Chapter 0275

Ella POV

By the time we returned to the apartment, Alexander was noticeably agitated. Seeing him in such a state did absolutely nothing to calm my own nerves.

"It's David, isn't it?" I asked as Alexander closed the door behind us.

He looked at me, startled for a moment, then shook his head. “No, I don't think so,” he said. “I don't see how David could be responsible at this point."

I chewed my lip nervously and shook my head. "A few people have warned me that there's something more going on here," I confessed "That David is just being used by someone even more dangerous. Do you think this could be related?"

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"I think that's more likely," Alexander confirmed.

"But who?" I demanded. "Who could possibly be doing all of this, and why? Why are they so determined to get rid of me? I'm not that important, and my father's not that powerful. It's an overreaction at best!"

"I truly don't know," Alexander said, his voice calm but firm. He stepped closer, lightly gripping my elbows as he pulled me into a hug. "Take a deep breath," he said gently

wanted to argue, but his words made me realize I was

leaning heavily against Alexander as I let his steady presence

1. me.

he said softly, "but I'm going to take care of it." "What

was a hard, serious expression on his face that sent a chill through me. Alexander released me and repeated, his tone resolute, "I'm going to take care of

my chest tightening. "You're not making any sense,"

problem. You can't just

ring of Alexander's phone cut me off. I recognized the tone

going to run off," I said, my voice tinged with

do," he said simply,

you would do this. I'm the one receiving these messages. I'm the one being drawn into this trap, and yet you think it's okay to run off and handle it on your own-without even telling the what's really going

to concern yourself with," Alexander said dismissively,

were like a slap in the face, igniting a white-hot anger that surged through

we were past this. I thought that at this point, Alexander and I were truly allies. That I'd proven

no-he was still

or irrelevant, something could brush off

my business. This was my business. It involved me-affected me directly- and yet he still didn't respect me enough to be

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