#Chapter 168: You Love Me?

[Evelyn’s POV] Every muscle in my body had gone still. Not a single breath of air passed through my lungs as I stared back at Alexander in awe. My voice was too low for even myself to hear. “What...? You...You love me?” The air thickened around us, making me feel as though I’d just stepped into an overly surreal setting. I was frightened that I was going to somehow find myself waking up out of a dead sleep, only to find that this had all been just a dream. But everything about it was far too real to be mistaken. Alexander moved closer to where I could smell the alluring scent of his cologne. I felt the calloused pads of his finger play at the exposed side of my face and the very edge of the mask. He was real. Everything around us was real which meant that even the words he’d uttered were real too. There was a glint in his eyes as he spoke. “Yes, I do.” He lowered his hands to rest on my hips. “I should have told you that before, I know.” “To tell you the truth,