|CHAPTER 7: FADED|

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She knew he was gone when she felt alone in his arms.

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Stirring in her sleep, Evelyn inhaled deeply once more, her eyes shooting open at the smell.

She didn't have time to process what was happening, but she was already running down the stairs, her heart thumping loudly with every step she took.

The minute she entered the kitchen, she tried to locate him through the smoke, and she was successful.

"What in the world..."

Once Tony dropped the fire extinguisher, he sighed in relief, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

"Oh...Hi." He waved as if it were a completely normal thing to wake up in the morning to your fiancé lighting the kitchen on fire.

"What the hell were you trying to do?" Her eyes landed on the counter where an unmade messy lasagna sat, waiting to be tossed in the trash.

"You were trying to make lasagna?" Her heart swelled in her chest, and melted when she watched his sheepish expression.

It was her favourite.

"Yeah, key word trying, and failing miserably might I add."

Their laughs and giggles were loud enough for Pepper to hear them, and that's when she walked in the kitchen and took in the mess she had to clean.

"I told you, Tony. You can't cook the lasagna in a microwave." She was already cursing under her breath, picking up pieces of food on the floor.

"Come on, Tone. I don't think Pepper wants you here," dragging him along with her, Evelyn skipped her way out of the kitchen, and into the living room, where she watched her man pout the whole way there.

Longingly, she pressed her lips softly against his, when they both sat on the couch, her on his lap.

A low animalistic sound was heard, and it took her a moment to realise that it came from her.

They were already lost in a heated make out session, when someone cleared their throat, forcing their lips to part.

She spotted a red head, standing by the front door, not affected by what she had witnessed at all.

Evelyn had to admit that she was indeed very beautiful, and moved away from Tony's lap, feeling slightly self-conscious of her appearance when she stood in the same room as that random beautiful woman.

Tony sensed her distress, but didn't comment or say anything about it, letting it slide for now.

"Natalie," he acknowledged her with a nod, and a small smile which she reciprocated.

"Hi, I'm Evelyn Ross," although the woman appeared as a threat to Evelyn, she was raised right, and she must not forget her manners.

"Pleasure to finally meet you, Miss Ross."

"Please..call me Evelyn."

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