The mass doped slightly under his wright.
was a scent that was impossible to ignor
- Even with the space between them, she could still catch the faint, familiar scent of cedarwood–Lucas‘ scent–mixed with the warmth of his skin. It was a s
She trace. Lving on her side, her bosh, went rigiil sumoving Why hadn’t he lett? Why was he back?
Confnawirled in her mind. They were getting divorced, and sharing a bed at this point felt almost absurd.
But Lucas d’Leary a word. He did’t touch her. It wasn’t long before his breathing evened out as if he had already drifted off the Evelyn wasn’t even there.
Sawty her tense nerves began to settle. It made sense he was just keeping up appearances for Maria. That was the only reason he was here.
Lucas had always been cold and distant with her. Even when they had dept together it had been a day, not a desire. He had never really wanted her. That thought was enough for Evelyn to hnalle let sleep pull herunder.
The next morning, she was startled awake by the vibration of a phone next to her pillow Still half–asleep, she reached for it and Mindly swiped to answer. A woman’s voice, soft and teasing came through the speaker.
“Goodmorning Luca Are you picking me up late?–
Evelyn snapped awake, the realization hitting her like a slap to the face.
“Lucas Ace you there? Is some with you?” the woman on the phone asked, suspicion creeping into her tone
Evelyn instinctively turned to glance at the person beside her.
Before she could read, a warm, solid body pressed against her back, strong arms caging her in, pulling her into the heat of his chest
The suddity sent a rush of awareness through her. She could feel his presence, his sent, and his sheer intensity. Stunned, she turned her head
Lucna was already awake. His express was calm and lest as if he had been up for a while. Without a word, he reached over and smoothly slipped the phone from her hand and anyweled
Evelyn’s chest tightened. She was his legal spouse, yet she felt like some secret that needed to be hidden like she was the one who had to avoid being caught
Her back remained pressed again his solid frame, his body beat unmistakable. Het Lace flashed, and the instinctively tried to pull away.
turas moved first. He sat up, purting datance betweenthem Tlicall you later.”
Then, he hung up and looked at her.
Evelyn straightened, regaining her composure. “Sorry, I didn’t realize it was your plane.”
Lucas lat out a short, amused soft. He hood and walked toward the bathroom. Then due afavors, Grant. Don’t make that mistake again.” Evelyn pred her lips together. She got the message. He was worned Tiffany would understand or worse–he thought she had done it on purpose.
She frowned slightly No explanation would change his mind
She got out of bed, tidied herself up, and headed to freshen up
Lucas stepped out just as Evelyn was passing by. He had noticed it earlier, how much thinner she had gotten in hisarms.
Nose up close, her bare face locked even more pale, drained of any color. Without thinking, he suddenly asked, “As you feeling unwell!”
Evelyn szöge. Her fear(skippedaleat from sheer sorprise.
Lucas mudied her do a moment beloce speaking again, his vakce unusually neutral as he asked, “Do you need to take you to the hospital
The unexpected question jolted her back to prality. Had he noticed something! Did she look that bad?
She couldn’t let len taid out. If Lucas knew he was sick, it would only him me reason to justify his aftale.
file spackly thook her head. “Noireed”
His common caught her off goud
