear,” I said evenly, though my voice carried a warning edge. “I’d hate to think you were still worrying about old rumors. We’ve discussed all of that already.”

I could feel my mother’s eyes on me, but I didn’t take my gaze off Diana. My anger simmered beneath the surface, threatening to spill over. Alexander and I had worked so hard to win my mother over. Her hesitancy about him was just starting to fade, and now this.

Diana’s smile turned sweeter. “We’re just chatting,” she said, her tone light. “You’ll understand one day when you have children. You never stop worrying about them.”

my temper. I wanted to argue against Diana’s statement, to call out how her comments didn’t show concern for Alexander at all. In fact, they felt more

do that? I knew I must be wrong about her intentions, but whatever her motivation, I didn’t like hearing her talk about him that

to allow

knew now that I had no choice but to tell Alexander about the things she had said–both at their house and what I had overheard today. That was a conversation I wasn’t looking forward to having, but it couldn’t

irritation simmered, growing stronger with

breaking the tension in the room. “Do we need to take care of anything else while we’re here, or are we ready to head off to meet Alexander for lunch?”

breath out slowly and turned to my mother. Concern was evident in her eyes, though, as always, she remained calm in the face of difficult situations. Her

said, forcing a steady tone. “And I

flare on an empty stomach, and I know none of us mean

said he was leaving the office so he should arrive around the same time we do,” Diana replied. She added with a faint laugh, “You know him–always at the office, always working.”

few people have the kind of work ethic that Alexander

strange smile, one that made my irritation flare again. “Yes,” she said, her tone oddly measured.

in her voice–an undercurrent of meaning I couldn’t quite place–but I was too

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