SWNOVELXO Chapter 4: What He Wants
Perhaps this beauty system came with a horrible curse or perhaps she had just run out of luck, one of these things must be the reason Evangeline fell from the runway and landed heavily on the lap of none other than Orion Thorne, the most intimidating man she had seen so far.
Her soft chest was pressing against his neck while her dainty arms held onto him for dear life.
The whole place was completely silent for a moment before people started turning away and pretending like Evangeline had not just ruined her modeling career that hadn't even fully begun.
Orion rose from his chair sharply as though Evangeline was a disgusting pile of acid that ruined his clothes and the force pushed her to the floor.
Evangeline wished for the ground to open up and swallow her whole into the abyss.
Orion's eyes were practically glowing with fury as he glared down at her.
"I'm so sorry—" she started.
Orion interrupted her with an annoyed scoff before he stepped over her and left the arena with a couple of other suited men trailing behind him.
Could her life possibly get any worse than this?
Tears pricked at her lower lids as she picked herself shamefully off the floor and walked backstage.
When she got there all she saw were disappointed and judgemental stares from the models and even the fashion designer.
"Leave now," the designer said and Evangeline wiped her eyes before she opened her mouth to beg.
"You were never truly fit to be a model, matter of fact, you are completely useless in the beauty industry. You will never walk on my runway again!" the designer screamed at Evangeline with fury evident in her voice.
More tears streamed from Evangeline's face as she walked away from the place.
The door shut firmly behind her and she felt like that was a sign of her life as a model ending.
She walked towards the vip parking lot and leaned over a car to cry her eyes out.
This is not what she had in mind when she got this system. Turns out it wouldn't be all soft clouds and rainbows, she would actually need to put in a lot of effort in order to level up.
She heard the sounds of some people approaching and she hurriedly moved out of sight and hid behind another car.
Peeking out to see who was approaching, her eyes widened when she saw Orion walking toward the car that she had just been crying on and — Clarissa was beside him.
How perfect! She thought sarcastically.
The man she was supposed to seduce had caught the attention of Clarissa of all people there was no way she could compete with her because even in Rivera's body Evangeline lacked the confidence required to actually approach a man and get him to like her.
… or so she thought.
"Touch me one more time and you would loose two fingers." that was the deepened annoyed voice of Orion and Evangeline almost gasped out loud at his cruel words.
A wave of satisfaction washed over her as she watched Clarissa's face turn pink from embarrassment.
"I um— I'll head back inside now, I still have few more walks left to do after all." Clarissa said awkwardly, she was obviously shaken by his outright rejection of her advances.
When Clarissa had disappeared back into the building, Evangeline let out a breath she didn't know she had been holding.
She looked around briefly searching for Orion but she did not see him anywhere around, he must have gone back into the building to continue watching the show.
Of course he wouldn't let that small accident ruin the whole show for him, he must have paid a fortune to be there.
Oh who was she kidding? It was probably nothing to him.
Taking a deep breath, she stepped out from her makeshift hiding spot and she did not even take one step forward before she bumped into a hard wall… except this wall had a warm amber coconut scent and it belonged to Orion.
Evangeline's heart skipped a beat as she moved to step away from him but she felt strong arms wrapped around her slender waist glaring her movement as he pulled her even closer to him.
"Come here, pretty girl," that was his low deep voice that reverberated through her.
What on earth was happening?
His head dipped down and his straight nose brushed against her neck as he took a deep inhale of her like an animal scenting their prey.
Evangeline has never been this close to a man before and her body was acting up in several ways, she was practically hyperventilating and sweat beaded on her forehead and back despite the chilly night wind.
"Please let me go," she stuttered.
"I find it rather funny that you think you can just walk out of here freely after you ruined my favourite suit and embarrassed me in front if everyone." he said with a darkened voice.
"Im sorry—" she started.
"And what am I to do with your apology?" he asked. "Hmmm pretty girl?" he urged for an answer and Evangeline's head was already getting scrambled up.
But in the midst of it all, she remembered her task from the system.
She was supposed to be seducing him and even if she had no idea how to do that, resisting his advances was NOT going to help.
"What do you want from me?"