Desires Die Hard

Chapter 159

The housekeeper had a few bottles of herbal tea ready at the coffee table when Anya stepped into the living room. “Ms. MacMillan, Mr. Welton instructed me to brew this. Please take them with you when you leave

“They’re good for you.”

The housekeeper seemed like a friendly woman but Anya couldn’t help the tension stiffening her shoulders. A crease furrowed her brow. She didn’t need herbal tea

If she wanted any, she could get them herself.

She wasn’t going to accept anything from Evan.

“Thank you,” Anya said politely. She couldn’t spill her honest thoughts to the housekeeper. It wasn’t the woman’s fact

“I have to get back to work. Please let me know if you need anything.”

The young woman nodded.

The housekeeper headed back to the dining area. She had to get breakfast ready for Evan and Anya. Anya sat down carefully on the extremely comfortable couch in the living room and waited for Evan.

He was still in his bedroom, changing into a new set of clothes.

Ten minutes later, Evan emerged from his bedroom. The young man was dressed in comfortable, casual sportswear.

It was a really casual look.

Without his usual starched white shirt and black pants, Evan didn’t seem as distant and forbidding. In his casual sportswear, he appeared almost friendly and approachable.

eyes from

been some time since he had seen Evan in

eyes to linger for too long. After another glance, she withdrew her

slowly, then sat down and made himself comfortable on the couch. “What would you like for breakfast?

to not have breakfast with Evan in the first place. She struggled to keep her composure and finally managed to say in a voice that did not betray her fear and anxiety, “Mr. Welton, this dress will

dress on

it back.” Evan eyed the

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to refuse a

What an interesting woman.

interested in getting into a prolonged argument with the man over a

and she was going to leave the dress behind when

on her mind. What womed Anys were Evarts sharp mind and devious

right into one of his traps and end up saying something that she

nearly done when he had brought

that the man still suspected that the twins were his children.

be a challenge to

Instead, he simply studied the young woman quietly Anya felt like a prey. Evan

as if he was a ravenous wolf that might lunge at her at any moment and

her eyes towards the view outside the

silence as the housekeeper

to his feet. “Come on, have breakfast

and threw the man

with the man because she owed him for what he had done for her during her dinner