Chapter 506
Perhaps Evelyn's words had sparked Dominic's interest.
He did release her grip.
"Go ahead, show me how you can drop me in three seconds."
Evelyn inhaled sharply.
This might challenge others, but she knew every pressure point in the human body like the back of her hand.
Her palm struck Dominic's neck with precision.
Then, under his astonished gaze, she simply walked away.
Dominic did collapse.
Not dead - just unconscious.
He wouldn't stay down long. Ten minutes maximum.
Ten minutes was all Evelyn needed to disappear.
She'd put sixteen feet between them when hesitation struck.
Turning back, Evelyn grabbed a nearby rock and scratched a message in the dirt.
"The best views require your own eyes. If you've got the guts, keep breathing."
Evelyn had buried that memory.
Now, facing Dominic, recognition dawned.
Prison buzz cuts and blood had obscured his features that night.
But the voice - that cynical, world-weary tone - matched perfectly.
Evelyn froze.
"Were you the man I knocked out on Christmas Eve?"
The moment she spoke, she regretted it.
Why mention assaulting him? This was Dominic Powell!
Had he tracked her down for revenge?
Or something worse?
Goosebumps prickled Evelyn's arms.
Most people would've forgotten after eighteen months.
Not Dominic.
Dominic Powell never forgot a slight.
His midnight appearance confirmed it.
Evelyn calculated apology odds.
The math wasn't promising.
She cursed her past recklessness.
Last she'd heard, Dominic got five extra years.
Yet here he stood, free after six months?
Sentence reduction seemed impossible.
Dominic's smirk turned predatory.
Two fingers tapped Evelyn's forehead.
"Almost got yourself killed daydreaming about a man. Pathetic."
Evelyn startled.
How did he know she'd been thinking about Alexander?
Tears threatened.
Alexander had promised fireworks tonight.
Instead, he'd vanished with Isabella.
The injustice burned.
Evelyn had been mentally drafting confrontation points when the sports car appeared.
Without Dominic's intervention, she'd be roadkill.
However twisted, he'd saved her life.
"Knocked me out cold without hesitation," Dominic mused. "Thought you had spine. Turns out you're just another weepy girl pining after some guy."