Chapter 79

She'd been lying there for a good while, a mess of tangled thoughts swirling in her mind. Finally giving up on sleep, Samantha got up, walked barefoot to the cabin door, and leaned against it with a sigh. "Alexander, I can't sleep. Pour me some red wine, will you?" Alexander paused what he was doing, looked up at her, and said, "You should be drinking something warm instead." Samantha scowled at him. "Do you always have to be so controlling?" "Yes," he answered without hesitation. "So you better start getting used to it." She rolled her eyes hard. "Why should I be the one adjusting? Why don't you try changing for once?" Alexander raised a brow. "Because life's long, and if you don't learn to deal with me being in charge, it's gonna be rough." "Life's long?" Samantha gave a cold little laugh. "You're really overestimating our future. Long as it is, I never planned on spending it with you." She tossed the words over her shoulder as she turned and walked off, annoyed and done talking. Wha