The sickened luna’s last chance

Chapter 187

“Open your mouth.”

“Ella-”

“Don’t make me use my Luna Voice.”

That got a genuine laugh out of him, and he obediently opened his mouth. I fed him the bite of cake, trying to ignore how intimate the gesture felt in the quiet of his office. No one was here to watch or

photograph the moment. It was just… us.

“Good?” I asked.

“Really good.” Alexander smiled, but there was a smudge of chocolate frosting on his cheek that he’d missed when he’d wiped his mouth.

Without thinking, I leaned forward and kissed it off.

Alexander went completely still. Then he was pulling away from me so fast that I nearly fell off the desk.

“Ella, we can’t-”

slap to the face. I slid off the desk, embarrassment burning hot in

the kiss and everything…” I shook my head. “I must

misread the situation.”

“It’s not that simple.”

Seems pretty fucking simple to me. You kiss me when there are

the moment, but the second we’re alone, you yank yourself away like I’ve got some

disease.”

Alexander flinched. “That’s not-”

with me that you can’t stand the thought of actually wanting me? I know this

out smaller than the others, and I hated how vulnerable I sounded. But

pulled away from me. Tired of wondering

own mate not wanting

was on his feet and blocking my path before I’d taken two

side of me and gripped the desk, effectively

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I don’t

until I heard the wood creak, and when he spoke, his eyes were blazing. “You want to know what’s wrong? Nothing. Not a damn thing. You’re so fucking beautiful it makes my chest burn just looking at you.