#Chapter 69: Blessings and Curses

Ella POV Alexander's show of dominance melted away quickly after that. We enjoyed a romantic candlelit dinner, and he acted so warm and attentive that I could almost convince myself that what had happened with Lily was nothing more than a figment of my imagination. I sat in the passenger seat of his sports car as he drove me home. It was already well past midnight, and he was probably right—people had seen the posts online about our engagement and likely reached out to my parents, who were most likely waiting up for me. "How do you think your parents will react?" Alexander asked. "I’m not sure," I admitted. "My mother’s already expressed some concerns about our relationship, so I don’t know if she’ll be happy about this. Still, my parents are so doting, I doubt they’ll try to stand against it." "I’ll simply have to find a way to win your mother over," Alexander said with a smirk. We were nearly at my parents' house. I had been scrolling through social m