The CEO's Dirty Little Secret novel Chapter 10

　　Evelyn squeezed her eyes shut to stop the tears again as he walked out of the playroom. There would be enough time after he was gone to do that.

　　Coming out of this contract would be harder than she thought, but she would find a way. She had grown up on a rough estate and knew how to take care of herself. Being with Roman had changed her, but if she wanted to come out of this somewhat intact, she knew she had to squash her feelings for him.

　　Roman dealt with facts and figures, not emotions. She had to remember that.

　　Blurting out that she was leaving when she had no idea how she would do it hadn’t been a good idea. First, she had to fix things for her parents before she tried anything.

　　With a sigh, she dragged herself off the bed and ignored the tingling when her thighs rubbed together. Hours later her body still felt the effects of his lovemaking and she was still a sticky mess even though Roman must have cleaned her after she had passed out. There was no time for a shower now, so she unhooked her silky dressing gown from the back of the door and put it on before she followed him down the stairs.

　　Roman was putting his coat on when he looked up to watch her come down the stairs. He showed no expression on his face as if her decision to leave hadn’t affected him at all. That was enough to cool her body right down and reaffirm her decision. If he was like this, why had he come after her at all? Why hadn’t he just let her go back to her life?

　　“I need my car. I didn’t put enough in the meter to leave it overnight,” she explained.

　　“Then it’s probably been towed,” Roman said as he straightened his coat and then walked over to the side table to pick his briefcase up. “I’m sure you’ll figure it out.”

　　“If you want me to stay so far from any transport links, you need to get my car back. I need to be able to get back into the city without paying too much for taxis. I’ve enrolled back into university, I can’t drop out again.”

　　Roman paused and looked at her.

　　“You’ve changed your mind?” he asked.

　　For now.

　　“Yes.”

　　Roman looked at her a little longer.

　　“Why?”

　　“You won. Does it matter?”

　　“This wasn’t about winning or losing,” Roman said as he put his case back on the side table. “We have an agreement, Evelyn, and you know how I feel about people who break their word.”

　　“Yes, I know. I’ll keep up my end of the agreement now, as long as you keep up yours.”

　　Roman still looked as if he doubted her word.

　　“So when I come back I’m not going to find another note?”

　　“No more notes from me.”

　　The next time she did this, he’d have a note from her lawyer.

　　“Were you getting bored here, Evelyn? Is that what all of this was about?” he asked. “I never asked you to stop seeing your friends or drop out of your degree.”