Davis, Liz - Slivers of Moonlight (Siren Publishing Classic) by Liz Davis

you what you wanted to hear so you would leave me alone. Look, I’m sorry, okay? But I think both you and I know that this relationship is over. Now will you please just leave me alone already?” Her voice was rife with emotion.
    Taken aback by what she’d just said to him, Dylan responded, “So that’s how you really feel, huh? Wow, okay.” He stood there just looking at her, as if he expected her to say something more.
    Maya found herself unable to look at Evan straight on, as she felt too embarrassed to even meet his gaze. She knew what he must be thinking of her, that she was untrustworthy and only interested in playing games with him, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. She’d made a grave mistake last night by talking to Dylan.
    I’ll think about it. Those three little words had really done her in, and now she would have to pay for speaking them.
    “Look me in the eyes and tell me you don’t love me anymore. Tell me you have absolutely no feelings at all remaining for me, and I’ll just walk away. You have my word.” Engaging her in a steely gaze, Dylan waited for her reply.
    Evan’s eyes were trained intensely upon her. She could feel the heat of his stare, and she knew he was anxiously awaiting her response.
    Staring Dylan straight in the eye, she said, “I fell out of love with you a long time ago. It’s over between us, okay?” Turning away from him, she headed back to the car.
    “So you have absolutely no feelings for me anymore. None?”
    Whipping around to face him she, hastily replied, “Why are you doing this? You had your chance with me, Dylan, and you blew it. So please, just let me go.”She turned and headed for the car, and then climbed up into the passenger seat.
    She watched from the Jeep as Dylan stood by the side of the road. He seemed to be in some sort of shock because he wasn’t moving, only standing there as if he were in some sort of a frozen daze. He stared at her for a moment, and then his eyes were upon Evan, fixing him with a gaze that was nothing short of pure animosity. She watched Dylan’s mouth form some words, and then she saw Evan turn his back on him and walk away.
    Once Evan made it back to the car, he got in and shut the door. But he didn’t turn the key in the ignition. He only sat there, his eyes focused intensely upon Dylan’s car in front of them. Maya heard the sound of a car starting up, and then Dylan drove away, advancing through a stop sign as he sped off down the street. They sat in tense silence for a few moments before Evan finally spoke.
    “So do you still love him?”
    “No.”
    “But you still have feelings for him, right?”
    Maya sighed, glancing out the window at the houses that lined the street.
    “I really don’t know why you’re asking me this.”
    “It’s a simple question.”
    “Even if I did, it wouldn’t matter because I don’t want to be with him anymore. I want to be with you.”
    “But a part of you is still lingering with him.”
    “What? Why do you say that?”
    “You asked him to let you go, as if he still has some power over you. As if there’s a part of you that’s still hanging on to him, a part that’s afraid to move on.”
    For a moment, Maya couldn’t remember saying any such thing, and then it came back to her. It was true. She had said it.
    “But I didn’t mean it like that. I am ready to move on, and I want to move on with you.”
    Shaking his head, Evan averted his eyes, glancing out the window.
    “Evan, please just listen to me.” Placing her hand on his arm, she tried to get him to make eye contact with her. “Please don’t be mad at me.”
    Turning his attention back on her, he responded, “I’m not mad. I’m hurt.”
    “I don’t want him, Evan. I want you. Can’t you see that?”
    “You may want me, but a part of you is still with him, and I don’t like that.”
    “I want nothing to do with him, so why can’t you just believe me?”
    Disregarding what she had just told him,