Chapter 176

*Olivia*

I sat in the backseat of my car as Aiden drove, and Ava chatted happily to her brother. Crossing my arms, I stared nervously out the window. Guilt ate away at me for accidentally hanging up on Alexander and for not telling him that I was headed to Luceland this weekend, too. My stomach stiffened with fear as I thought about how he would react if he knew I had copied his travel plans.

Ava straightened in her seat, startling me out of my thoughts. “Hey…is that Alexander’s car?” she asked.

My heart raced as I looked behind us, and sure enough, I spotted Alexander’s, although Richard was the one driving. They were only a few cars behind us.

This wasn’t good.

Ava turned around and looked at me with confusion. “Why is Alexander following us?”

I sighed and decided to come clean. “He isn’t. Alexander planned a trip to Luceland for a different reason before we planned ours.” I couldn’t help the bitterness in my voice wheι. pictured Naomi’s perfect face.

But I had bigger problems right now. I’d managed to get a quick peak at Alexander’s face, and he had been frowning, his dark eyes in angry slits. Quickly, I took my phone out to message Gai

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and asked why Alexander looked so mad.

I waited for a full five minutes, but she didn’t reply.

Pretty soon, Alexander’s car was right behind us, and my stomach rolled with anxiety.

I didn’t want to find out what would happen if he caught up to


us.

Alexander and I locked eyes. My stomach knotted with worry when I saw his jaw clench. His gaze shot to Aiden in the driver’s seat, and his eyes sparked with rage.

was the one who was going to Luceland to meet a woman. And it wasn’t even like I was romantically interested

why is Alexander going to Luceland, too?” Ava asked. “Didn’t we decide not

“What plan?” Aiden questioned.

your business and focus on the road,”

the two siblings quip back and forth for

the window so I

had gotten out of answering Ava’s question, but when she had finished bickering with Aiden, she turned and raised her eyebrows at

to the same place as

woman. The same one he went on a blind date with that he made me

woman Alexander was meeting out loud. It just

and she lifted her chin. “Are you

muttered, wishing it was


way he acts around you! No

“He…he looks

room. He looks at you with such burning intensity, I can’t believe a fire hasn’t started

made a small laugh burst past my lips

glaring at Alexander’s car. “Take this

before our

car.

ved the

what he was doing as he smoothly drove down the exit

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around, and my shoulders slumped when I didn’t see Alexander’s


Gai. My head tilted when I read the message. It only

had just overreacted, and Alexander hadn’t been following us. Maybe I had misinterpreted

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