Eve remembers that the first time she knew Andres was when she was doing the last practical of her medical school before she finally took the graduation oath. One of Andres' coworkers had gotten into an accident, and he happened to be the one who drove him to the hospital.Their relationship went like many romance stories published in a novel. They got to know each other, exchanged phone numbers and fell in love a few months later.Her parents knew Andres well, and they couldn't have been happier to learn that she had an interest in a romantic relationship alongside her obsession with books and her studies. Andres was the only boyfriend she introduced her parents to, and it made all the difference to her.She had dated a few guys before Andres, but those brief relationships only lasted for a few months before she finally gave up and ended the relationship in the same way and for the same reasons. With Andres, however, things were different. He didn't make her have to prioritize their
Axel first held a gun at the age of 12—the day after his birthday. He got the gun from his mom's drawer and thought it was the coolest thing he had ever found on a woman's dresser. His mother, Beatrice Murdoch, was raised in a much harsher life, and she grew up to be a woman who was... awesome. Until the end of his life, Axel could never express how much he admired his mother, and that is something he regrets to this day. Long before he entered his uncle Rafael Wagner's ElWagner training center, he had received some basic training from his father, who was also part of the ElWagner clan led by his uncle. Throughout his life, Axel thought that he would join ElWagner and become one of the clan's secret leaders to replace his father, as he had no other siblings. Rafael Wagner had one son and one daughter, but his mother only had him, and he had been preparing to join the clan since he was 15 years old. However, years later, after a long training program at ElWagner's training grounds,
Axel knew that Eve's hands had trembled when she unbuttoned his shirt in a hurry. Her breathing was ragged, and Axel could feel her heart beating fast when his hand touched the tip of her neck. This was hard to believe. Axel could hardly believe that his hands were actually on Eve's skin, which was so soft. His eyes were still unsure of what he was seeing, but his hands assured him that he was actually touching Evangeline's body—the body that had appeared in his dreams every night for the past month. The long kiss Axel placed on her lips gave her the answer to what she wanted—what she needed. From the moment he touched Eve, Axel knew he had to be... careful with her. Eve wasn't the same woman he'd spent many nights with. She was... different. Only he had ever been there. Only he had ever touched her all over in the way she had always craved, even if she didn't really understand what she needed. He knew what she wanted, but for a moment, he tried to convince himself that she wanted
Eve didn't remember anything.She didn't remember what happened after she drank the glass of poison and... Axel grabbed her body to throw the glass and immediately carried her out to the car.However, she swore that she had to try hard not to scream when she opened her eyes and found that there was something—an arm that felt heavy when it was wrapped around her waist.Oh no...Oh no...This is a bad thing. Eve knew something bad was happening because she... could feel she wasn't wearing anything under the covers. She was naked and... someone was holding her.The last time she woke up naked, she found that she had given her first experience to a stranger she met at a nightclub. Then, this morning, she slept in her room at Axel's mansion and found that an arm was holding her. She faced the window and could see the light filtering through the curtains that were still closed.A memory formed in her head as she tried to breathe slowly over and over again—trying everything to make her a lit
"Go away," Eve pushed Axel away when she was almost at the door of her room.Axel looked at her for a moment, and then he nodded his head. "Do you need anything? The maid said you like to ask for warm water when—""Go, Axel," She said quietly as she closed the door to her room. She turned the key and closed the door before Axel could finish his sentence.She was in a bad mood, and he felt even worse when she realized that many people in the mansion knew she was in a bad mood."If you need anything, you can ask the maid to get it for you." Axel knocked on her door, and she felt even worse when she leaned against the doorframe and looked at her messy-looking bed.Damn. This all made her crazy in the morning, and she realized that she had never done anything this crazy in her entire life.Her parents had raised her with good manners, and she was used to good self-control when faced with a problem. Rather than throwing a tantrum and letting everyone see her anger, she often chooses to shu
Eve tapped a finger on the edge of the trellis as she sat in the window niche to see the mansion grounds covered by snow.It had been almost six hours since the last maid knocked on her door.After Axel tries to enter by opening the door with his key, he does not send a maid to persuade her as if he knew that whatever he did would not get her to open the door and take her food.Well, at least she could feel a sense of calm for a few hours, even though she knew it wouldn't last long. In the end, she knew that she still had to get out of there and... face everyone.Her stomach was hungry, and she knew that she couldn't hold it in anymore.Throughout the day and into the night, she only survived because of the water in her room, and she knew that water would not be enough for her hunger. Not just her own stomach but also the baby in her belly.If she lived alone, she would have preferred to sleep in her bed and ignore her hunger. In her entire life, she never felt hungry because her fami
Eve woke up earlier than usual because she was tired of lying in bed after being locked up in her room all day.The first thing she did when she woke up was to run to the bathroom and finish her schedule there—puking her guts out.She was hesitant to open the door to her room, but she was curious about what might be waiting for her at the door after she found someone sleeping in a chair facing her door last night.Eve found herself exhaling with a little disappointment when she didn't find anyone there.Wait, she was disappointed? Is she saying that she expected to find Axel sitting in a chair facing her door all night?Wow, what other selfishness had suddenly popped into her stupid head?"Do you want me to get you some warm water?" Cassy asked when she saw her appear in front of the back room door.Cassy was surprised, but Eve was grateful that she was understanding of her situation and chose to keep her question to herself because she knew that Eve would probably feel uncomfortable
Waking up early, preparing breakfast, and driving to the hospital is the morning routine that always greets Eve when she wakes up in her apartment. She has been doing it for the past two years and has never minded the pleasant routine.Eve had never prepared her own breakfast since she was a child because the maid would always do it before she woke up. Someone had already prepared the clothes she would wear to school, and the driver was ready with the car that would take her whenever she walked out of the mansion's door. However, she changed her habits after she went to college and then worked in Seattle. Being away from her parents meant she had to start a new life with a new routine where she was in control of her life without the help of the people her parents had always provided to help her since she was a child.She started a new habit, and she was not a difficult person to adapt to. When she first came to her college dorm, she was a bit surprised by the lives of her friends, but