Evelyn’s POV
With my promise to remain away from the restricted rooms in the medical ward, I continued to carry out my regular duties with the rest of the team the following day.
Yet there was something that kept pressing on my mind. Shockingly enough, it had nothing to do with the new rogues. Granted, I was glad to discover that my abilities would still be of some good use.
No, what I couldn’t stop thinking about was Kane, and that one moment we shared back in our bedroom. The way he’d looked at me—an expression of rage combined with something closely resembling...Lust?
Could I dare say ‘desire’?
Surely, not. After all, Kane and I both understood that our marriage was solely based on a contract. And neither of us had even considered any real, physically intimate aspects of our ar
