Another Chance for the Luna Queen by Aurora Starling

Chapter 0246

Alexander POV

Ella was looking up at me wide-eyed. I could tell that she was surprised by what I was telling her. I was surprised too. It wasn't something I had intended to confess yet the words came so easily.

There wasn't much about my past that I had told her. In fact, as I took a sip of my drink I couldn't think of a single thing I told Ella about myself. At least, not anything that she couldn't have learned from others.

It almost seemed unfair seeing as she'd been fairly open with me about her past. Yet there were those shadowy parts, the secrets she was obviously keeping that would reveal how it was she got the information that she had.

I smiled to myself as I thought of it. The two of us with all of our secrets were doing our best to work together, trusting each other implicitly despite not having a strong reason to. It made no sense, and yet I was grateful for it.

I took a sip of the sweet alcohol, letting my mind wander.

I found myself thinking for the 100th time that there was something almost magical about Ella. I was drawn to her like a moth to a bright flame. She was difficult to resist.

Her hand landed on my wrist suddenly. I looked at her questioningly and she smiled brightly up at me.

My heart stuttered at the gentle look on her face and the feeling of her skin on mine. It was even harder to resist her when she did things like this.

"Yes?" I asked, resisting the urge to pull her closer.

"I have one more thing to show you," she said excitedly.

"This is already too much," I said softly.

It was almost overwhelming, truly. People were never so considerate of me. I couldn't remember the last time someone went out of their way to do something for me without having an ulterior motive.

Suspicion rose in me momentarily, but I forced it aside. Ella wasn't like that.

"It's not too much," she argued. "You deserve it!"

She pulled my arm and led me toward the observation deck. Sitting on one of the plush recliners was a gift bag. It was a plain brown bag with white tissue paper sticking out of the top. I lifted it and was surprised by the weight.

the occasion?" I asked,

it a wedding gift," she said

paper out to reveal a dark blue fabric beneath. I pulled the item out to discover that

did you pick this out?" I

him if you had a favorite

hands. A million memories flooded my mind. It seemed like a different lifetime since I had raced, yet

that my expression would show

welcome," she said happily. She

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tease her, but nothing came to mind. She really had found the perfect gift for me and I

air and Ella jumped slightly. She

were wide with wonder as she watched the cars move towards the starting

going to start soon," she said in awe. “I'm glad we made

I replied, though I hadn't taken my eyes from

back into the room and retrieved her glass,

Ella was focused on the track, but I kept finding my eyes

get used to her, I realized. We'd known each other for a while now, but she

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some ways, yet strong and steadfast in others.

I had made an enemy of her, who knew what she could do to me. She knew so much

and sighed softly. In another life, maybe what Ella and I had

track with obvious excitement. Yet,

a true gift to me, though I could never tell

Ella POV

kept the jacket on his lap for the entire outing. I kept catching him

team name.

had been almost an afterthought, as I had wanted him to have something to actually open.

strong reaction from him, and I was glad that I