Chapter 34

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Evangeline took a deep breath, realizing this would not be the day things got resolved.

After yesterday's ugly confrontation and her plotting against him, she was sure he would be looking for payback.

Walter chuckled as if she had told a joke.

He slipped into a black robe, nonchalantly pulled out a cigarette, and lit it. He was not a regular smoker, but he let the bright flame flicker and smoke swirl around him.

The smoke masked the icy storm in his eyes. "Didn't you say you didn't want it yesterday? Leave!"

Evangeline's mind raced back to the previous day.

She did not need to guess; she was certain Walter had been with Julia.

"I was wrong yesterday."

She approached him, eyes downcast.

Walter sat sprawled out before her, a picture of languid arrogance tinged with a hint of gloom. At her admission, he scoffed. "Ms. Rearden, are you admitting a mistake? That's a rarity."

He pulled her closer, right between his parted legs, and tilted her chin up, forcing her to meet his gaze.

Evangeline's gaze was clouded with a mist of mystery, her eyes beneath it both enchanting and alarmingly intense.

He was like a predator eyeing his prey, leaving Evangeline with no chance of escape.

His mocking laugh cut through the air. "Why would you think I'd want you when I have Julia? Where's that confidence you had yesterday?"

If it were not for the dire situation, with her grandfather's life on the line, she would have exploded in rage right then and there.

She clenched her fists, biting back her anger.

George, and yet he had the gall

wanting nothing more than to

wrong,"

a favor?" Walter's voice was a low purr, dangerously inviting as he

of defeat,

in the next instant, a sharp flick to her forehead

spot. 'This man... Is he into some

the sofa, commanding, "Come, dry my

it?" she

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Chapter 34

once it's dry, we'll move on to the next step," he said as

as she internally growled, 'Enjoy your little game, Walter. Once Grandpa is safe,

Walter, sitting so properly, yet the corner of his towel had

might have felt, any lingering trace of last night's encounter

their breaths mingled in the charged air. "Do you like the way

for the towel's edge, but before she could lift it, Walter's hand shot out, capturing hers and pinning her

was undeniable, a man in

with danger?" Walter's voice was a low rumble, his chest rising and falling against her,

He was...

So easily provoked...

Julia left him

to diffuse the tension, to

grandfather, but we need to agree on some terms first, right here, right now." His voice was steady despite the desire she could feel in his touch.

That includes James. You can't even think about having kids with anyone but

more talk

you move back in with

with a smooth certainty. It was as if he had been planning them all along, just waiting for the right moment to lay them out before her, each word a slap of cold reality. Evangeline's heart sank, her frown deepening. "I can handle the first two, but the last one... There has to be a limit. How

you," said Walter, his breath warm against her

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