Elena POV
I shifted uncomfortably, trying to stand. “Alex, let me go.”
His grip only tightened. “No.”
“ Alex let me go” I insisted but he held me firmly on his lap.
I couldn't struggle with him for too long. The more I struggled the more my body weakened and his grip on me got stronger.
“ No I will not,” he said after I had calmed down a little.
“Alex—”
“I said no,” he repeated, his tone hardening. “You’re not leaving this spot until you eat something.”
I stilled for a moment, catching my breath as the fight drained from my body. His warmth pressed against me, and for reasons I couldn’t explain, the tension in my shoulders began to unravel just slightly.
After a few quiet seconds, I heard him sigh, his breath brushing against my neck.
“Please,” he muttered, his tone softer this
