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?”

to.” Alexander stepped closer. “And we haven’t had a chance to

I knew better. This was just Alexander being charming, probably trying to make up for hurting my feelings earlier. But Godless help

I said softly, placing

waist while the other held mine. The music from inside the ballroom drifted

dancer, leading me through the steps with easy confidence. The rose in my hair released its sweet scent every time I

this was real. That Alexander had sought me out because he missed me, not because he felt guilty about something he’d said. That the tender way he was looking at me meant something more than political

contract. About whether he’d ever consider making our marriage real instead of just legal. About whether there was any chance he

shut. I didn’t want to ruin this moment, this brief glimpse into the fantasy I’d created earlier for those women at the party. The story where Alexander was a devoted husband who

my ear.

it was pathetic, but I wanted to live in that fairy tale for just few more minutes. Even if it would disappear

his heart beneath my ear, His arms tightened around me, holding me closer, and for a moment

really dancing but just holding each other

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