Todos os capítulos de One Night Stand With My Hubby's Cousin: Capítulo 271 - Capítulo 280

Evelyn's POV“Evelyn.”Sebastian's voice had taken on a strange calmness that frightened me far more than shouting ever could.“I've spent a lot of time thinking.”I said nothing.My throat felt too tight to speak.His fingers brushed lightly through my hair, and the moment he touched me, my legs seemed to give out beneath me. I stumbled backward and landed hard against the floor, but Sebastian simply crouched down, watching me with an intensity that made my skin crawl.“And I've come to a conclusion.”The smile that followed never reached his eyes.“I don't think talking is going to bring us closer anymore.”Every instinct in my body screamed danger.He leaned toward me.Too close.Close enough that I could feel the warmth of his breath.Close enough that I could see the obsession lurking beneath the exhaustion in his expression.The movement triggered something primal inside me.I jerked my head away immediately.The sudden motion broke whatever fragile restraint remained between us

Evelyn's POVThe moment the screen went dark, something in the room seemed to shift.It was as if an invisible connection had been severed.Sebastian noticed it too.For the first time since Julian had arrived, uncertainty flickered across his face. His pupils contracted slightly, his gaze darting toward the phone before returning to Julian. Someone had been listening. Someone important enough that Julian had stayed on the line the entire time.Who?The question lingered in his eyes.Julian slipped the phone back into his pocket.Then whatever restraint he had been maintaining finally appeared to snap.The tendons in his forearm stood out sharply beneath his skin.“Ah—!”Sebastian's head jerked backward.His neck hit the top of the couch with a dull thud, and his breathing immediately became uneven. Before he could recover, Julian stepped forward, planting one knee on the cushion beside him and leaning down until they were nearly face to face.The proximity felt predatory.Deliberate.

Chapter 279-okEvelyn's POVJulian stared at the dark screen for a moment before slipping the phone away.When he finally started walking toward the bedroom, the furious energy that had filled the suite moments earlier seemed to fade with every step, replaced by something infinitely gentler.He stopped outside the partially open door.His hand lifted toward the handle.Paused.Then changed direction.Instead of entering immediately, he curled his fingers and knocked softly.Twice.The sound was almost absurdly gentle.Knock.Knock.From where I sat on the floor, I realized I had stopped breathing.The noise startled me anyway.Julian seemed to notice.His expression softened.The tension in his shoulders eased.Only then did he slowly turn the handle and push the door open.When I saw him standing there, something inside me finally loosened.Not completely.Not enough.But enough.Enough that my body stopped running purely on fear.Enough that I could finally feel how exhausted I was.

Evelyn's POVI couldn't stop wondering what Sebastian looked like through Julian's eyes.The thought settled into my mind and refused to leave, because if I was being honest with myself, there was a part of me that wanted something terrible to happen to him. I wanted him to suffer. I wanted him to lose something he could never get back. I wanted him to understand what it felt like to have fear lodged inside his chest like broken glass, to have his sense of safety stripped away piece by piece, to know what it was like to stand helpless while someone stronger decided your fate for you.Those thoughts were ugly.Cruel.The kind of thoughts decent people weren't supposed to have.Yet they kept surfacing anyway, dragged up from some dark corner of my heart that I had never wanted to examine too closely.And what shook me most wasn't discovering that those feelings existed.It was realizing that Julian seemed to be carrying them too.His eyes were like a mirror held up to everything I had b

Evelyn's POVIf someone asked me to name the most nerve-racking day of my life, I'd probably say today without hesitation.Not the day I discovered Sebastian's affair. Not the day I signed the divorce papers. Not even the night I thought everything might fall apart in that hotel room. Somehow, despite everything that had happened over the past few years, nothing compared to the strange, escalating sense that I was currently being escorted toward some enormous secret while every person I loved conspired to keep me in the dark.Two hours earlier, I'd been convinced Julian had simply talked me into attending another equestrian charity event. An hour earlier, Dean had somehow managed to get my favorite dress delivered to my hotel room before I even knew I needed it. Thirty minutes earlier, Maddie had practically held me hostage in front of a mirror while touching up my makeup with the concentration of a neurosurgeon and refusing to answer a single question about why she suddenly cared so