Chapter 143

“Are you okay?” Alexi turns his head, pausing on his phone mid-conversation to look at me, pulling my eyes to him. Concern etched lightly on that smooth tanned face.

“Hungover and in need of a nap.” I lie faultlessly, impulsively, hiding the real reasons behind my shakes. Internally crapping myself for something most girls spend their life dreaming of. Alexi’s expression softens, and he smiles a tad.

“We won’t stay long, and we can have lunch at the suite after if you prefer that to going out?” He cocks his head to the side with a studious scan of my face. Finding pain in the gentle gaze he is giving me only makes my thoughts riot all over again. I can tell he doubts the truth in my words; he has a clue I’m not being frank, and I turn back to the window to stop him dissecting me.

If he gets a whiff of my desire to run, who knows how that will go. He would come after me.

“Yeah. I need more sleep.” I exhale heavily as though to prove the point, cringing as he s