The next day went by in a blur, and Eve wasn't really aware of what was happening.The night Axel came to her room and gave the most horrible explanation she had ever heard in her life, she stayed up all night and did nothing in her room.In the morning, she had morning sickness so bad that she sat in front of the toilet for hours. Her stomach was cramping, and her legs were weak. She thought she was going to pass out because she was shivering from the cold in the bathroom, but she couldn't use her legs to walk. However, she was thankful that she didn't actually faint there because Cassy came and helped her in the nick of time. She helped her change her clothes because her nightgown was soaked with vomit that she couldn't stand it. It was a mess, and she was embarrassed about it. However, Cassy reassured her that she didn't mind, and she helped clean up the mess in the toilet because Eve had dropped a few bottles of soap as she tried to stand up by holding on to the toilet cabinet.Du
It was already midday when Eve came out of her room.Some maids looked at her with surprise, but they became casual after a while.The first thing Eve did was to fill her glass with water because she needed warm water if she didn't want to be nauseous all day. She saw an apple in the fridge, but she ignored it and quickly left the kitchen before getting more attention from the waitress.She didn't see Taylor and Cassy anywhere, and it looked like she didn't need to find out where they were.She quickly made her way to the back door and out of there while tightening her winter coat. She had brought a thick blanket with her because it wouldn't be warm enough if she only used her coat to run through the snow.The end of the year was fast approaching, and she could count on her fingers the days until Christmas.Her plans were a bit messed up, and she didn't know how to get back on track.Last night, she had called Kaira and said she was returning to New York and had lost her cell phone at
The dining table that night was full of food, and Eve was rather surprised when she saw that there was an apple pie there.Oh, her stomach churned, and she tried hard to keep the sound of her stomach from being heard by anyone—especially Axel, who was sitting at the head of the table.All day, she didn't see Cassy and Taylor. Even though she knew that they wouldn't be at the table during dinner time, honestly, she had a kind of hope that Axel would surprise her by inviting them all to eat together like a few days ago.Right after their conversation at the stables this morning, Eve decided to come out of her room at dinner time. She's not sure what she's doing, but right now, she wants to... try doing something new—something she never thought she'd do with all the perfect life plans she's had all her life.And getting up the courage to go back to dinner with Axel was the first step she took."Sit down and start eating, Angeline." Axel pulled out the chair to her right, and he had no ch
Cassy's words were still spinning in Eve's head even though she was very far away from her—far from Axel's mansion and now in the middle of a crowd she had never thought of before.Eve almost dropped her lips when she recognized the place—a nightclub that was the same as her first meeting with Axel one month.Just like her last memory, the club had a bar counter that greeted her as soon as she entered through the main door.Eve stopped there and ordered a whiskey that kept her drunk all night. She talked about a lot of things with Axel, and she doesn't remember any of the things they talked about other than the fact that she woke up in his bed the next morning.Well, back then, she wasn't interested in anything in this place, so she didn't think to go inside and explore every corner. However, tonight, she passed by the bar counter and continued to walk through the passageway that was so crowded with people. There was a dance floor in the center and a stage with spotlights illuminating
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