Evelyn’s POV
I didn’t know what possessed me to blurt out that question.
I think, given the emotional day I’d been through, my mind had finally cracked. What little reservation I had must have run out.
Kane only stared at me, leaving the question to float in the air between us. I wasn’t sure what kind of an answer I was expecting.
Had he kissed me to adhere to the plan we’d agreed on? Was it because he noticed the way Bianca was antagonizing me, and he felt pity? Or...Could it have been for some other reason entirely?
Was it...Perhaps, at all possible...He could have kissed me because he genuinely wanted to?
Oh, my Goddess. Why would I even humor such a ridiculous idea? Of course, he didn’t have any real feelings toward me.
A new ache bloomed in my chest that I wasn’t prepared
