Chapter 3

Derek stared at her, taken aback. "Why would I want to do that? Why would you want to do that?" He asked, beginning to wonder if the whole accident and tears thing had been a ploy to get to him. Evelyn's cheeks burned with a mixture of shame and a strange sense of defiance. The words had tumbled out before she could think.

"I mean," she stammered, her voice barely a whisper,

"do you... find me attractive?"

He stared at her, his blue eyes narrowed in confusion.

The silence stretched between them, thick and heavy.

Evelyn wanted to crawl under the seat and disappear.

This impulsive act, born out of heartbreak, was already spiraling out of control.

Finally, he spoke, his voice carefully neutral. "Yes," he conceded, "but I don't understand. Why would you want to have sex with me?"

Evelyn took a deep, shaky breath. Every fiber of her being screamed at her to run, to get away from this man, this stranger who had witnessed her breakdown.

But the raw, exposed vulnerability within her battled that instinct.

of the unknown, a temporary escape from

voice hollow. "I just realized I've made a terrible mistake all my life. The worst mistake," she hesitated,

will you want to make any more mistakes if the one you made already left you in this state?" He asked, trying to rationalize what she had just

myself for that terrible mistake. Don't try to understand me. The only thing

asking for your money. And I don't want to know who you are or your name

almost

surprise, a slow smile spread across his face. It wasn't a mocking smile, but one

shook his head. "No, I can't do that. You're clearly upset. What was the mistake you

began to take off her dress, stripping naked in front

over to

looked away from her naked body, "I can't

And I really don't think

solution. I need a temporary reprieve," she said as she raised herself

go of any hesitation and returned the

knew it, he carried her over to the bed and

he held her gaze,

you sure about this?"

in her gaze. She nodded. "Yes," she said, her voice stronger than it had been since their chance

gaze her consent, he pinned her against the bed and ravaged her lips, while

sleeping with a stranger and planning to marry him for the past four years, but something about the way this stranger touched her aroused her far more

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