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.

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

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

will you want to make any more mistakes if the one you made already left you in this

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

know who you are or your name either. I don't need any of that from you. All I want is

his expression unreadable. She could almost see the wheels turning in his head,

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

You're clearly upset. What was the mistake you made? Perhaps I can help you better by giving you listening

to his utter shock, she began to take off

confusion warring with desire as she walked over to him, her eyes pleading. "Please, just

her naked body, "I can't

And I really don't

said as she raised herself

him, he let go of any hesitation and

over to the bed

the kiss he held her gaze,

about this?" he

a new resolve hardening in her gaze. She nodded. "Yes," she said, her voice stronger than it

her against the bed and

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

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