Desires Die Hard

Chapter 78

Never in Anya’s wildest dreams would she have dreamed of Evan kissing her.

They were standing right outside Cindy’s apartment!

She wondered if Evan had had too much to drink tonight. That was the only reason that could explain his bizarre behavior.

He hated her, didn’t he?

Yet, the kiss felt so real. Anya felt her head going dizzy as she struggled for air. She could taste it. There was no stench of alcohol in the man’s mouth.

He tasted not of alcohol but of something sharp and clean.

Evan was not drunk.

Why had he kissed her then?

Why had he offered to pay to spend the night with her?

With the little reason that she still had left in her head, Anya gradually came to her senses. Evan believed that she had set him up and tricked him into bed. He must think that her services could be bought at a cheap price.

The thought of that made her stomach turn.

CEO of Wel

He might be the CEO of Welton Group but so what?

He might be the man she had once been madly in love but so what?

He was kissing her. But had he sought her consent before doing that?

and pushed him away. Her fingers had curled tightly into fists. She lifted her hand and sent it swinging at his cheek. “Mr. Welton, you’ve stepped out of line. Perhaps you didn’t hear me the first time. I’m

a hard slap for his inappropriate behavior, Anya clutched her bag tightly,

after her. His eyes darkened as he touched the cheek that she had slapped. The look in his eyes sharpened with rage.

to give it to her. She

she had

young man stared at Anya’s slender form as she marched right into the elevator.

that had seized in him earlier. Evan wasn’t an

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man cooled down and returned to his senses.

had acted rashly earlier.

had caused his moment of madness?

was he still thinking about that woman?

He stared out of his window. It stretched from the floor to the ceiling. The night beyond was pitch

black.

He casually yanked his collar loose.

want the woman? Or was it something else

matter

lured him into his bed a year ago. Well, he wanted her back in his

playing hard to get.

hard to get and denying

shove the thoughts of

for

soft and tasted sweet. Like strawberries.

carefully

pinched his brow hard. He decided to abandon all

reached the appropriate age where he should

didn’t matter that she was someone

of his pocket and called Hayden. He told his assistant to prepare a contract. It was a contract procuring Anya’s services as