Chapter 14

I couldn't make sense of Alex's strange behavior. Ever since my fallout with Julian, Alex had been acting really weird. First, he showed up out of nowhere just to mock me. Then, he sent me to get a watch fixed as a prank. Today, in front of everyone, he called me the heiress of the Hastings family. But what really threw me off was what he said when he dropped me off today. Just thinking about his bizarre actions gave me the creeps. Lila was still waiting for an explanation from me about why Alex had acted like that. "Maybe..." I thought for a moment before offering a theory, saying, "Maybe he's just lost his mind. He's not acting like himself." Lila gave me a surprised look. "What?" "I mean, maybe Alex is going through some kind of temporary insanity. Once he comes to his senses, everything will be fine." Alex hated me, so his recent strange behavior was probably just an anomaly. Neither Lila nor I said anything more, and soon, we both fell asleep. … Early the next morning,