Warren
"So how's your reason?" Rowan asks.
"What?" I ask glancing up from my laptop.
"Your reason?"
I have no idea what he's babbling about. "Either say it clearly or get out." I go back to typing when he interrupts me again.
"I meant the woman you love. How's she?"
Realization hits me that he's talking about Evelyn. The mention of her name stirs something inside of me.
"She's fine." I avoid looking at him.
"Evelyn is her name right?" Rowan asks and my gaze falls on him instantly.
"How the fuck do you know her name?" My hands tighten as possessiveness crawls up my skin.
"Calm the fuck down. Noah told me."
I'm going to kill that dickhead.
"Stay the fuck away from her Verlice. I mean it." The way tension grips my body and the laser-sharp gaze I look at him with. I'm sure he's well aware that I'll take him down if he hurts her.
"Don't think so low of me Archer. I would never hurt the woman you love." Sincerity glistens in his eyes and something tells me he won't. But I'm not ready to not take precautions.
"You better not or else I'll destroy you."
"Damn you're serious about her."
It's a foolish mistake that he knows Evelyn is my weakness. He could do her harm. But I know Rowan won't do that because he knows I'll burn him down.
"What do you want?" I divert the conversation.
Straightening his back like a rock he interlocks his fingers and looks at me.
"I was thinking about talking with Evelyn to convince you to take the project but now that you've threatened me. I won't. Which you shouldn't have. I'm not someone you would want as an enemy."
"Then don't push me over the edge. And I told you I'm not taking the contract."
"I hate how you reject me every time." He mocks with a smile.
"Seems like a foreign concept to you," I comment.
"I'm familiar with it." Something dark crosses his face and I see it.
There's someone in his life too. I wonder who?
"Don't waste my time and ge—" my phone starts ringing and all of my attention centers on it.
Picking it up I see Evelyn's name flashing across the screen and my heart starts pounding hard. A strange and eerie feeling circles inside my chest.
Standing up I steer away from Rowan who's watching me.
I press the green button and attend the call.
"Hey." My voice comes out breathy and I feel like a teenager.
In reply no words come out from her side. I check my phone and see the seconds counting.
"Evelyn." It must be a buttdial. I got so excited that she called me because she wanted me or something.
At once heart-wrenching sobs fill my eardrums and my heart skyrockets into my throat. Her breaths are loud and short as if she can't breathe. That further sends my throat to my fucking mouth. I can barely breathe.
"Evelyn, what's ha—"
"Ren..." she's never called me that before. It's like my name is too long for her to speak.
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