Chapter 34: Too Close
The silence inside Alexander’s study felt heavier than before.
“If he asked you to leave with him again…”
His gaze stayed fixed on Monica.
“…would you?”
Monica’s breath caught softly.
Because she still didn’t have an answer.
And somehow—
that silence became the answer Alexander hated most.
Something shifted in his expression.
Not anger.
Not exactly.
Something more dangerous.
Jealousy.
Monica swallowed softly.
“Alexander…”
But he moved before she could continue.
Closing the distance between them in slow, deliberate steps until she instinctively took one backward.
Then another.
“Do you know what bothers me the most?” he asked quietly.
Monica’s back lightly touched the edge of the desk behind her.
“That even after everything…”
He stopped directly in
