All Chapters of Her Revenge : Chapter 11 - Chapter 13

Evelyn Today was uneventful—at least, on the surface. But beneath it all, something simmered. It felt like Xander was pulling away from me, intentionally keeping his distance. Since I dropped off the files he asked for this morning, I hadn’t seen or heard from him. I didn’t even step foot in his office, except when I popped in briefly to inform him that his visitor, Mike, had arrived—Mike, who couldn’t stop staring at my legs like they were the main attraction.I didn’t let it bother me. Instead, I buried myself in familiarizing with the company, keeping busy just to keep my mind from wandering—though it didn’t work.Now it’s nearly 5 p.m., and Xander still hasn’t emerged from his office. I’m scrolling through the schedule he sent earlier when Natasha appears beside me.“Hey girl, missed you at lunch. Everything good?”“I wasn’t really hungry.”I’m still adjusting to people being in my space. Natasha, on the other hand, seems to thrive on invading everyone else’s. She’s cool, sure,

Evelyn There’s something definitely wrong with me. And the fact that I have absolutely no control over it is what’s driving me insane.Whatever that thing was between me and Xander, it threw me completely off balance. The second I returned to my seat, I was forced to drag Nat off the ridiculously attractive guy that came with him. She was all over him like heat on bare skin. I’ve now fully accepted the fact that Nat is the female equivalent of a manwhore.Xander is sitting not too far away, and I’ve been fighting the urge to look at him again. Every part of my body wants to. Every cell is betraying me.It’s humiliating to admit this even to myself, but the second his arms wrapped around me—just that accidental touch—I felt it. A pulse. A need. A deep, aching throb between my legs that usually only comes when I’m watching porn or grinding my own fingers into my core.But this time, it wasn’t my hand. It was him.And that terrifies me. Because if this is how my body reacts to a simple