Ash nodded.

"That’s interesting," I answered in astonishment. "Everyone calls her Evangeline."

He raised an eyebrow at my response, but I just rolled my eyes at him. He was too patient, not getting annoyed at all by what I was doing to him. I know he has a motive for pursuing me.

"Is she your ex-girlfriend, perhaps?" I immediately bit my lower lip after asking him that, but it was too late.

I bit my lip harder when I saw him smirk.

I was expecting him to say yes and brag about having the ...