Lahat ng Kabanata ng Bargain: An Object of Desire : Kabanata 81 - Kabanata 90

Yvette's POVI waited until it was dark before going to see Knox. Hopefully, he must have relaxed from whatever had happened today."You sounded urgent when you called. I didn't think it was going to take you this long to show up," he said after I shut the door behind me.His room was dimly lit as always and tidy. It didn't smell like alcohol and his desk was clean. The sight of it gave me relief.He wasn't drunk or pissed."I thought you had a long day and wanted to be sure that you're in the right headspace to see anyone.""Do you want to step out a bit?" he asked out of the blue, gazing into my eyes with subtle traces of excitement.I nodded, not sure how saying no would sound.He grabbed me by my wrist and led the way to the garage. While he drove, I arranged my thoughts and lined up the questions I wanted to ask so I wouldn't forget any of them or go blank.I recognised the route to be that of the bungalow's and that we might crash there for the night."You're quiet," his voice s

Yvette's POVOne truth about these past days is that each went by breaking a wall between us. It went by changing him as well as what I used to think was true and what I didn't.I couldn't get used to the intensity of his stares because just as he described, he watched even the slightest move I made. In order not to make the situation unbearably awkward, I said I was sleepy and would continue tomorrow.I woke up to see that the painting of the waterfall I was working on had already been completed by him."I couldn't resist touching it," he said, scratching the back of his neck."It's so beautiful!" I exclaimed, walking closer to the canvas so I could study the details. "It's really beautiful.""I should have waited for you to finish it since you started it…""But you did," I pointed out. "And it looks beautiful.""But you wanted to paint. You chose it to finish it.""Ohhh…" I nodded as I dragged the word, finally understanding what he was driving at. "Oh, I know! Since it's sunrise, I

Yvette's POVI had entered the car, not knowing that Evelyn persisted even after being dismissed. She dressed in a way that obviously said she didn't want to be caught, so when Mira and the driver entered the car with the finished frame, I didn't expect either of them to ask about Evelyn."I bumped into her on my way out of the store and…""And?""I don't know… she didn't say anything. She just ran off," she shrugged.The driver was one of Knox's men and of course, saying that I met her would also mean that it was just a matter of time for Knox to find out too."Do you think she came in search of you or Knox?""I doubt," I sighed. "This is a long way from home and if she wanted to find either of us, she'd know where to find us," I explained, taking the painting from her hands. "You did a good job guys," I smiled, feeling the texture of the acrylic against my fingers."Right? It has a shiny finish but you'd only notice it when you tilt the frame in a certain direction," she grinned. "I

Yvette's POVIt was almost three weeks since I had gotten rid of the contraceptive implant. It was also weeks since Christopher had had to bear all the weight of his crumbling world on his shoulders, making it the best weeks of my life. Knox was no longer as busy planning his father's downfall and all. Also, despite the fact that he still wouldn't outrightly confess his love to me, he had gone all out telling me more about himself, his relationship with Dave and the reason they seemed inseparable.We had gone out for lunch, dinner and explored tons of locations together. However, we had this one disagreement about getting the will from his father and freeing us all from the contract.We only had that argument once and he made it so clear that I should stay out of it and shouldn't even bring it up. But the longer he stayed and underestimated his father's choice to destroy the will instead, the more positive chances grew for him to find out how I had broken every single rule I was given

Yvette's POVOn getting home, I followed the back door from which I had also left. Thankfully, I showed up right before anyone knew I was missing except for Mira who I had kept informed."How did it go?" She asked, looking past my shoulder to be sure nobody followed me in."It wasn't so much of a big deal," I lied."Really? Why then did you have me worked up like you were expecting for the worst to happen. Actually it was as if the worst was bound to happen.""Because just like you, I was oblivious. I just got millions of notifications and out of all of them, one stood distinct. It was a text and the sender said he or she had something that would be helpful to me.""And you left?" She asked, her voice a harsh whisper and her eyes wide. "Just like that you left because someone said something cheesy? Really?!""At least let me get to my room, would you?"She nodded in response, although she only moved out of my way after so much hesitation."I don't believe you," she announced after a w