Evelyn’s POV
I will not be used as a pawn.
I could only assume that he’d been referring to how I kissed him in front of Alexander. I still felt bad about twisting the situation at the time. Yet, I had already explained my reasoning behind my actions to Kane.
He had left before I could give any proper response to his statement.
Aside from the rush of guilt, I also felt slightly rattled.
It was almost ironic that he would make such a remark, knowing my own position in all of this. A pawn?
I’d practically been a pawn my entire life. A spare piece to move around at someone else’s will. A means to an end. My own family treated me as such. When I signed that damned marriage contract, I partly felt as though I’d just become Kane’s pawn.
Yet, he had the gall to voice his own displeasu
