#Chapter 85 A Change of Heart

~Grace~ “I can explain,” I quickly spilled, my heart pounding. This was awful. I never wanted him to find out this way, now it looked even worse. Not that it wasn’t bad before, but now it made me look five times more guilty. Alex stayed frozen, his hand still in my hair. I couldn’t read his expression, he looked… neutral. His eyes were locked on the mark. I took a shaky breath and pulled back, brushing my hair over my shoulder again. Alex slowly looked up at me. I felt awful. “Alex, I didn’t want to. Please believe me,” I began, my voice wavering. I realized how pathetic I sounded. I placed my hand on top of Alex’s, but he didn’t move. “It was Christopher,” I began, and I felt Alex’s hand twitch and his jaw clench. My heart dropped. No, that wasn’t a good way to start. God, why couldn’t I say this the right way? “When the clan was cursed, I didn’t have many options. I knew you wanted to kill Liam’s family, but I didn’t want that to happen.