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.

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

terrible mistake all my life. The worst mistake," she

the one you

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

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

studied her intently for a long moment, his expression unreadable. She could almost see the

face. It wasn't a mocking smile, but one touched with understanding,

was the mistake

she began to take off

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

naked

I really don't think this is the

not in need of a solution. I need a temporary reprieve," she said as she raised herself on her toes,

moment she kissed him, he let go of any hesitation and returned the kiss with

knew it, he carried her over to the bed

kiss he held her gaze,

you sure about this?" he

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

bed and ravaged her lips, while his hands moved

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

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