"Are you going to be okay?" Evangeline looked at Alexander once they were inside the house, her gaze moving back and forth between the doctor and Alexander.
"Are you worried about me?" Alexander raised his brows at her, and she rolled her eyes.
"Now that you are shot I am sure you are not going to attend any kind of meeting and won't be needing me anymore," Evangeline sighed, remembering how her clothes were stained.
She looked at her stained top before looking at Alexander.
"You can use that dress to give your girlfriend in the future. I have to leave now. I might as well hit the road already. Maybe I would still be able to attend my last lecture," Evangeline stood from her place and was about to leave when Alexander stood from his place and quickly held her hand.
"Stay," He said.
"What do you need me for now? You should rest now. You are not thinking of going to the meeting even after all this, right?" Evangeline asked.
Alexander didn't answer her.
"Stay," He repeated himself, cupping her cheeks with his right hand, looking at her deeply.
Evangeline noticed how all the men in the room turned around as if giving them some kind of privacy, and she took a deep breath.
"God, you are impossible," She said, and he smirked.
"I have told you before too. I am possible. Do you want me to show you a demo?" Alexander asked.
"Sir, please sit down and get your wounds treated first," the doctor said, looking at Evangeline as if she was his girlfriend who would scold him into sitting and getting his treatment.
"What? Do your work," Evangeline scoffed at the doctor, and Alexander shook his head with a smile before sitting.
"Be quick. I have a guest to attend," Alexander said, his gaze moving to his men.
"Have you forgotten your manners? How do we behave when we have a guest at home?" Alexander raised his brows, and the men immediately shuffled and started running around like rats running around the house to tend to Alexander's guests.
"Pardon my men. They don't know how to act since they don't get many guests in this main house," Alexander said, his gaze focused on the girl who was looking at him with suspicious eyes.
"Are you telling me I am the first girl you brought here? What are you? A morally grey man character from those dark romance books?" She asked, and Alexander hummed.
"Does that make you feel special?" He gave her a lopsided smile.
"Who wants to feel special with you? The one time you take me somewhere like this, and we were chased by the goons. Please, keep your special treatment to yourself. I am fine by myself," Evangeline scoffed.
"Are you not done yet?" Alexander raised his voice, his gaze shifting to the doctor, who flinched and wrapped his hand properly.
"Leave," Alexander said, and Evangeline stood from her place to leave.
However, she couldn't even take two steps when Alexander's words stopped her.
"Not you. Everyone else," Alexander said, and they looked at their boss with wary eyes.
Can they really trust a strange girl who they are seeing for the first time with their boss? They thought altogether, but when they saw the secretary walking out with a second thought, they followed suit.
"So, you don't want to feel special?" Alexander stood from his place, and Evangeline looked around at the big house.
Will she be able to make it out of here alive if she dashes out of here?
"Why is it that you hate me?" Alexander's question made her glare at him.
"Have you given me any reason to like you?" Evangeline quirked her brows, and Alexander smiled, backing her until the back of her legs hit the sofa and she fell on it.
"Will you feel special if I become one of those morally grey fictional men for you? What do you want? Do you want me to call you a good nickname or buy a building for you?" Alexander caged her between his arms, looking her straight in the eyes.
"You know you look really cute when you are flustered," Alexander said before he opened the buttons of his shirt.
"Woah! What the hell are you doing?"
"Taking off my shirt? Or do you want me to keep looking funny with one sleeve on?" Alexander raised his brows at her.
"I know what you are doing. I just want to ask you why you are doing it in front of me. Don't you have any shame?" Evangeline asked.
He smirked.
Alexander didn't say anything and kept unbuttoning his shirt, liking how her cheeks were turning red slowly. The way her Adam's apple bobbed up and down, as she tried her best to steal her gaze away from his chest when she clearly wanted to see was more entertaining than a full-blown comedy film to him.
"Why should I be ashamed? Do you feel uncomfortable? You can do it. To make things even. I mean, haven't I told you earlier? I believe in equality," Alexander smirked at her flaring nose as she looked at him angrily.
"Do you want to touch it?" Alexander quirked his brows, and Evangeline looked at his abdomen before looking back into his eyes.
She was trying to give him some privacy, but if that's what he wants, why shouldn't she?
"Sure, why not," Evangeline stood from her place and stepped forward towards him.
"Should I?" Evangeline asked, hoping he would take offense to her provocation and turn around, however, to her surprise, rather than leaving to change, Alexander held her right hand and placed it directly on his chest, making her heart skip a beat.
She looked at her hand that was directly over his heart, and she didn't know what to interpret his actions as.
Does he even have any idea what kind of things he was doing with her just to tease her? Does he not understand that he was being so intimate with her on a level that it would be hard to return from?
Intimacy doesn't only limit to sexual intimacy.
A simple touch, smile, gentle care, and understanding were enough to make a person feel intimate with you.
And it feels so wrong but so surreal.
"Mr. Alexander," Evangeline lifted her hand politely before turning around.
"Let's pretend this didn't happen. You can change and then we can talk about why you still want me to be here," Evangeline said, and Alexander smirked at the girl who was unaware of his dark thoughts for her.
The more mysteriously she was behaving, the more he wants to toy with her. She was now becoming his favorite pastime.
It has been so long since he felt attracted to something, and strangely for the first time, it was a girl. Alexander smirked, taking off his shirt completely and walking towards his room to change and clean himself.
What he doesn't know is that the person he was thinking of playing a game with was herself playing a game he would never be able to guess about.
Evangeline smiled as soon as Alexander left.
She started walking around the main hall, trying her best to look like she was just strolling when she was actually looking at the cameras and security measures of this so-called main base.
Well, it's not like she expected messing with him to be an easy job. She always knew that this Cane brother would be the toughest to crack. Evangeline roamed her finger on the walls, a polite innocent smile plastered on her face to hide her evil intentions.