Chapter 35

Evelyn's pov

My body stilled so perfectly against him like a statue as he whispered the name of another woman in my ears, I was still until I couldn't bear it the next moment and slipped out of his hold with a sudden jerking movement that had me sitting in an instant.

This seemed to wipe off remnants of the slumber from his face in an instant because he sat up as well first placing an elbow on the bed before pulling both his arms to his side and sitting upright.

"What's wrong?" He asked as if it was not already blatantly obvious, had he not heard himself?

I pursed my lips together, here I was thinking with the way he held me that we had shared something intimate and special beyond our contract…but I was a fool to think that…to even want to think that at all in the first place.

"Evelyn…come on…" his fingers reached up midair moving in a direction that I guess was gently aimed to touch my cheek but the hard, uninviting look on my face promptly stopped him with a perplexed look on his f