#Chapter 98 Evelyn"You did not!" I chuckle as the coldness of ice cream stirs in my mouth."I certainly did. Connor stopped throwing his dirty clothes into my basket."Warren is telling me interesting tales of his university days."I can't believe you let his whites mix with the colored.""The funny thing was when Connor was with a girl she refused to have sex with him because his boxers were pink."I can imagine Connor's resigned face and toppling over in laughter. "That must have hurt his ego.""Ego? He turned into a different human." Warren laughs mirthfully and I stare at his gorgeous smile. He's beautiful in a godly way. "Connor is a great friend to you.""He is." The green of his eyes sparkles in delight."Ivan was my best friend through my university days.""I hope he wasn't untidy like my best friend.""Oh no. He was super clean. We shared an apartment and I had the best time living with him.""Did he bring over guys?""Only when I wa
#Chapter 99 Evelyn"Warren what is wro-""I want you to come with me to Vermont."Vermont? With him?"For what?" My hands collect the edges of his jacket. I cover myself from the cold."I want us to spend some time together."Alone time with Warren won't end well. I'll do things that I will regret later. "Warren I don't think it is goo-""I know."Pulling his jacket even closer I step towards him and look up at him. He looks so handsome in a suit."Truth be told, the history between us is still fresh for me. I lost a lot in your sick games. I lost my friends, my best friends, my mental health, my heart, my grades and so much more. I felt like I had lost a war. There was no one for me Warren. No one. You took a lot from me."Quietness straightens between us like a tightrope. One wrong foot and we'd be falling freely into the air.My dad's words from today come back to me and I swallow my guilt, stare at him, and proceed. "I don't know what we're
#Chapter 100 WarrenEvelyn isn't coming.It's half past ten and she's still at her apartment while I'm waiting in the parking lot for her. I dial her number for the seventh time, listen to it ringing, and then get sent to voicemail.Just as I'm about to enter the building, a car pulls into the driveway and stops with a screech. The blaring horn deafens my ears and I'm close to strangling whoever it is.Grinch steps out wearing shades. His tall muscular physique is clad in a blue button shirt and black slacks. His eyes look back at his car and catch me in the periphery. In a second he's walking toward me with grave determination. "I've been meaning to talk to you." Taking off his shades he hooks them in the front of his shirt."More like threaten me." "What's up with this Vermont shit? Why are you taking Evelyn there?"No wonder best friends are annoying. That's why I only have one."To be with her," I state truthfully.The ice in his eyes thaws a l
#Chapter 101 EvelynI've read in self-help books how time makes it easier to forget someone. But in reality, that's not true. Time doesn't erase the sound of their laughter, the way they held your hand, enclosed their arms around you, cheered on you, encouraged you, and loved you. The remnants faze in and out of your memory like a playlist on a shuffle. It's impossible to press skip.Warren and I shut down as the mere mention of the topic tighten the weak connection cord stretched between us. It's early to talk about the event that buried our friendship and feelings so deep that we couldn't dig them out ever again. The flight goes by me overlooking Jessica's designs and making a list of things for Yasmine to manage. She threatened to block me if I sent her more emails instead of messages and photos. We land in the afternoon at the airport where a sleek Rolls-Royce and an SUV are parked. Warren's bodyguards get our luggage."Come on." Warren opens the car door for me. A
#Chapter 102 EvelynI fall asleep and wake up to a dark evening. Stumbling out of bed I get downstairs and don't see Warren anywhere. Reaching for my phone that's on the coffee table I call him but the service is low.Going from room to room, I search for him but his tall build is nowhere to be found.Worry circles my heart in a tight grip and I feel suffocated. "You're up." I turn around and find him stepping out of a back door. Getting on my feet I rush to him and assess his body with my frantic eyes, looking for any injuries."Evelyn.""I got worried because I couldn't find you," I admit. Fighting a smile he takes my elbows and pulls me in a hug. A safe warm hug that feels perfect. I don't ever want him to ever let go. My hands rest over his chest and I nuzzle into his chest. "Okay?""No." I lie so he doesn't let go of me. Is it petty of me? Yes. But the thought of losing him shook me more than it was supposed to."I went to town to b
#Chapter 103 EvelynAfter twenty minutes, we tally our scores and I win."So much for overconfidence." I tease with a smirk."I let you have the first win." A languid smile tugs his lips. "You pick your moments to be a gentleman.""You should worry about the moments when I won't be a gentleman." The way his eyes darken tells me exactly what he meant by that. "Tell me your darkest truth." I change the topic.The cool steady gaze wanders all over my body and still over my neck. Chills dance over my spine like pieces of ice slipping down my bone. I stop breathing as my lungs pack with an overwhelming desire that twists and turns my intestines."If you were mine I'd make sure to devour this spot." Leaning over the board he caresses the left side of my neck and stops right where my pulse is beating crazily. "Why this one?" I murmur, his face a few centimeters away from mine."The first time I was kissing your neck, I found this spot. I felt the thumping of y
#Chapter 104 EvelynWarren's hard gaze doesn't move away from my face and somehow that gives me the courage to continue. Because he's interested in listening to my story."I started getting a headache and soon vertigo came and knocked me off my feet. I think I passed out. I don't know for how long. When I woke up I put back the pills and slipped on a hoodie and went to the cemetery. I sat there until it was night and talked to mom. It didn't help because I needed someone to be there for me physically. I was alone and depressed. The girls who were my best friends had left town to attend college and no one was at the funeral." "I should have been there," Warren says in a rough voice."I'm glad you weren't. I was furious with you. And things would have spiraled.""You needed a friend during that time and you had no one. Of course, I feel guilty, Evelyn.""It doesn't matter."I arrange the board and start the game. Warren stares at me for a while. With a sigh, he
#Chapter 105 WarrenA knock on the door stirs me enough to flutter my eyes."Warren, are you awake?" Evelyn asks from the other side."No," I say and she pushes the door and slides inside holding a mug in her hand."It's Saturday. We have only two days to have some fun.""We clearly have different definitions of fun," I say."What do you mean?" Casually she sits on my bed and sips her morning drink, while mine rests on the side table."For me, fun is lying in bed all day."The sound of her beautiful laughter wakes up every damn cell in my body and I watch her so I can't miss it."C'mon sleepy head." With a long stretch of my arms, I sit up and take the hot mug. When I look at Evelyn her eyes are wide and staring at my naked chest. As for her cheeks, they are getting pink in the shade as her stare traces every inch of me.Clearing my throat I drive her attention toward my eyes and study the way the blush deepens."So what's your plan for today?" I
#Chapter 153 EvelynWarren puts me on the bed and hovers over me the next second. His nose grazes my jawline and his hands move up and down my waist.I press my legs together feeling the heat in my belly grow."How do you want me to fuck you tonight?"My breathing slows down as he peppers my skin with wet kisses that have my toes curling."Like you always do." I whisper as his hand slips under my warmer and runs over my stomach."Get rid of all these clothes." He grumbles and pulls back.In a haste I remove my warmer and then work on my jeans and shoes. Warren is busy getting rid of his suit. Once we're both in our undergarments we stop and stare at each other.We've had sex so many times yet tonight something is different. It feels like we're finally free from the shackles of the past-at least I am.I feel free. There isn't constant sadness and despair weighing on my chest anymore. I forgave Warren for everything but in reality it feels like I'
#Chapter 152 WarrenI've hurt her. I can see that. But I can't take my words back. The dark and malicious side of my brain is feeding me these lines. Telling me that whatever we had was just because she wanted to use me. Maybe she did."Wow. You're unbelievable." Evelyn says and puts away her wine-filled glass on the table.Getting up she hurries to leave but I catch her wrist and pull to me. My arm wraps around her and I press her body against mine. My senses go hazy and my heart starts racing at the feel of her body. "That was a shitty thing to say." I admit.Tears fill her eyes and she nods. "It was."I wipe away the tear that falls down her cheek and then caress her face with my thumb. It hasn't been so long but I miss her so damn much.Now that she's standing in front of me all I want to do is touch her, kiss her and love her. I want to hold her so tightly that she can never go away from me. "Tell me why you're here? The naked truth this time.
#Chapter 151 WarrenSitting in the boardroom I flip through the notes for my speech. I don't have a lot to say but I have a few things I want to touch upon before the holidays.It's the last day of work today. And everyone will go home after this meeting.All the important members are seated as everyone waits for Rowan.Just as the clock hits ten AM Rowan walks in and takes the seat at the head of the table. "You may begin." He says to Janice who starts the presentation she and I worked on for the past week.As she rambles on I catch a few glances at Rowan to track his thoughts but he's a blank book. Like a laser his eyes study Janice and the slides in grave concentration. When Janice finishes we review the blueprints that need a final say from him. But before that I have to give my thoughts as the CEO of the company that will bring this vision to life.Taking the pager I stand in front and pull up my presentation. I open my mouth to speak when a string of n
#Chapter 150 WarrenI hate New York.I've been here for two weeks and I can't fathom how people live here. It's so fucking cold. And the snow keeps on accumulating each day. The famous city is buzzing with Christmas energy. Colorful lights are wrapped around shops, Christmas drinks are a full-show and wreaths and impressively decorative Christmas trees are everywhere. There's so much joy and laughter in the air that I'm sick of it.It's not that I hate Christmas because I don't. For the past years I've gotten used to celebrating this day on my own, and sometimes with Connor. His family invites me over and I attend the exquisite dinner his mom cooks. Gifts are exchanged. It's nice, but not homey. When I return home it's me and my empty penthouse and that kills the spirit. In New York even Connor isn't here and it's boring and depressing.Since I've arrived I've been working a lot. I only go to sleep when my eyes begin to water and exhaustion takes over me.
#Chapter 149 Evelyn"All the flights are booked. I can't go to New York." Ivan and Yasmine mutter curses at the situation."God. It's like I'm not meant to go there." I complain, hating how everything seems to be stopping me. I opened the website to book a flight and it kept crashing. I spent all day trying to get it to work but it wouldn't work. And the next day when everything was back in order the prices were so high my eyes almost bulged out in shock. With a heavy heart I booked a seat but the page kept having issues. By evening all the empty seats were gone and I couldn't find a single seat."Don't blame the universe." Ivan says in a stern tone."Yeah sure. It seems to help me quite a lot. It's snowing so much I can't even go to the airport to buy a ticket myself." I say in an aggravated tone. "We'll figure it out Evelyn." Yasmine assures me."I don't know. Everything is closed. An airplane is my only chance." I say in a gloomy tone."You shouldn't
#Chapter 148 EvelynTwo weeks have gone since Warren and I broke up. But it feels like I'm still stuck in that night when he was inside me and told me how much he loves me. I was always a bit in doubt about his real feelings toward me, but that night cleared everything for me. Warren loves me and has loved me since high school. My heart explodes in joy but sorrow filters in the next second. The past weeks have been nothing but dry and boring for me. Nothing interests me.Jessica and I have been splitting work due to the flow of orders. Apparently, Noah and his sister raved about my company at the wedding and now more people have approached me. It's surreal and I feel happy. But that also means there's a lot of work which I'm appreciating. I've become a workaholic. From making designs till late at night to holding long meetings. I keep myself as busy as I can but the ache in my chest refuses to disappear.No amount of work or long drives helps me take my mind
#Chapter 147 Warren"Do you still have the New York project?" Rowan looks up at me with calculating eyes as he sees me coming into his office. "Yes.""Bring it over for the signature." I unbutton my jacket and sit in the chair across from his desk. Eerie silence fills the room as Rowan stares at me. "You want it or not?" I ask in a gritted tone annoyed that he's wasting my damn time."You broke up with Evelyn." He says astutely and makes me grind my molars."It's none of your fucking business., but what is your business is that New York project."Rowan leans over the desk and criss-crosses his fingers. "Watch that tone with me, Archer."Clenching my jaw I look away from his annoying face and stare at the sunset that adorns the evening sky. Fuck the sunsets. I don't like them anymore.Okay that's a lie. "You wanted me to sign the project for months. Now I'm here.""You're a little too late for my patience. But since you're the best I'll set my p
#Chapter 146 EvelynOn my way I buy two bottles of cheap wine and arrive at Yasmine's place. She lives with her mom outside the city in a nice big house with a picket fence. Her house looks dreamy and feels like home. I texted Ivan to come. By the time I pull up at her house it's two in the morning, and I'm emotionally tired and physically numb. Yet still I can hear my heart aching in excruciating pain.The lights are on as I make my way to the door. Before I can knock, it opens, and my two best friends look at me and pull me in a hug. I let the tears stream down my face. Miles goes frantic beside me and I try to calm him down, but he's not having it. Sitting on the couch in the living room I pull him on my lap and rub his fur in long slow strokes."Where's your mom?" I ask Yasmine."She's with Aunt Riley for the weekend." I nod and put the bottle on the table.Ivan and Yasmine sit across from me and pour wine into the glasses."So I guess this i
#Chapter 145 EvelynI swear my lungs stop working, my heart stops beating and my mind goes blank. For a nanosecond my world stops spinning and I do nothing but lie and stare at him.My heart breaks inside my chest and tears cloud my vision."I've loved you for ten years. It's you. It'll always be you. It doesn't matter if another decade goes by, for me it'll always only be you." He says.Tears escape my eyes and reach my ears. The orgasm I was experiencing vanishes."Stop. I can't." I fight my wrists in his hold and he lets go of me and pulls out of me. Quickly I sit up and cover myself with his sheets as he slips on a pair of boxers. Picking up his shirt he hands it to me but I don't take it."We need to talk." There's a finality to his tone. Taking the shirt I wear it and then wipe away my tears. Warren sits at the foot of the bed and looks at me. "What's the matter?"I laugh hard. "The matter is love can't erase the past between us."Warre