"You called your mom this afternoon?"Eve looked up when Axel started the conversation at the dinner table.They'd spent the whole afternoon at the stables, but Axel hadn't talked about her phone call that he'd heard part of. So now he wanted to talk about it as if they were a couple who always shared stories at the dinner table?"Can't I do that?""Why not?" Axel frowned.Eve shrugged, and then she reached out to cut into the apple pie the maid had made.She doesn't know if it's just her feelings or if it's true, but the waiter never misses apple pie at dinner time, and she can't help but say that she really likes her dinner time these days."Your parents still live in New York?""Yes." She nodded her head."What about siblings? Do you have any siblings? A brother or maybe a sister?""I'm an only child, so I don't have any siblings. I'm not close with my cousins either, so... it's just me in my house."Axel looked at her intently, then a moment later nodded his head as if he was sati
Eve spent the whole morning reading the book Axel gave her last night.She honestly felt silly when she realized that she actually slept after Axel left her room. Then she set aside her morning and afternoon to read the book like he said before going to work in the afternoon since she had the night shift.Unfortunately, her work was overwhelming, and she was glad not to bring her book to the hospital. She would work through the night and come home in the morning to pick up the book where she left off.She doesn't know where Axel got the book from. In fact, she was a bit surprised to find that there was a folded part of the page, which meant that someone must have read it before."Eve I'm going to buy dinner with Daxton. Is there anything you want?"Eve looked up from the long report on her desk as Kaira appeared behind the door of her room in a casual outfit different from her work clothes.It was late and of course Kaira's shift was over. However, she chose to stay at the hospital be
Ever since she was a little girl, Eve was used to going out with a bodyguard who would follow her wherever she went.Her father wasn't one who restricted her social life and freedom, but of course, he was worried because New York paparazzi often did crazy things just to get a story that... wasn't important at all.As the daughter of someone influential in Hollywood, Eve also had to get used to all the public scrutiny that often criticized her even though she was not a public figure.Her father always made sure she was safe wherever she went, and everyone worried about her whenever she chose to shut herself in her room after a short walk exploring New York City as 'Evangeline', the daughter of a rich man who led the Hollywood industry. Their criticism often made her moody, so her parents became increasingly obsessed with keeping her safe and private.Since moving to Seattle, Eve has found the peace she always wanted.Here, she doesn't have to go with a driver and sigh in exasperation e
Eve could feel Axel's hand gently rubbing her back as she lay with her back to him. Her eyes weren't closed, but Eve couldn't see anything because Axel had turned off the room lights a few minutes ago.Right after Axel finished their first, he carried her to the bathroom and cleaned her up. She soaked in the bathtub for a while, and Axel actually helped her clean her body even though she knew that... he didn't know anything yet.Axel poured the soap into his palm and rubbed it all over her skin.Eve resisted at first. Of course, she did. However, something in her heart convinced her that she... needed all of that, too. She still needed Axel's hands to wash away all the disgusting traces on her body.Axel did it very gently—touching her carefully as if he was afraid that his fingernails might hurt her skin that was flushed from soaking in the warm water.He didn't know how to adjust the water for the bath, so Eve could deduce tha
Eve never thought that something so bad could lead her to something... she didn't know. Can she call this a good thing?She couldn't imagine anything good as she ran to her apartment and lay on the floor hugging her body—disgusted with herself, but she knew she couldn't do anything to turn back time and change things.Everything in her life had been ruined and out of control, and she wasn't sure she could make it through the day without going crazy.Something... precious had been taken from her—her dignity, her honor, and the choices she could make.Rape is the worst thing a man can do. And rape is the worst thing that an unlucky woman has to accept. Unfortunately, Eve became one of the unlucky ones after believing that her life was full of blessings and good fortune because she had always had a good life since birth.Social status, wealth, parents, and jobs do not guarantee whether a woman has security over her life.Bad things can still happen to women, and they do not have the oppo
"Is there anything else you want to bring?" Axel asked as he held up a cardboard box containing a stack of books and a few other things that Eve had deliberately put there to make it easier for them to carry.Eve looked around her room, then she shook her head briefly. "I can get my clothes next time. I think the clothes in your mansion are more than enough." She said as she looked towards the wardrobe room where she usually got ready in the morning. "By the way, where did you get all those women's clothes there? Are they the clothes of your former lover?""What the hell!" Axel laughed when he heard her question, "Didn't I ask the maid not to remove the brand tags?" He frowned.Eve turned around and hit his arm. "So you deliberately let me take off all those brand tags so I'd know they were new clothes?""Seriously! I had thought that you would make this kind of accusation against me. So, I took precautions and made you take off all the brand tags." He walked over to her after placing
"Eve," Axel called out after he stopped giving her a kiss on her back.Eve murmured softly. However, she didn't turn around and kept lying with her back to him.She didn't know how many times they had done it since the night she lost control and asked him to touch her. That night had been terrible, but Eve still remembered Axel's every touch very clearly. Then, after that, she couldn't count how many times they touched each other over the past two days.She didn't give any resistance. She... accepted Axel's every touch as if she felt that it was what she needed all along.They touched each other, and for the first time, he felt that it was the right decision she had ever made."Are you okay?" Axel's voice came back behind her.Axel's touch still made her skin crawl, but she knew that he wouldn't continue to touch her.They had had enough of what they were doing today. She had enough of that, and she also felt that... all they had done today was enough for a woman with a pregnancy at s
Eve opened her eyes, but she didn't find Axel in the bed beside her. She let out a short breath and rolled over to the side of the bed where Axel had been sleeping for the past three nights.She didn't know when this crazy feeling took over her heart, but she loved the lingering scent of Axel's body that clung to her pillow and blanket.It must have been quite daylight because she could see the bright sky behind the open window curtains. It must have been Axel who did it.Normally, she would wake up early and get ready for work. However, in the last three days, she has returned to living like an unemployed person who doesn't think about work.She was a little moody if she remembered about the hospital. If she could, she didn't want to come back there and pass by the place where... she was treated so badly. If possible, she wanted to disappear from Seattle for a while to find her courage again. However, of course, she couldn't do that.Sooner or later, she had to return to the hospital