#Chapter 210: Loose Ends

Ella POV I woke up with my head pressed against Alexander’s chest, his arms wrapped securely around me. The warmth of his embrace should have been comforting, but it did nothing to calm the chaos of my waking. Both our phones were ringing, and someone was pounding on the apartment door. Alexander pressed a quick kiss to the top of my head before gracefully pulling away. I watched as he grabbed a pair of pants from the bedroom floor, pulling them on as he rushed out to answer the door. I reached blindly for my phone on the nightstand, answering without checking the caller ID. “Oh my God, Ella,” Elizabeth’s panicked voice burst through the line. “I’m so sorry, I don’t know how—” From the living room, Alexander’s furious voice boomed, “What?!” Alarm jolted through me. I scrambled out of bed, yanking on my bathrobe and tying it tightly as I hurried toward the commotion. “What is it? What’s wrong?” I demanded into the phone. “They released h