I Made a Deal with the Devil

CHAPTER 5

Back to the present…

Eva facepalmed, remembering everything that happened. Oh, goodness! Now you have really gone and done it, Eva! She yelled at herself in her mind. She could not believe she could be that bold of a woman when drunk to that extent.

It was not like this was her first time ever drinking alcoholic drinks. But she had never let herself get drunk to this extent before. She was all about self-control and discipline when it comes to alcohol, until this time. It was because she had always believed that nothing good ever comes from getting drunk. She had seen too many people that had gotten themselves drunk and ended up embarrassing themselves big time. And since she was that kind of woman, who was ever so uptight and cared so much about her reputation, she had always put herself under her own strict surveillance. She never allowed herself to get on the loose.

However, now that she had thrown away her guard, she had indeed  ended up embarrassing herself. My god! Alcohol really gives one nothing but a headache! And following that, a heartache too!

When she returned her gaze to him, he was still smiling. For some reason, his wicked mouth that had curled at the sides was making her heart nervous.

Eva had met quite a bevy of good looking men before. Especially in her line of work, she had even met with a few top tier celebrities and other big personalities and she was proud to say that she had built quite a tolerance when it comes to handsome guys. A few had tried to seduce her, some were young studs who were desperate for rich and successful sugar mommies. But Eva had never let any of those superficial men lay their hands on her. In fact, just one sharp blade-like  gaze from her and the men never come crawling back to bother her anymore.

But this man. She had been glaring at him for a while now, she even made a move to grab at his collar like she was some violent alpha woman. Most men would definitely run away and ignore a woman like her, because she knew that most men were suckers for soft, sweet and delicate ladies. She, however, was far from soft, never sweet, and certainly not delicate… and that was probably one of the biggest reasons why Julian had thrown her away like trash now that she had nothing left to her name.
So why? Why was this man still stopping her from leaving? Why was he still smiling at her as though he finds her interesting? She knew she was never interesting as a woman! This guy… What was he up to? Him behaving this way must be due to some ulterior motive! 

“Fine. What do you want?” Eva huffed in slight irritation as her gaze sharpened again. “How much do you –” She caught her lower lip between her teeth as her eyes looked around the house that was screaming with luxury once again before her eyes fell back on him. Did a man living in such luxurious wealth even need money? But what if he was not the one who owned this house? But… he looked…

Her eyes travelled over him from head to toe. Why the hell did she feel as though he was like some high ranked aristocrat as well?!

Eva had met a few aristocrats in the past and though she did not have the opportunities to meet kings and queens, she had met her share of princes and other lower ranked aristocrats. This was how she had an idea on the kind of air surrounding them. And she was surprised that this man actually had an even stronger presence compared to all those she had met before. Who is this man? Or was her observation and senses playing a trick on her? 

“Who are you?” Eva finally asked, eyes narrowing slightly.

“Who am I…” his deep voice drawled out. “How about you guess, pet?”

Eva creased her brows. “I don’t have time to play a guessing  game with you.”

“That’s a shame then.” He just smiled. It was strange how he seemed to be so tolerant about her uptight attitude. Most people, be it men or women, could not wait to end a conversation with her, except when the conversation was revolving purely around business. So why did this man sound like he was trying to drag their conversation on?