Desires Die Hard

Chapter 190

Ellie sneaked into the bedroom hastily and called Anya. The young woman was in the middle of her meal. Anya picked her call immediately. “Anya, are you done with dinner?”

She was in the middle of her dinner with Jamie. Of course, she was not. She had not realized that Evan had left the restaurant. The young woman sounded completely at ease when she replied. “Nope. I might take another half an hour.”

Half an hour? That long?

Ellie was at a momentary loss. Anya had gone for dinner with the lawyer because she needed to get started on her lawsuit on her mother’s inheritance. Ellie should not be interrupting her dinner at all. But Evan was in their apartment right now. She was worried that she would not be able to handle the man alone.

Ellie started pacing while clutching the phone to her ear tightly. She was struggling to put her words together.

Anya frowned slightly when she noticed the long bout of silence on the other end of the line. “What’s wrong, Ellie? Why are you so quiet?”

“Anya……..” After a moment of hesitation, Ellie finally decided to tell Anya the truth. She was sick with worry. Evan might be here to take Eudora and Nathaniel away. She steeled herself before finally blurting out. “Anya, Evan’s in our apartment.”

Her words sent Anya reeling back in alarm. Her fingers trembled. She whipped her head around immediately. Her eyes searched frantically for a familiar face. Evan was not seated at the table next to theirs.

Panic surged through the young woman like a tsunami. She seemed to have forgotten all about Jamie who was seated right across the table. Her mind was somewhere else. Anya bit her lips anxiously. “Is he really in our apartment?”

had no idea what the man

immediately. She turned towards Jamie with an apologetic look in her eyes. “I’m so sorry, Jamie. There’s an emergency at home. I have to go now. I’m so sorry. I can’t believe I’m leaving

keep Anya here when she clearly had an emergency to attend to. He knew that Anya

a lift.” The man dabbed his lips lightly with the

was not going

going to trouble the man for a

the middle of dinner. That alone made her feel terrible enough. She shook her head apologetically. “Thanks for the offer, Jamie.

to change her mind. He was a gentleman who respected a woman’s wishes. Besides, this was their first meeting. He had plenty of opportunities to

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Chapter 1901

“Alright. Take care,

nodded. “Bye, Jamie.”

bag, turned away and

young woman tried to get a cab as soon as she got outside.

woman. “Ms. MacMillan,

heard Hayden’s voice. The man was dressed for work. She was

It made sense. There was a reason Hayden had seemingly appeared out of nowhere. At

would explain why Evan had tasked him to give Anya a