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

mistake," she hesitated, tears

want to make any more mistakes if the one you

myself for that terrible mistake. Don't try to understand me. The only thing I want from you is

you are or your name either. I don't need any

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

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

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

utter shock, she began to take off her dress, stripping naked

watched her, confusion warring with desire as she walked over to

looked away from her naked body,

really don't

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

go of any hesitation and returned

he carried her over to the bed and laid her on

kiss he held her

you sure about this?" he

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

moment she gaze her consent, he pinned her against the bed and ravaged her lips, while his hands

and planning to marry him for the past four years, but something about the way this

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