Husband With Benefits
Chapter 260: Talk

Chapter 260: Talk

Gasping, Evangeline stumbled backwards, only to find herself caught by a pair of strong arms around her waist. Looking up, she found herself locked in Lucien’s gaze and his arms.

"I apologize... I was going somewhere."

Lucien chuckled, a warmth in his eyes. "No need to apologize. Where?"

Evangeline tried to step back from his embrace but his grip remained firm. "Where what?" She asked in irritation. She was not going to give him the satisfaction of struggling against him.

"You said you are going somewhere? I asked you where?" Lucien kindly explained as if talking to a child.

Irritated, Evangeline almost stomped her foot," You are not the boss of me so... get out of my way."

With a shrug, Lucien let her go and stepped away, making a carry-on gesture.

His sudden stepping away had her feeling cold for a moment which made her even more angry and she walked away with a huff.

A few steps later, she realized that someone was following her. Stopping, she whirled around and glared at the man," Why are you following me?"

"I’m not following you. I’m going somewhere." Lucien answered easily.

"Where are you going?" Evangeline asked suspiciously. This was the way to her own place and not the guest rooms...

A smirk across his face, he lifted a shoulder and answered," You are not the boss of me."

Having her words handed back to her, Evangeline frowned and pointed a finger at him as she walked back to him," You! Do you think you are smart! Do you have any idea what people think of you? That they think you are the most stodgy man on the planet? That your idea of a scandal is to spill coffee on a spreadsheet?"

As she said those words, Evangeline realized that this description bothered her. Though she tried to tell herself that those people were his brothers, it made her feel uneasy to see him being put down like this.

Incredibly, Lucien laughed loudly at the description instead of being hurt. As she stared at his genuine smile, he spoke," I am sure ’stodgy’ is not the word they would have used. I doubt it even exists in their dictionary! And who told you about the spreadsheets? Ian or Seb? They are never going to let me live it down. When and how did you talk to them? They are too fast if they’ve already touched base with you."

Evangeline stared. First, his laughter was too captivating. Secondly, she was trying to figure out if the man was genuinely amused or just doing this to hide his hurt. She should not have blurted out things like this. Just because his brothers had been spouting nonsense, didn’t give her the right to...

"Are you not hurt and bothered by the way they put you down?"

Lucien smiled and caught her finger, which was still poking his chest and brought her hand to his lips. Gently, he kissed her fingertip and questioned," Why? Are you curious about me now?"

Realizing that she’d fallen into his trap, she pulled back her finger, which was still tingling from his kiss and started walking away speedily. He soon caught up with her and walked beside her. Evangeline reminded herself that ignoring him was the best thing she could do to preserve her senses around this man. So she was going to treat him like air.

Unfortunately, said air was too noisy. "Come on angel. Just accept that you are curious about me. I am very curious about you. The time we spent together feels as if it was just a trailer and I want to know what this story holds. Tell me you are not curious."

"Curiosity kills the cat, Lucifer." Evangeline snapped.

"But suspense brings it back, Angel." Lucien replied with a pointed grin.

Evangeline sighed and finally stopped, "I’ve reached where I needed to be. You can continue wherever you are going."

With that, Evangeline turn to open the gate to her own small house. Ultimately, she was stopped by Lucien who stepped close to her back, his hands holding onto the gates, caging her between himself and the cold metal. Evangeline stilled, not daring to move forward of backward.

"Invite me in for some coffee, Angel."

"I don’t have coffee in my house."

"Then a nightcap?"

"You wish."

"Then just your company, Angel. Let’s just sit and talk. Your captivating company can make up for the lack of coffee. You can even scold me if that makes you happy."

Angle smiled and shook her head in surrender. "Fine. Just for talking. Nothing else."

His warm breath tickled her ear as his hands slowly moved away from the gate.

Evangeline quickly unlocked the gate, leaving it open for the man to follow her. Since he’d invited himself in, she was not going to offer him anything.

As he walked through the garden to the living room, he could not help but frown. This place did not look like Evana’s at all. Even the living room she showed him looked as if it should be in those magazines for hotels.

Looking around with interest, trying to see something that she might have added there, Lucien shook his head and directly commented," I want to see your bedroom."

cough cough cough. Evangeline who’s just taken a sip of her water sputtered and shook her head," What is wrong with you?"

Lucien smiled and walked to Evangeline. Pulling a few tissues from the bar behind her, he casually dabbed the tissues across her neckline, where a few drops of water still clung. Looking at the frozen girl, he tsked," What is wrong with me? I’m just curious about you. And I promise, I am not planning anything scandalous... yet."

Evangeline caught his hand that was still ’soaking’ water and narrowed her eyes," You are not getting into my bedroom... ever."

Lucien smiled wickedly at that and leaned closer to her," Fine then, we can indulge my curiosity right here..."

"I’m not sleeping with you in the living room." Evangeline blurted out.

"Talk, angel. We are going to talk... As for the other activities that YOU have in mind, we’ll look for suitable locations when the time comes...

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