Chapter 27

Katherine Cooper approached Nicholas Smith with maddening fury. She walked right up to him until they were staring eyeball to eyeball, their noses almost touching. He'd remained rigid on the spot he stood all the while, waiting for her.

Not that she had expected him to flinch or take a step backwards, anyway.

"I just said, that you will not be taking up to an hour with whatever shit you gotta do in there, before you get your ass down here, so I can drive your sorry ass home!" She glowered, poking his rock hard wall of a chest with her finger.

At that moment his lips hardened into a firm line, his expression darkening. Katie didn't care.

"Now, this is what is going to happen." She said, taking another step forward. Any more and she'd be walking right into him.

"I give you ten minutes, Nicholas Smith!" Katie said, punctuating each word of his name with a poke. "Ten minutes no later." She reemphasized.

Nick remained silent, a smirk tickling the corners of his lips.

'Ah, there she wa