Chapter 18: A Man Of Contradictions

(Katriona)

MY HEART thudded. I stood as far away from Alexander as possible before rubbing my ears. “Something must be wrong with my ears. Or maybe I was just tired. I think I misheard you-“

“No, you didn’t. You heard me loud and clear. I’m telling you to strip in front of me now, princess.”

My body was shaking with another surge of hatred when I replied, “Just how much of my pride do you plan to take away from me?”

Alexander stood up. His long, powerful legs had easily swallowed the gap between us. Every time he would take a step forward, I would take a step backwards until my back hit the cold wall. I grimaced.

“You just don’t know how to listen, do you?” he asked when he was only a step away from me. I could almost breathe in his masculine scent.

His words sounded aggressive but there were no traces of threat or roughness in his eyes. Instead, he had a soft expression as he gazed down at me, something I didn’t know whether to believe in or not. He was a man of contradictions. He wa