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-”

rejection hit me like a slap to the face. I slid off the desk, embarrassment burning hot

tonight, with the kiss and everything…” I shook my head.

misread the situation.”


“It’s not that simple.”

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

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

disease.”

Alexander flinched. “That’s not-”

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

than the others, and I hated how vulnerable I

away from me. Tired of

mate

was on his feet and

me and gripped the desk, effectively caging

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to me, because I don’t understand.”

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. I want you so badly that sometimes I can’t even breathe when you’re in the same room. The

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