Chapter 113

I can sense the stress seeping out of his pores and push him back to lift my chin to see his face. Gazing up at him as concern overtakes me. I don’t like that all I can feel are high tension and low-mood vibes.

“What’s wrong? You seem… off.” My voice trembles lightly because my gut goes crazy with anxiety and ties itself in knots deep down. I’m so sensitive to the changes and moods because there is still that fear he will tell me this has all been a game, and he duped me to the extreme.

I know it’s stupid when all the evidence points at the exact opposite, but it’s still early days for me to accept that this is real and hard to overcome quickly.

Alexi lifts a hand and strokes back my hair gently, like always, before kissing me softly on the forehead. Coming back to rest his skin against the spot he graced with affection, he looks down at me with so much fatigue. Dark circles, tired eyes and a complete lack of hard lines of familiar cold scowling. He seems all used