The sickened luna’s last chance

Chapter 167

Chapter 167

“What are you doing?” I asked as he walked back to me.

Still without answering, he reached up and gently tucked the rose behind my ear, his fingers brushing against my cheek. “Dance

with me.”

I stared at him in shock. “What?”

“There’s music inside. We can hear it perfectly well out here.” He eld out his hand. “Dance with me, Ella.”

I looked down at his outstretched hand, then back up at his face. This felt like a trap somehow. Another performance, perhaps for cameras hidden in the bushes.

But if there were no cameras… It didn’t make a damn lick of sense. Alexander wasn’t romantic with me when he didn’t have to

be.

“Why?”

we haven’t had a chance to

Alexander being charming, probably trying to make up for hurting my feelings earlier. But Godless help me, I wanted

softly, placing

music from inside the ballroom drifted out through the open doors, slow and romantic and perfect for a gentle

dancer, leading me through the steps with easy confidence. The rose in my hair released its sweet scent every time I moved, and the moonlight turned everything silver as if the Moon Goddess herself

had sought me out because he missed me, not because he

had so many questions I wanted to ask. About the contract. About whether he’d ever consider making our marriage real instead of just legal. About whether there was any chance he might actually

fantasy I’d created earlier for those women

my ear.

I wanted to live in that fairy tale for just few more minutes. Even if it would

I simply closed my eyes and let my head rest against his chest, listening to the steady beat of his heart beneath my ear, His arms tightened around me, holding me closer, and

really dancing

what I’d always dreamed marriage would be like. Quiet moments, tender touches that meant everything and nothing all at once. The feeling of being safe in the arms of someone who loved