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.”

though his logic was sound. “Oh? And how will you handle it

calling me constantly since she’d gone dress shopping with Ella. Every stray question seemed to be treated as an emergency, requiring my

interest was irritating, yet it reassured me in a small way. I hadn’t expected her to care about the wedding at all,

new inquiry about her what she liked, how she spent her time,

dwell on it. Her interest, while uncharacteristic, was a good thing. It inade everything feel more

snapping me back to the moment. “You need to

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and you’re running on

relented with a sigh. “Hold my

+25 BONUS

agreement. “I’ll take care of

shut my laptop with a sharp click and leaned back in my chair, exhaling slowly. As much as I hated to admit it, August was right.

now, I wouldn’t last

my apartment. Despite my exhaustion —and the relief I felt at the mere

after all, wasn’t solely due to

Third Person PQV

couldn’t understand the obsession with

on every aspect of the girl’s life. Sure, what had happened at her first wedding was tragic, and the viral videos of the incident

was expected. There wasn’t anything about her that

weren’t as prominent as he was, people wouldn’t care nearly as much about her life. It was

interest in her. Ella was nothing like the women he’d pursued in the past, and Diana couldn’t make sense

whatever was between them, it seemed real.

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

knew better than to push too

them, Diana was out of

after what Ella had already endured. Yet it seemed the rumors about Ella being spoiled by her parents were true–they’d give her anything she

conversation with Rebecca in her mind, still irritated by how