Desires Die Hard

Chapter 68

Anya ended the call and clutched her prototypes to her chest tightly. She took a deep breath and exhaled loudly in an attempt to release the exhaustion that had been building up inside her throughout the day. Then, she headed downstairs and headed to the subway.

Since Jake was busy today, he couldn’t give her a ride. Anya was glad. She didn’t want to be put in a situation where she had to explain why her boss was giving her a ride across the city.

She got to the entrance of Welton Group Tower.

It must be her unlucky day because that was when she ran into Evan again.

Anya tried to pretend that she didn’t see the man. She quickened her pace, turned around and headed towards the subway

station.

The Welton Group Tower was located very conveniently near the station. However, the factories that she had to head to were scattered all across the city. It would take her some time to make her rounds. All Anya could do was to hurry up.

Unbeknownst to her, Evan had caught her slipping away to the station:

His dark eyes stared at the streak of shadow dashing into the distance and darkened.

The young woman’s arms were filled with clothes. Was she bringing work back home?

Curiosity flickered across Evan’s eyes. He couldn’t help but turn towards his assistant, Hayden. “Do you where she’s going?”

have any

Idea

Hayden had no idea who Evan was talking about. A look of bafflement appeared on his face while a note of uncertainty crept into Hayden’s voice as the man spoke. “Mr. Welton, who are you talking about?”

at his assistant.

Anya MacMillan?

started scanning the area, searching for Anya. It didn’t take him long before his

It was Anya.

Hayden couldn’t understand why Evan was so drawn to the young woman. He remembered that she had only been to

that much of an impression on Evan?

what he thought about her though. Evan was interested in the young woman, which meant that it was his job to find out where Anya was going. “Mr. Welton, I’m not

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in Evan’s eyes dimmed as

said. He had asked on the spur of

couldn’t believe his ears,

Evan seemed quite interested in knowing where Anya was headed. Why had he

young man fell into a momentary silence. “Mr. Welton, are we

Evan had work

was but one of many women he had run into in

to get her out

Hayden nodded

took the subway alone to her first factory, Evan sat in his Bentley, mulling over work as the car

two had gone their separate ways.

the same. Evan was meeting Jamerson at his factory while the first factory that Anya

one reason Evan had decided

a great location.

adjacent to another that he had had his eye on. If he could acquire the land, he would be able to build a huge deep–water port