Chapter 47

Alexander’s Pov

I couldn’t believe myself just the same way she couldn’t believe her ears. She stared at me the moment I walked into the dungeon and for a minute, I could see the shock in her eyes.

“You should have your meal”, I repeated, with a voice that sounded a lot more softer than the first.

She gulped down hard and glared at me again, obviously trying to decipher what I was up to at the moment. There were different flashes in her eyes and most of them made my heart ache.

She had a form of distrust and then, I could see hate as well in those eyes.

“And why should I eat?” Amelia asked defiantly as she took a step backwards, making it seem as though I was a predator who was about to make her my prey.

I took in a deep breath as I pondered over the question which she had just thrown to me. Deep down, I knew that I wanted her to eat since she was sick and still recuperating. However, I knew that if I laid that to her, she would take me to be a vulnerable and pretentious man who was