Chapter 14: Hot Shot
Evelyn felt her whole body heat up at his touch, his low, seductive voice sending a shiver down her spine. She sucked in a sharp breath as his fingers deliberately grazed her thigh before reaching the gun she had been hiding under her gown all this time.
Wait, so he meant the gun?! The thought hit her hard, and she looked up at him, her eyes widening in realization. Her cheeks so bright red that she could see its reflection in his midnight-black eyes.
Zevian gracefully removed the gun from the holster pouch around her leg and stepped back, the smirk on his face never faltering. Evelyn heaved a sigh, one she had been holding long enough to feel suffocated, her earlier embarrassment replaced by anger as she glared at him. His knowing smirk said it all—he was playing with her!
An amused smile spread across Zevian’s face as he checked the gun and clicked his tongue finding zero bullets inside. "Were you planning to shoot someone?" he asked, looking up at her.
Evelyn gritted her teeth, feeling foolish under his scrutinizing gaze. It had been Avery’s plan to have the gun to threaten anyone if they had arrived late. But having been traumatized by her mother’s death, she couldn’t fathom even holding a gun, let alone using it that she let it be there as an accessory.
"Yes! I was planning to shoot my groom if he was late or, worse, decided to abandon me again," Evelyn replied, irritation evident in her voice. "But unfortunately, he showed up just in time."
Zevian’s eyes subtly widened, realizing she was talking about him before a chuckle escaped his lips. Oh, how much he had missed bickering with her, getting sweetly taunted by her. He shook his head and, placing the gun in one of the drawers, walked back to her with a smile.
Evelyn immediately moved back, her hands curling into fists at her sides, ready to punch him if he tried anything funny again. "What do you want now?!" she grumbled.
"Surely not what you were thinking earlier," Zevian teased with a smile, his words causing her cheeks to flush in embarrassment once more.