Desires Die Hard

Chapter 142

The forceful declaration of ownership sent Anya reeling with shock. The young for words.

Evan could have any woman he wanted. Why must he have her?

woman found herself at a momentary lo

Anya’s thoughts were a jumbled mess as if someone had just thrown them into disarray.

“Let me send you home now,” Evan said, the tone to his voice surprisingly gentle while he gazed into her eyes.

Anya broke out of her stunned stupor. She immediately shoved Evan’s towering form away from her and pressed herself against the flank of the car. Her brow was creased into a deep frown. The look of wariness and reluctance on her face was as stark as day. “Mr. Welton, you were the one who told me to stay away from you a year ago. What changed?”

Evan seemed to find her words hilarious. His voice was husky as he spoke slowly. “You seemed really interested in getting into bed with me a year ago, I’m giving you another chance. Why aren’t you taking it?”

Incredulity rippled across Anya’s face. What was he talking about? She had never thought about having sex with him!

He wasn’t going to believe her, of course. He would never believe her if she told him that she had never tried to set him up and had never tried to lure him into bed with her.

Someone else had set the both of them up.

But she wasn’t interested in clearing up this terrible misunderstanding right now. She knew her attempts would only make things worse.

what happened

the man who was adamant to get his way, get upset and

could happen to her? She could

and waited.

unexpectedly and gripped her soft chinifirmly. His voice was a low murmur. “This is

to move on from the incident a year ago. After all, Anya had kept her promise and stayed away from

she had caught his eye.

different now.

time since he had come across a woman who could pique his

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with rage and ready to blow up. What was

he that desperate?

The

dared not. She simply stood there and bore his touch unwillingly for a long moment before shoving him away from her.

That was his business. She wasn’t going to go against her principles

sale.

she had shoved him away. He wasn’t that much of a creep after