Chapter 21
Alexander's POV
For a brief moment, the world slowed as Kurt stepped out of the car like some pretty damn hero from a scene that just wasn't mine. His hands held a bouquet of lilies and a box of chocolates.
Just the same things I was holding!
For a long second, I felt my fingers go numb around the flowers, and I just stood there, caught between disbelief and a bitter sting of pure twisted irony.
"Mara!" he called out in a smooth tone.
She froze at the door,just halfway between closing it and stepping outside. Then I watched as her face brightened–so quickly and quite naturally that I didn't need to hear the next word to know how this would end.
"Oh,Kurt," she muttered sweetly as she ran down the small steps towards him. "You surely didn't need to do this."
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