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Chapter 26 - Change

Author: Yuri Lee
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-Vincent-

I had always been a confident man. And I always, always get what I want.

But Evelyn? Evelyn was something I should never want.

I mean, if we are talking about sex then that’s a different matter because I can have sex without any attachment.

I used to want Evelyn that way.

Like a new kind of treat on display that doesn’t only look delectable but tastes like one.

Unfortunately for me, Evelyn slowly becomes something more than that. She is slowly bringing me to a place I am never used to. A place that I have buried a very long time ago and yet here I am finding myself getting closer and closer to the place I thought no longer exists.

Evelyn and I had been walking dangerously at the edge of the border that we both set.

But with the way she is looking at me now, I know something changed not only with the way I see her but also with the way she sees me. I can feel the tension in the air like an invisible bomb ready to explode once triggered.

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