Chapter 76

KATE

"If you don't change that regretful look on your face, I won't touch you," he says, sitting on the couch. I take off my jacket and throw it on the floor.

"I want..."

"What?"

"I want you to touch me in every possible way. But, you know, I... I've been with someone else," I say. He closes his eyes, squeezing them as if feeling physical pain.

"Yes, and I hate that. Why? Why did you do that?"

"I wanted to," he breathes deeply, pressing his fingers against his forehead with a look of anger. "But I guess a part of me believed it would help me forget you. And if it makes you feel better... I thought of you, even unintentionally." I move closer, wrapping my arms around his neck and straddling him. "Don't you mind?"

"Yes, I do care... but I've been with women who have done much worse than sleeping with two guys in a week."

"I guess I didn't need to hear that."

"I used to be much worse than I am now, beautiful."

"That's how you called me when you first talked to me."

"Back then, I didn't k