Another Chance for the Luna Queen by Aurora Starling

Chapter 0214

Alexander POV

Wedding planning was far more complicated than I’d ever imagined. How anyone managed to do this on their own was beyond me.

Ella had mentioned, after I asked, that David had been no help at all with planning her first wedding. I wasn’t surprised to hear it, but I was annoyed nonetheless. What kind of man left his woman to shoulder all the work while he sat back and reaped the benefits?

I shook the thought away. I couldn’t allow myself to start thinking of Ella as my woman, not even fleetingly. That was a dangerous precedent to set for myself.

Still, the stress of planning this wedding was worse than I had anticipated, especially since I’d taken on so much of the work myself. It felt like everything was conspiring against me. A small part of me wondered if fate was trying to stop this wedding from happening. It was a sham, after all…

But in reality, the problems weren’t as mystical as fate. My mother’s constant meddling was irritating, Topher’s smugness was grating, and my lack of sleep only amplified my frustrations.

Letting them get under my skin was a mistake, but they seemed determined to test my patience. Topher, in particular, was enjoying himself far too much, knowing I’d owe him for “saving the day,” as he smugly called it.

“Sir, you look miserable,” August’s voice cut through my swirling thoughts.

I glanced up from my laptop, where I had been rereading the same vendor email for what felt like the hundredth time.

“Is that supposed to be helpful?” I snapped, letting my irritation seep into my tone.

“You need to take a night off,” August said, his voice carrying that familiar mix of sternness and concern he used when he anticipated resistance.

I sighed, glaring at the email on my screen. He wasn’t wrong. I had read the same paragraph at least three times and couldn’t recall a single detail. A clear sign that I was overtired and ineffective.

“I don’t really have time to take a night off,” I muttered.

“I can handle whatever needs handling,” August said firmly. “Besides, it wouldn’t do for you to show up to your own wedding looking haggard and exhausted. This whole thing is just for show, right? So you need to be camera- ready.”

will you handle it

me constantly since she’d gone dress shopping with Ella. Every stray question seemed to be treated as

in a small way. I hadn’t expected her to care about the wedding at all,

on Ella. Every call brought a new inquiry about her what she liked, how she spent her time, even

on it. Her interest, while uncharacteristic, was a good

to the moment. “You need to rest.

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wedding, and you’re running on fumes.”

“Hold my calls unless there’s

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in agreement. “I’ll take care of everything, sir. Get some

my chair, exhaling slowly. As much as I hated to admit it, August

recharge now, I wouldn’t last until the ceremony.

apartment. Despite my exhaustion —and the

sleeplessness, after all, wasn’t solely

Third Person PQV

understand the obsession

happened at her first wedding was tragic, and

supposed to be all of those things–it was expected. There wasn’t anything about her that stood out from the other sons

only logical conclusion, she reasoned, was that the fascination stemmed from the Rowan family’s power and wealth. If Ella’s father weren’t as prominent as

Alexander’s interest in her. Ella was nothing like the women he’d pursued in the past, and Diana

whatever was between them,

needling and teasing–had done nothing to change their course. Her attempts to undermine the match had failed. Even reaching out to

resolute. And Diana knew better than to push too hard; crossing the

the wedding upon them, Diana

the rumors about Ella being spoiled by her parents

Rebecca in her mind, still irritated