Chapter 08
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SIANNA QUICKLY pulled her gaze away. Her heart slammed hard against her chest.
She had intended to walk away from the man when she heard him speak.
“I thought I was just seeing things. It’s really you.”
It was as if her feet had been nailed to the ground. She took a deep breath.
Before she could respond, she heard the car door shut. When she looked back at him, he had already stepped out of the vehicle he’d been driving.
Damn.
He was tall. And even fully dressed, the build of his body was undeniable. Solid. Well-formed.
Why was that heated memory forcing its way into her mind—the one she had tried to convince herself was only a dream? But it had all been real.
Sianna swallowed discreetly and tried to push the memory away.
From her face, the man’s gaze shifted to the box in her arms.
“People usually carry a box like that when they’ve just left their job,” he said, lifting his eyes back to her face.
His handsome face was serious. Just like the first time she saw him in that hotel.
Dangerously handsome. Even more so when there wasn’t a trace of a smile on his face.
“Why do you care? And for your information, I don’t know you,” she denied, about to turn away when he spoke again.
“Oh, really? Want me to remind you where we first met?”
Heat instantly rushed to her cheeks. And one of the most embarrassing memories resurfaced—her searching for her underwear, only for him to be the one who found it.
“Can you just stop? So, what if you saw me here? I don’t owe you anything for you to waste your time on me. Don’t tell me the money I gave you wasn’t enough?” She laughed sarcastically. “Mister,” she added, “you look like a high-end call boy with that fancy car. Go bother someone else. And as you can see, I don’t even have a job right now. So, before I take out my frustration with the world on you, leave me alone.”
She gave him a blank look before turning her back on him and walking away.
Her chest rose and fell with deep breaths.
She just wanted to go home.
“Hey!” he called after her.
But Sianna didn’t bother looking back, even though she was tempted to. She stopped walking when someone suddenly grabbed the box she was carrying.
“W-wait—” she protested.
“Are you a porter or something?” he muttered, clicking his tongue as he lifted the box that was, admittedly, heavy. She had just been forcing herself to carry it.
“Are you seriously not going to stop? I want to go home and be alone. I need to think because I don’t have a job anymore,” Sianna said, her voice nearly breaking as she remembered being fired just like that. “I worked for years for that job. And just because some people have nothing better to do with their lives, they’ll do anything to make sure I lose mine. I just hope karma hits them hard.”
“From the looks of you, you need someone to talk to.”
Her eyes narrowed. “No thanks,” she said, reaching for her box, but he moved it away from her. “Can you not annoy me right now? If you’re used to talking to strangers, good for you. I’m not that kind of person.”
“What kind of connection do you want then? Wasn’t what we had enough—”
“If you don’t have anything good to say, leave me alone. It’s not a good day for me to flirt with you. And just because we shared one night doesn’t mean you’re entitled to anything. I already forgot about it. And don’t expect me to flirt with you either. You’re not even my type.”
“Do you think you’re my type?” he asked, frowning.
Sianna swallowed, then lifted her chin. “Then why are you wasting your time on me?” she challenged.
“You’re reading too much into it,” he said, brushing past her and walking back to his car.
Her lips parted at his response. She took several deep breaths before turning toward him. She saw him placing her box inside the trunk of his sleek car.
“My things,” she hissed.
Too late. He had already shut the trunk by the time she reached him.
“Which way are you headed? I’ll drop you off.”
She narrowed her eyes. “I don’t need anything from you.”
He ignored her and opened the passenger-side door.
“Get in.”
Was he seriously offering her a ride? But why?
Did he pity her because she looked like she was carrying the weight of the world? Or because her box was heavy?
She walked toward him, though she didn’t even know his name. Not to get in the car—but to study him closely.
“Be honest,” she said seriously. “Are you doing this because you want to have s*x again?”
He laughed sarcastically at that, then his handsome face turned serious again as he looked at her.
“What do you think of yourself? That you’re the only woman in the world? I try to be nice for once, and you color it with something else.”
She still looked at him suspiciously. After everything, she had trust issues with men.
“That’s how men are. You don’t stop until you get what you want.”
“And that’s how women are,” he shot back. “Too quick to judge when a man is doing something good.”
They held each other’s gaze. But in the end, she was the first to look away. There was something in his stare that felt like it could melt even her soul.
“Get in.”
Her mind argued with itself. Should she? Should she go with him?
What’s the worst that could happen, Sianna? You gave yourself to him without much resistance before. Besides, you’ve got nothing left to lose. You don’t even have a job to worry about anymore, a voice in her head chimed in.
And there’s still no taxi passing by, so just ride with him! another part of her mind added.
Her thoughts were ridiculous.
“Daddy, aren’t we leaving yet?”
Sianna’s head snapped toward the inside of the car when she heard a child’s voice.
There was a little boy in the backseat, around five years old.
Daddy?! she echoed in her mind.
“And you even have your child with you?” she snapped at the man as she looked at him again. “And you still have the nerve to ask me to get in your car? Aren’t you afraid of your wife?” Anger sharpened her beautiful features as she realized he had slept with her despite having a family. “Are all men like that? You don’t even think about the partner you’ll hurt? You’re all the same.”
When she saw a taxi approaching, she immediately flagged it down. She didn’t spare the man another glance and quickly got inside.
Whatever she could have possibly felt for him was now stained with anger.
The audacity to ask her into his car while his child was there.
Maybe there really were no decent men left in this world.
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