Joy filled Jas Grant’s eyes at the return of sothing once lost.
He held Evelyn Clayton tightly, as if he had finally retrieved a lost treasure.
Evelyn, embraced in his arms, had eyes that were dead calm.
Like a marionette, she was led into the car and back to Jas Grant’s apartnt.
In the dim room, the long-lost intimacy enveloped Evelyn like a tide. She gazed dizzily at the ceiling, giving herself over to Jas Grant’s control and demands.
Pleasure seed to be covered by a glass do, making it inaccessible to her senses.
But the physical mory remained, a response that was enough to please Jas Grant.
He frantically tried to stir Evelyn’s emotions, to make her rember the past’s beauty.
Until the evening crept in, and the room’s last light disappeared with the setting sun.
Evelyn was held tight in Jas Grant’s embrace.
She seed numb, staring blankly at the gap in the blackout curtains, watching the moonlight seep through.
Evelyn didn’t know if this choice she made was right.
But she knew it would bring her closer to the Grant Family, closer to the secrets of the Grant Family.
She had so much to do, things she must accomplish with Jas Grant’s help.
After an unknown amount of ti, perhaps into the early morning, Jas Grant finally stirred awake beside her.
The man chuckled lightly, kissing her neck tenderly.
"Hungry?" Jas Grant’s voice was hoarse and satisfied, "Shall we go out to eat?"
Evelyn, belatedly aware, picked up her phone and checked it.
It was almost eleven o’clock.
There were several ssages and calls from Yara Reagan, the latest just twenty minutes ago, but Evelyn hadn’t noticed any because her phone was habitually on silent.
"I promised Yara I’d have dinner with her during the day... forgot to call her back," Evelyn mumbled, then imdiately dialed Yara.
Jas Grant felt tense for a mont.
Yara has never liked him...
"Why didn’t you answer the phone again!" Yara’s voice of complaint ca through, "I’m starving here!"
Evelyn pressed her lips together montarily, then asked, "You haven’t had dinner yet?"
"Of course not, I’ve been waiting for you!" Yara’s mood was much better than during the day, "How about now, we can go eat hotpot!"
Evelyn glanced at Jas Grant nearby, then said, "Wait a mont."
With that, she covered the receiver and raised an eyebrow at Jas Grant, "Yara invited for dinner. Do you want to co along?"
Jas Grant uncharacteristically hesitated for a second.
Then he coughed lightly, with a look of facing the inevitable, "Let’s go, I can’t keep hiding from her forever."
Evelyn nodded, said nothing further, and then spoke into the phone, "Just tell where, I’ll go straight there."
Yara was always enthusiastic about hotpot, and after quickly naming a place, she hung up the phone.
Jas Grant and Evelyn got up, their clothing embarrassingly sparse, and nearly had another close brush in the bathroom.
Coming out from the bathroom, Evelyn had a minor dilemma while changing clothes.
After the day’s wear and tear, all her clothes were a wrinkled ss, virtually unpresentable.
However, Jas Grant glanced around and then led Evelyn to the walk-in closet.
He pulled open one of the cabinets, revealing an array of won’s clothing.
Evelyn paused for a mont, picked one, and saw it was her size.
"I bought them all," Jas Grant said softly, embracing her from behind, "Evelyn... maybe you still don’t trust . But this ti, I genuinely want a future with you."
Evelyn’s heart trembled slightly, and she gently closed her eyes.
"Jas Grant, will you deceive ?" she whispered, "Will you treat like before... like before?"
Jas Grant’s arm tightened slightly, "No, I never will again."
Evelyn opened her eyes, filled with a bitter smile.
This ti, the one being deceitful, was her.
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