Chapter 155
**Stephanie's Point of View**
Alexander suddenly stopped turning the ignition key. He turned his entire towering frame toward me, his eyes painting a complex mixture of surprise and profound anxiety as he closely watched the telltale trembling of my lips, which I was completely unable to conceal or hide. A sudden, suffocating silence blanketed the car's interior, broken only by my rapid, panting breaths and the sound of light rain beginning to tap in a rhythmic pattern against the windshield.
