The sickened luna’s last chance

Chapter 109

Chapter 109

Ella & Alexander

Ella

The charity auction was everything I’d expected it to be-packed with socialites who were all dressed to the nines, elegant white linens and crystal chandeliers, and tables full of auction items lining the walls.

Alexander and I had been making the rounds for about an hour, his hand never moving away from its position on my lower back as we moved from table to table, examining the various items up for bid.

A weekend getaway to the mountains. A vintage wine collection. A private dinner with a celebrity chef..

All of it felt hollow and meaningless when so many other couples were bidding on the more intimate options, and all the while I was wearing a fake mark and pretending to be madly in love with a man who could barely stand to touch me.

“Smile,” Alexander murmured in my ear as a photographer approached. “Look interested in the jewelry.”

I plastered on my Luna smile and leaned closer to examine a diamond tennis bracelet on the table in front of me. The photographer snapped a few pictures, and I made sure to angle my neck so the fake mark was clearly visible.

another performance in

business deal while I perused a collection of rare antique books. I was actually reading the spines, trying to find something that Lilith might like, when I felt something

snap against my neck. The delicate chain of Lilith’s

Goddess,

stunning red dress, and her

she said.

help, but her heel came down

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I stared down at the necklace.

history, crushed under the heel of Sophia’s

dear, it’s completely ruined, isn’t it?” Sophia said airily. “What a

Quaint.

she’d done. This

considered slapping that smug expression right off

urge.

folding fans and glasses of champagne. Causing a scene at a charity auction wouldn’t help anyone, least of all me. It would only give the gossips more ammunition and make Alexander look bad.