#Chapter 81: Public Meltdown

[Evelyn’s POV] Oh my God... I cursed all the bad luck in the world that, for some reason, was determined to find me. Because what the actual hell was Alexander doing here?? He wasn’t someone who came to the open market like this. He had a whole fleet of staff members to run all of the inconsequential errands so there was never any reason for him to be in such a place. So, why now? And why on earth did it have to be at the exact same time when Michael was standing no less than a foot away from me? I almost didn’t want to turn around for fear of finding the state in which Alexander was currently in. He was enraged. His tone of voice gave that away immediately. I just had to remind myself. I hadn’t done anything wrong. Even though my nerves were coiled and strained with worrisome guilt, these were circumstances that were not in my control. I knew things were looking bad for me. He’d told me to stay away from his Stepbrother—an order that I had bluntly refused. In reali