Game on

ALEXANDER POV

I watched as she walked off towards the bathroom. How could she just dismiss me like that? Like I was some paid gigolo. Like what they just had was nothing.

I immediately rushed up, not minding that I was bare-bodied, strode towards her, and held her arms, just as she got to the bathroom door.

"What the hell is wrong with you? You can't just dismiss me like that."

She pushed against me, and I moved back, giving her the space she needed. With a shaking hand, she pushed her hair back from her face. I could see guilt in her eyes.

“It isn’t easy for me,” she tried to explain, her voice shaking just like her hand was.

“I’ve.... I was actually a virgin when I married your father. I've never had a lover before him… and what we had... well... it was a mistake and right now we're surrounded by people who will find any excuse at all to bring it down.”

My eyes were sharp, watchful, and he waited. She made a helpless gesture. “I…care about you. but..."

“No,” I said sharply, deliber