Alexander POV

"You love me, Hera. Am I right?"

Hera stopped walking away from me. She didn't look back but her breath rose and fell. She held her emotion.

"If you left because you felt guilty for me, then I forgive you." I then took her free hand beside her body. "But if you ask me to be happy with Marry, I can't, I refuse."

"Please don't make this problem more complicated," she said in a choked voice.

I slipped my hands around her waist and pulled her body back until it collided with mine. I ...