#Chapter 31: Twenty Questions

Ella Over the next few days, the cameras continued to follow us everywhere, documenting our every move. So Alexander and I continued our charade, playing the happy couple whenever we stepped outside the mansion. I mostly just accompanied Alexander during his Alpha duties, smiling at his side during meetings, playing the role of a doting and loyal wife everywhere we went. To the outside world, we were the perfect Alpha and Luna duo, completely in love and utterly devoted to each other. But the moment we would step inside the house, the act would drop. Within the walls of that mansion, we would always go right back to our usual pattern—distant and cold, sharing a bedroom only out of necessity. One evening, after a particularly exhausting day of playing the doting wife, I found myself sitting alone at the dining table, picking at a plate of roast chicken and vegetables. Alexander had disappeared into his office the moment we’d returned home without even bothering