Chapter 27

Ella

Yesterday’s kiss may have momentarily distracted the press from the contract scandal, but that didn’t mean I wanted to spend more time wER A than absolutely necessary.

Especially not after last night.

But Alexander was right; the press would be watching us like hawks over the coming days, and we had to at least make an attempt to look like the 1300). loving couple we had pretended to be yesterday.

“Ready?” Alexander asked as I made my way down the stairs. I had changed into a pair of jeans, boots, and a light sweater to combat the spring chil outside.

I nodded and grabbed my bag off the foyer table before following him out the door.

erupted from the bushes lining the road outside the large fence surrounding the property. Paparaz course. They’d been camping out since the

his side. I pasted on a smile, leaning into him as we made our

fake smiles. By the time he slid into the

exactly are we going?” I asked as we pulled away from the mansion, the paparazzi scrambling into their own vehicles to follow us.

week. Check the perimeter, make sure there aren’t any weaknesses in

in five years of marriage. But then again, I supposed I had never asked; I had always focused

the Stormhollow warriors and training, I was usually in a tree somewhere, or perhaps swimming in the


me to be, was typically expected to stay home; manage the

climbing trees and swimming in creeks, just like I

what was expected

that, we drove in silence for a while. I stared out the window, watching as the mansion

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