Chapter 248: Son Of A...
"I think I liked you..."
Evangeline was very sure that she had slipped into some parallel universe. The wild Lucifer that she had fallen for had turned into a staid Lucien. And he was confessing to her. Eleanora had regained her memory out of the blue and was in love with the gardener who was not a gardener. And her father had retreated instead of standing over her protectively. She had definitely transmigrated...into some other dimension.
Lucien cupped her face as he noticed her distraction and questioned, "Are you even listening to me? I like you Evangeline and that is why I did not..."
As he turned her head easily, telling her to look at him. The way he looked at her with no remorse, she felt red-hot anger course through her, "You! Stop right there! You... you you you... You son of a biscuit!!!"
Lucien blinked at that," Excuse me?" Son of a biscuit? Was that a cookie?
Getting on a roll, Evangeline stood up, almost pushing the man onto his a** and pointed her index finger at his nose," You! You son of a biscuit! You THINK you like me? I am going to kick your a** to the next planet! The truth is that you thought you could gather information from me and be totally guiltless about it. But in the end, your conscience stirred, and you chickened out! So, you decided to think that you like me!"
"That way you could soothe your agitation and then use and discard me! Get away from me! Look at me! How foolish I am. I actually fell for an act! And now that I’ve fallen for him once, he thinks that he can fool me again. It is right what they say. The ones who fall first are always at a disadvantage. Get out of my way, I am leaving..."
Lucien blinked as Evangeline went off on her litany and then stepped over him to get away. Was she in some kind of shock? That had to be it. He’d never seen her this disoriented.
Lucien stared at her retreating back as a huge wolfish grin spread over his face. She had essentially confessed to him that she liked him back. He wanted to run to her and tell her that even if she had fallen first, he had fallen harder but he didn’t think that would go over that well.