As Night Consumes | j.jk

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EVIE

I didn't move a muscle.

Droplets were hitting my hair, making me shiver, but I still didn't get into his car.

We were looking at each other, so many words going between us, but none of us talking. I knew what his gaze meant. The way the corner of his mouth was lifted, his brows a little furrowed. He was challenging me. Almost telling me like I'm not good enough. And from the way I was looking at him, with anger and fire, his smirk enlarged. It was like he loved to wind me up.

But I was freezing cold. And wet. And even though he was a stranger, and a person that didn't radiate safety at all, I was still contemplating to enter inside.

"It's your choice, but I won't wait for you to make up your mind any longer."

I bit my lips and looked into my right. I still had so much to go.

Sighing, I opened the door.

"Thanks. And sorry for wetting your seat." I mumbled, not in the mood to talk to him. I was never in the mood to talk to him actually.

"Don't worry princess, it's leather."

"My name is Evie."

"Oh, was it? I didn't know." he smiled, maybe for the first time ever. Not bad.

Not bad at all.

"You're not a kid. Admit that you know my name." I rolled my eyes, taking my mind away from his smile.

"I have better things to think about." he casually said, making me scoff. This guy.

"So what are your plans for tonight?"

"Why are you so chatty and why are you asking?" I almost laughed out. Why the good mood?

"Go on a ride with me."

That made me speechless.

I looked at his profile while he was driving, with a lifted eyebrow.

"At this hour, and with you?" Who did he think he was? He was starting to get actually humorous.

"What is it princess, scared of the dark?"

His comment caught me off guard.
I didn't know if he was referring of the night or himself.

Truthfully, I was scared of both.

"I'm not scared of shit, Jeon." I said with a fake confidence that I hope was unnoticed. "Okay, I'll go, but only if I play the music." I couldn't believe that I was accepting this just because I didn't want him to see how scared I was.

I could've said no, but maybe that could have made him insist more, and I didn't want something to happen similar to what happened with Jackson at that house.

Or I could have said simply no, and he would leave me at the campus and I would go to sleep, another boring day. Because I hated his guts, and he made me feel ashamed, but...

I wanted to feel my old life again.

Midnight rides were my favourites, and I was a little curious to see where he would take me.