Lahat ng Kabanata ng One Night Stand With My Hubby's Cousin: Kabanata 101 - Kabanata 110

Evelyn's POVHow was he even here?At this hour, wasn’t he supposed to be sitting in a conference room in a perfectly tailored suit, tie perfectly in place, listening to a bunch of reports while picking them apart with that usual frown of his?Or at worst, locked in his private office, flirting with his assistant and performing that “I care but I don’t really” act he was so good at.But none of that mattered right now.All I wanted to know was why he was here. Right now. In front of me.“Surprised to see me?” His lips curled slightly. That smile had an edge to it.I didn’t answer.He didn’t stop.“I looked everywhere for you these past few days. WHR said you hadn’t shown up all week. I called your classmates, your friends, one by one. Nobody had seen you.” He paused, his voice dropping a little. “I even went to Maddie. She said you went to Europe on a trip.”He was staring at me like he was checking if I’d feel guilty.“Do you know how close I was to losing my mind looking for you?” H

Evelyn's POVHe stood there as if my words had hit him all at once, leaving him trapped somewhere between shock and fury, his mind struggling to catch up with what had just happened.I didn’t wait for him to recover.Some emotions were his to deal with on his own now. After all, when I had first discovered everything—every lie, every betrayal—I had survived those endless days and sleepless nights by myself too, dragging myself through the wreckage without anyone there to soften the fall. Now it was simply his turn.I pulled my suitcase behind me and turned toward the door.The wheels rolled softly across the floor, the sound quiet yet strangely sharp in the silence, each small click echoing like the final punctuation marks at the end of whatever this marriage had once been.I pushed the door open and had barely stepped onto the first stair when a rush of movement came from behind me, sudden and uncontrolled, like something snapping loose.The next second, he was there.His hand closed

Evelyn's POVI knew Julian was following behind me, but I didn’t have the energy to deal with him anymore.None of this was really his fault. Rationally, I knew that. But after everything that had happened, my emotions felt scraped raw, and even his presence—steady, patient, infuriatingly calm—had started to feel like one more thing pressing against my already collapsing nerves.So I ignored him.I walked straight to my car, yanked the door open harder than necessary, and slid into the driver’s seat with the kind of anger that made every movement sharp around the edges. Even starting the engine felt aggressive. By the time I properly came back to myself, I was already speeding down the wide LA roads, the fading gold of sunset stretching endlessly across the horizon like a fire slowly burning itself out.The city was slipping into dusk.Palm trees blurred past the windows in dark silhouettes, traffic lights flickered awake one by one, and the sky over LA glowed with that unreal mixture

Evelyn's POV“So what if we got along?” I let out a small laugh at my own expense, the sound thin and bitter against the crashing waves behind us. “What exactly did you expect me to do? Keep acting like some pathetic woman crying herself apart over a failed marriage, clinging to you because I needed someone to stay beside me?”“That’s not what I meant.” Julian inhaled slowly, like he was deliberately forcing himself to stay calm before speaking again. “But disappearing without a word? At the very least, you could’ve answered me. I contacted you so many times, Eve. You never replied once.”“Why should I have replied?”I curled my fingers so tightly that my nails bit into my palm, grounding myself with the pain as I forced the cruel words out anyway.“Our relationship is over.”“Over?” Julian stared at me as if he genuinely couldn’t process what he’d just heard. “What the hell does that mean?”“It means exactly what it sounds like.” I forced myself to hold his gaze, even though every wo

Evelyn's POV“Do you like me, Julian?”The question left my mouth before my heart had time to stop it.And the second the words were out there between us, hanging in the cold ocean air, I wanted to take them back.Because honestly, this couldn’t just be my imagination anymore. Somewhere along the way, I had started believing Julian liked me—really liked me—and otherwise none of this made sense. Not Seattle. Not tonight. Not the way he kept showing up for me even after I tried so hard to push him away.Hope rose inside me before I could stop it, sudden and dangerous, like water breaking through cracked stone.And at the exact same time, fear followed right behind it.Because my life was already a disaster. My marriage had collapsed, my emotions were a wreck, and if I was being honest with myself, I barely even trusted my own judgment anymore. I didn’t know how to handle another complicated relationship. I didn’t know how to handle being cared for by someone again without immediately wa