CHAPTER 63
ALEXANDER’S POV
I sighed as I put the car in park. The engine hummed softly in the hood, the low hum filling the silence between my breaths. I stared at Mara's window, watching her silhouette dance across the pane. She was still dressing up and from the way she sounded on the call, it seemed like I was going to be there for a while.
Needing a distraction, I quickly brought out my phone and clicked on the screen. My thumb slid over it as I searched for an app–any app–that’d take my mind off what laid ahead of us.
I was still scrolling when my eyes caught the message app. Curiosity got to me and I tapped on it before heading straight to my mother's contact.
A sharp exhale poured out of my nostrils as I looked down at the text I had sent.
She had seen the message, but sh
