The Billionaire's Unexpected Proposal by Samantha

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.

calmness in the face of the unknown, a temporary escape from the wreckage of

"I just realized I've made a terrible mistake all my life. The worst mistake," she hesitated, tears welling up again, "And I need

sense. Why will you want to make any more mistakes if the one you

be able to forgive myself for that terrible mistake. Don't try

I'm not asking for your money. And I don't want to know who you are or your name either. I don't need any of

for a long moment, his expression unreadable. She could almost see the wheels turning in his head, the questions

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

his head. "No, I can't do that. You're clearly upset. What was the mistake you made? Perhaps I can help you better by giving you listening

didn't respond and to his utter shock, she began to take off her dress, stripping

walked over

from her naked

I really don't

reprieve," she said as she raised herself on her toes, pressing her body against

of any hesitation

carried her over to the bed and laid her

he held her gaze,

about this?" he asked

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

pinned her against the bed and ravaged her lips, while his hands moved to grab

she thought having sex with a stranger would help her get over the fact that she had been 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 than Michael's touch had ever aroused