Chapter 131

KATE

My cell phone alarm went off, waking me up. I had to be at work in an hour. I quickly got up, feeling a bit groggy. Wait, where is he?

Damn it! I said those words. Damn it! Damn it! Was it too early? Of course, it was. But I didn't care; it came out naturally. I just said what I felt.

But deep down, I knew I was just trying to convince myself that saying it was the worst part. And the truth was, what bothered me the most was that he didn't say it back.

I needed to forget about it. I had to rush to work. I took a step and felt a slight pain between my legs, a reminder that he had been there.

I reached for my phone again; there was a notification, a message from him.

From Nathan: I went for a run in the park. Have a good day, baby.

I stared at the phone screen. It wasn't exactly what I expected. It was too direct and simple for Ryan. There were no jokes or innuendos about sex. That made me certain that I shouldn't have said, 'I lov