New Alliance (Part-1) (R-18)

Alexander was surprised to see that despite his reassuring calls to deal with the rumor, Miss Linda remained rooted in her spot, refusing to lower her 'red curtain'.

Rather her eyes, which seemed till now melancholic suddenly burst into a blaze of anger, 

"I do not need you to do anything about this, my lord. If I wanted to, I would have asked already"

Reading between the said lines, Miss Linda was basically saying she planned to get revenge on those spreading these malicious rumors herself, making them an example for going against her.

"....." And since she asked, Alexander was courteous enough to give her that herself, agreeing with a subtle nod.

As for Miss Linda, seeing Alexander still had no intention of moving to take her, felt her ego hurt.

Given she had made the offer in such an open way, she felt it would be too humiliating if she were to simply back down now.