Contractually Yours, Alpha by Giftemmy

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Chapter Forty Four

Chapter Forty Four

Aliya's POV

Trian stood dutifully at his post by the door. I watched him out of the corner of my eye, careful not to let him know I was looking. The man was indeed handsome.

I wanted to say something to him-anything-but I didn't know what to say. Since the incident, we hadn't exchanged a single word. He went on breaks and returned as quickly as he could; he was always present, and suddenly my room didn't feel like a cage anymore.

If only I could talk to him. What would I say?

Ask him about the weather?... maybe complement his... clothes. His uniform was different from the soldiers here. He wore a thick, black, high-collared jacket paired with fitted pants. From the texture, it looked like it was either made of crocodile skin or something that closely resembled it.

I found my eyes trailing lower.

"Aren't you hungry?" He asked, and I quickly looked away from him, my gaze returning to the book in my hands, the one I held up-side-down.

I was

yet

eaten in days." He reminded me. Of course, I hadn't. It's not new to me. Empress Julia only brings me food when she believes it's the right time; this is time for studies. I was to keep reading

Empress will send me a meal if she believes it's time. I

not answered my question, Aliya," he said, calling me by my name again; my stomach fluttered with 'butterflies'-I got those anytime he called my name.

I

He says, pulling

for a fact that it wasn't

me alone, not even once;

on the chair, curious as to what he

thirty minutes. A tray of food in his hands. My stomach growled

smell.

words sounded more like

I couldn't make a move because I knew what this was: It was a test. The Empress wanted to test me, and if I failed, I

the Empress would bring me some food." I repeated. "The Empress is not around now; she won't be for the

of course even if she had, he would deny it, and yet