Evelina almost couldn't catch her breath, feeling as if she were suffocating.
Mr. Shaw had publicly declared that he had no interest in her, even going so far as to say that he felt nothing for her physically!
Alexander had even compared looking at her to looking at Aunt Mia?!
Evelina's eyes widened. She turned her head to glance at the plump housekeeper standing beside her...
In that moment, she felt as though she were plunging into a bottomless abyss.
If Alexander had merely denied any relationship between them, saying they were not a couple, it would have been easier for her to endure.
But for him to say something so blunt, so damaging to her self-esteem?
How could Alexander treat her this way?
Evelina was completely unable to respond. Her mouth hung open, all pretense utterly s
