Husband With Benefits
Chapter 231: Bury You Head

Chapter 231: Bury You Head

"Are you not even going to look at me?"

Evangeline clenched the fork in her hand as she stabbed the egg omelette in front of her viciously. Even though his voice always sent a shiver down her spine, this time she wanted to bury it and probably him.

"Angel..."

Evangeline stabbed another bite out of the omelette and stuffed it into her mouth. Heck! Even that slight threat in his voice was exciting to her! Stupid physical response. Why couldn’t he just let her eat in peace?

"Evana, we really need to talk."

"No. *we* do not need to do anything.

"You cannot avoid this forever, Evana."

"Watch me, Lucifer!"

"At least look at me when I am talking to you."

"No! I’d rather look at my omelette! It’s better looking." Evangeline snapped.

"Liar. Evana, please this is important. I am not who you think I am."

Evangeline sighed and placed down her fork and knife, gently patting her lips before finally looking up at him. "I don’t care how important it is, Lucifer. I don’t really want to know. All these days, your eyes have shown me many emotions but I don’t like the guilt there. I am trying to figure out what the guilt is about but... fine... why don’t I make guesses and you can answer me..."

"Are you the man who saved me from falling into the pool?"

Lucien frowned," Yes."

"Did you have an ulterior motive in approaching me?"

"You approached me, Angel."

Evangeline paused at that. "Oh."

"Then, are you some sort of a reporter who wanted to use my name for some scandal?"

"Instead of making these wild guesses, maybe you could try and listen to me?"

Evangeline stood up, unable to sit straight and walked to the window. She stared at the tall buildings on the outside and the cars that looked like little toys when she looked down and asked the question, "Whatever you say, will it hurt me?"

This time, there was no answer. And that non-answer felt like a slap in the face."

"I did not plan for it to be like this... It was because of..."

"Don’t tell me Lucifer. Don’t tell me. I’m about to return to Estania tonight. I want to keep the memory of this time intact. If you are feeling guilty, then live with that guilt do not burden me with your sins. Consider that the price for my forgiveness. And after today, let us never meet again."

As she said this, she turned to look at him, hoping against hope that he would not agree to it. Yes, she was not ready for his deception but the thought of never seeing him again was even more agonizing.

However, her heart broke in that instant when he nodded his head in agreement. She took a step backwards and would have run away when he walked to her and caught her hand. She looked down at the way his hand held her wrist and suddenly wanted to know what he was hiding.

The dilemma inside her was agonizing. " I promise you Lucifer will not appear in front of you again. And I won’t tell you what I want to apologize for. Once we go out of here, we will continue to be two people exploring everything together. But I want you to remember one thing... I am not the man you believe me to be... And you are not the woman I was led to believe."

"What do you mean?", she asked with a frown when he placed his finger on her mouth. "Shush. Since you did not want to talk, we won’t."

With a sigh, he gathered her in his arms, holding her close before stepping back," Lets go, Angel. Today, before we part ways, you are going to be Lucifer’s angel... Go, you need to get dressed."

With that, Lucien looked at her and patted her a**, "Uh huh. Go dress up in what you bought that day. We are going for a ride..."

As Evangeline stepped out of the hotel, she could only catch her breath. This was the man who’d stolen her heart. Leaning against that big bike, he stared at her as if he was about to ride her...

Steeling her heart, she reminded herself that he had hidden motives in approaching her... and walked to him with a smile," Let’s go... As she grabbed the second helmet from the bike and readied to sit behind him, he stopped her," Nah. I’m not the one who is going to control her today."

Surprised, she watched as he moved aside to let her control his precious motorcycle... He’d been teaching her for the last six days and while she’d caught on, she’d never expected that he would let her... "Is it safe?"

"Yes. We are in a remote location and you have learnt well. Come on. Take control, Angel."

Before she could protest or rejoice, she was already straddling the motorcycle. Lucifer had simply lifted her and placed her there, before getting on behind her. She blinked as she watched his strong thighs appear next to hers as he got on behind her...His scent seemed to surround her and she was already feeling giddy as his hands slowly guided her to the handlebars before he wound them around her waist.

With a mixture of thrill and heady excitement, she pressed the ignition as the engine roared to life. "This is insane..."

As the bike rode through the quiet lanes, Evangeline slowly sped up, feeling the worries and her overthinking being left behind. The giddy taste of freedom was like a siren’s call to her beckoning her to join the dark side.

And then there was Lucien, subtly guiding her into the curves, dipping their weights when she couldn’t.

Soon, he’d guided her to a small alcove, off the beaten track. Exhilerated, she jumped off the bike and threw her arms around him," This was the best." He smiled against her head, placing a peck on her hair as he quickly caught her lips with his, stealing her excitement with a kiss...

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