Finding Love in the Boss’s Embrace After Divorce

Chapter 9 Jealousy

Just as Evelyn was about to close her mouth, he pressed his thumb against her teeth, and she instinctively opened her mouth again, letting Huston play with her mouth.

Eventually, he had enough fun and withdrew his fingers. He grabbed a tissue to carefully wipe his fingers, and glanced at Evelyn, sitting in a confused daze.

Her innocence ignited his desire. However, they just had sex in the dining room, it’d be too much for her to handle if he f*cked her

again.

“It’s unbelievable your husband chose another woman. He probably hasn’t seen you in this light before,” Huston sarcastically

remarked,

Perhaps Huston didn’t intend to belittle her, but his words struck a chord. Embarrassed and angry, Evelyn wrapped herself in clothes and rushed out of the room.

As Huston watched her disappearing figure at the doorway, a wider smile played across his eyes. Not only was she as pure as a daisy, but she was also playing hard–to–get.

Evelyn headed straight to the room Huston arranged for her, locked the door, and threw herself onto the bed.

The thought of what had just occurred made her feel butterflies. She hurriedly got up and rushed to the bathroom, turning on the tap to splash her face.

The cold water cooled her, but only a little. When she looked at her flushed appearance in the mirror, she turned away.

What made her any different from Jerry now?

Despite her intention to divorce, she hadn’t followed through. By having sex with Huston, did she have ulterior motives beyond

escaping her marriage?

couldn’t muster

to reclaim what rightfully belonged to her and win the lawsuit.

admit it, she…

marks on her face, less swollen now. She remembered how tenderly Huston had

study

snapped herself out

on the bedroom

clean and approached the door. Huston’s displeased face greeted her as she opened it. “You locked the

door?”

her lips. “I’m

told you we’d

widened, and she quickly took a glance

door open and

picked her up and pressed her against the bed.

eyes met, the playful glimmer had faded from his gaze, leaving behind

swallowed hard, about to come up with an excuse, when her phone on the nightstand suddenly

relief. “L–Let me answer the

release her either.

eyebrow. He answered the call and placed the phone next to Evelyn’s ear.

disappear for days?! You even took your IDs!” Jerry’s irritable

“Why are you calling? I don’t have time for your nonsense.”

you are, huh? We are still married, so you’re still my legal wife!” His tone was full

her heart, Evelyn responded calmly, “I’d rather have

bit back a yelp, then looked

And it was late at night! He was agitated now. “Damn it! Are you fooling around with other men? Where are you?!”

I’ll go

curse on the other line, but