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

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

more mistakes if the one you made already left you in this state?" He asked, trying to rationalize what

for that terrible mistake.

asking for your love. 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 that from you. All I want is for you to have sex with

She could almost see the

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

What was the mistake you made? Perhaps I can help you better by giving you listening

she began to take off her dress, stripping naked

as she walked over to him, her

naked body,

I really don't

need a temporary reprieve," she said as

go of any hesitation and returned

her over to the bed and laid her

kiss he held her gaze, his

about this?" he

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

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

over the fact that she had been sleeping with a stranger and planning to marry him for the past four years,

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