Another Chance for the Luna Queen novel

Chapter 0277 Ella POV The contents of the box were baffling .

It was filled with a dotle assortment of papers : business receipts , handwritten letters from people whose names I didnt recognize or who hadnt signed them at all .

From the few lines 1 skimmed , the letters seemed meaningless , scattered fragments of someone elses life .

I wasnt willing to sit and read them one by one .

That still fell like too much of a violation of Alexanders privacy .

I carefully began separating the contents into piles : receipts , letters , technical documents that might as well have been written in a foreign language for all I understood them , and photos .

There werent many photos , but the ones I found did little to illuminate the mystery of who Alexander was or what he was hiding .

A few were of him as a young man , standing beside his father or with a boy who I assumed was his younger brother .

I couldnt help but notice Diana was conspicuously absent from any of the pictures .

There were also group photos classmates , friends at parties , happy moments frozen in time .

One photo stood out : Alexander in racing gear , grinning broadly as he posed next to a sleek car .

They were snapshots of happier days , glimpses of a life before he became Alpha , before he had to guard every part of himself so carefully .

A pang of guilt hit me as I sifted through the box .

I felt like an intruder , prying into memories that werent mine to see .

This wasnt why Id opened the box I hadnt wanted to see his past laid bare , just find some clue to the present .

But where else was I supposed to look ? I stared at the disorganized piles in front of me , frustration and regret knotting together in my chest .

There were no answers here , just more questions .

This was pointless .

I sighed and began putting the piles back into the box , trying to erase the evidence of my intrusion .

If Alexander noticed the mess , Id just say I accidentally knocked it over and apologize .

As I reached for the lid to seal the box , my fingers fumbled , and it slipped from my hands .

It hit the floor at an awkward angle , and something fluttered out from beneath it .

I froze , staring at the item on the floor .

A sheet of paper ? No a photo .

I picked it up , my heart seizing in my chest the moment I saw it .

Alexander looked younger in the image , though clearly an adult .

Beside him stood a blonde woman with a radiant , loving smile that seemed to light up the frame .

His arm was wrapped around her , and she leaned into his embrace in a way that spoke volumes about their closeness .

The connection between them was unmistakable .

She was breathtakingly beautiful , but that wasnt why I couldnt tear my eyes away from her face .

There was something hauntingly familiar about her .

I didnt know her , not personally , but Id seen her somewhere before .

I sank onto the floor , holding the photo in trembling hands .

My mind raced , flipping through fragments of memories as I tried to place her .

That smile it stirred something deep within me , a feeling I couldnt quite name .

+13 BONUS : Who was she ? I felt like I was staring into the face of a ghost That was it ! I must have seen her in the original timeline .

it where ? And when ? My eyes went wide , and the picture slipped from my trembling fingers , fluttering to the floor .

A memory surged to the surface , vivid and undeniable .

The scandal that had destroyed Alexander in the original timeline the one that dominated the media for months thats where I had seen this woman before .

This blonde woman , his ex , was at the center of it all .

I gasped softly , recalling the fleeting dream Id had of her face not long ago .

At the time , I couldnt hold on to the memory ; it had faded into the recesses of my mind .

But now , there was no denying it .

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