Chapter 69

EVANGELINE

For that response alone, I picked the most revealing dress I could find.

It was a floor length silver gown that clung to me like second skin. The neckline was a deep V, showing off an ample amount of cleavage, and the back was even lower, dipping right up to my lower back. I paired it with silver heels and curled my hair neatly.

By the time I showed up at the villa, Alex was already waiting outside.

His mouth dropped open in shock and he blinked rapidly, drinking in every inch of exposed skin.

“You look… amazing,” he swallowed. “Do you need a jacket? It’s going to be cold tonight.”

I ignored him, brushing past him without a word and sat in the car. It took him a full minute before he gathered his bearings and followed behind me, still mumbling something about a jacket.

On the car ride to the gala, he tried to offer me his jacket and a glass of champagne, but I refused to even glance his way. I was only doing this out of duty, I wasn’t going to sit in the car and pretend lik