EVANGELINE My skin buzzed with nervous anticipation. I knew I’d have to be intimate with him at some point, but I was hoping to have some more time to come to terms with the new deal I’d signed. Nicholas’ piercing gaze didn’t make things any easier for me, neither did the fact that he easily towered over me. His eyes pierced holes into my skin and he didn’t seem to care that I was shuffling uncomfortably on my feet, he just kept staring. To his credit, he didn’t repeat his order, he just waited, giving me the chance to come to terms with it. It wasn’t that I didn’t find him attractive, it was just nerve wracking. The last time I tried to seduce him, it ended with me being thrown out of his house. I tried to just see him as a brother after then… after all, that is all we were supposed

