IMDD CHAPTER 232 [SEASON 4] (Patreon)

“What… are you chickening out now?” Eva teased when he just froze. 

He bent over her. His face too close their noses almost touching. “I don’t care if you’re under influence right now, you can no longer take back your words.” He smiled slightly, but his eyes looked too pleased, too happy, he almost looked a little insane. “Fine… I’m Gage now… I’m your husband now… and as you wish, I won’t go look for him… I’ll just kill him the moment he dares to show up before me to reclaim his place and his name.”

A soundless chuckle escaped Eva’s lips as she reached out and touched his face. “Sure… I’m fine with that,” she said, and then she pressed her key, causing her car to light up. “Now shall we go home, my husband?” Her eyes twinkled at him before she opened the car door. “I think it’s better if you’re the one to drive…” Eva suddenly trailed off. Gods… this felt like déjà vu. She’d done this before to him, pushing him to drive her car like this the first time they met.

A soft smile tugged at the corner of her lips as she lifted her face and looked at him. She wished that she could see him feeling or remembering something as well, but his expression was not what she was hoping for. He was looking at her intently, as if he was trying to read her instead.

And then his expression and his demeanor suddenly shifted again.

“You forgot your bag, Eva,” a male’s voice echoed.

Eva’s first move was to push Gage into the driver’s seat. She was just nervous. She couldn’t help it. She couldn’t trust this devil’s self-control anymore, especially when she knew just what this man was capable of doing in a blink of an eye!

Eva couldn’t help but truly feel and see how different his reactions right now compared to himself seven years ago. It’s becoming clearer to her that… everything about the ever-so-calm and gentle, warm, and sweet Gage Acheron seemed to be completely erased in him. Right now, what was left in him was a suffocating intensity, coldness, darkness, and a deadly danger. Right now, she felt like she was meeting the Gage she’d seen in her dream long ago. The devil.

She shook her head. Though she’d sobered up already, she was still under the influence of alcohol right now so she can’t be thinking at the moment. For now, she must make sure to tie this man and not let him go no matter what. She’d think about all these once she wakes up tomorrow. For now, she must bring her husband home before he does something crazy!

“Please wait for me a bit, okay? I’ll just go grab my bag.” She whispered to him and then she landed a kiss on his cheek before she shut the door on him.

Rushing towards Calix, Eva mustered a professional smile. “I’m sorry Cal,” she apologized as she accepted the bag from him. “Uh… as you saw, my husband’s back. But right now, I can’t introduce him to you yet.”

Calix's gaze lingered thoughtfully on her car before he responded with a measured nod, his features betraying nothing of his thoughts.

"Alright, I'll head out first then. Thanks again," she said. Pivoting too quickly, Eva's heel misjudged a stray pebble. She stumbled, momentarily thrown off balance. Calix's reflexes were swift; his hand found her waist, steadying her firmly.

“You okay?” he asked.

“Yes, thanks,” Eva replied, managing a smile.

She gave him a quick, appreciative nod and then turned, hurrying back to the car. As she was about to fasten her seatbelt, she caught sight of the brooding darkness shadowing Gage's features.

In that moment a sudden idea came to her to distract him and maybe even make him feel some déjà vu.

Capturing his intense stare, she shifted closer, her movement deliberate and seductive. “I believe you need a bribe to drive us home,” she whispered, her breath caressing the sensitive skin of his throat.

His immediate reaction was a rigid stillness, heightening the charged atmosphere between them. Eva's lips curved in a playful smile. As Eva teasingly slid her tongue across his throat, his reaction was immediate: a sharp intake of breath, his Adam's apple moving prominently with his swallow.

Eva sucked hard and was about to bite him like what she did that night they first met, when he suddenly grabbed her.

The next thing she knew he was kissing her, hard. Punishingly hard.

When he finally released her, she was left gasping for breath, suddenly realizing she was seated on his lap, facing him with her legs parted.

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a/n: I aimed to release three chaps but I decided not to release the 3rd one because I don't want to give you a cruel cliffhanger when i'm supposed to be giving these chaps as treats. XD  Don't want to leave you hanging and dry... today 🤭

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