Chapter 222

Too bad Samantha got a little too carried away in the heat of the moment. She slipped, quoting a Farsenian poem about the stars without even thinking, totally breaking the careful tone she'd worked so hard to keep up. Alexander seemed to freeze for a second. Samantha didn’t catch his exact expression, but her gut told her—his suspicion toward her had deepened. He must have already dug into her and Alex’s past and found nothing. When he tried to look into her biological father, Vincent had stepped in just in time, blocking him, keeping any details from leaking out. And now she’d just handed him another clue. Great. What’s he going to dig into next? Samantha massaged her forehead, her brain working overtime. At the moment, she had no clue what move Alexander might make, but after thinking it through, she knew there was only one thing she could do—play it cool. If he didn’t move, she wouldn’t either. Keep it steady, ride the wave. All she could hope for was that Alexander wouldn’t find ou