Another Chance for the Luna Queen by Aurora Starling

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Chapter 0276

Chapter 0276

"I don't think that," Alexander replied, his tone unnervingly calm. "But I need to get to work and handle this situation before it escalates. You're upset, but I don't have

me

"To what?" I cut him off, my voice rising. "To talk to me? To tell me the truth? Just how much are you hiding, Alexander, that you don't have time to confess?"

"This is ridiculous," he said sharply, his calm demeanor cracking as he turned away from me. Without another word, he answered his phone.

I stood there, shaking with rage, every nerve in my body screaming at me to lunge forward and knock the phone out of his hand. But I held back.

Instead, I spun on my heel and marched to the bedroom.

pressed my face into the

had tried to convince myself that Alexander was entitled to his secrets, that it didn't matter to me. But it was a lie. I wanted to

real-not entirely. The distance

life could be on the line, and whatever

anymore.

Alexander called from the doorway,

pillow tightly to my chest

a few hours,"

weakly, my

as if he wanted to say more. Then,

sigh, he turned and walked away. I held my breath, listening to the sound of his footsteps fading across the apartment. A

bed, my chest tight with frustration. I had to do something-I just didn't know what. The helplessness clawed at me, making me

powerless," I whispered, as if saying it

tell me what was going on, I'd have to find out for

cold and impersonal, offering no clues to the man I'd married.

thing that seemed out of place in the sleek, minimalist decor. I approached it, scanning the spines