Katherina moved her cellphone away from her ear. She left it on the table and began wiping the tears from her cheeks with the sleeves of her wrists. She fidgeted with her hands and fingers, feeling indecisive. Taking a deep breath, she closed her eyes and furrowed her brow. When she opened them, she looked towards the corner of the kitchen, seeing everyone watching her.She cleared her throat."What do you want? Weren't you all talking about your own things out there?" she asked, trying to adopt the ungrateful attitude she had been showing these days. She took a quick spin, wiping away her tears, crossed her arms, and leaned back against the kitchen counter. "Just mind your own business, and I'll mind mine.""Katherina..." Min said. "Are you okay?""Excellent!" she exclaimed with a forced smile."That's not what your teary eyes reflect.""So now I can't cry because I feel bad, right?""Don't get defensive," Bam requested. "We've been listening to you and putting up with you all these
" I infinitely appreciate that you helped me bring him that day," he said while they were in the living room. "Would you like something to drink, Collins?"" No, thank you, Dominic. What I want is for Tom, besides getting better, to stay away from Katherina," he said in a serious tone, and Dominic nodded, letting out a sigh. "Since when has he been dealing with the pressure?" he asked, crossing his arms due to the brunette's fainting spell a few days ago." He doesn't suffer from it, it's just that, as the doctor explained to me, he experienced a drop in blood pressure due to all the distress," he replied, and Collins nodded. "I didn't think he would react like that to everything that happened."" Pay more attention to him," he suggested. "Mrs. Nikki," he said as he saw her enter from the second floor. "How are things up there?" The doctor told me that Tom hasn't been eating properly for several days," Nikki said, causing Dominic to furrow his brow in confusion." But how? I myself h
Everyone was heading straight to the university. Katherina was with Belinda and Jisoo, who were trying to uplift the brunette's spirits. It had been quite difficult to get her to be with everyone today on the way to the university, but they succeeded.Min was talking animatedly with Iu, and they would sometimes burst into laughter. It was incredible how Min managed to get into the university just to be close to her friends. Definitely, having Idris as a god in the eyes of the principal and the director had its benefits."Those two..." Belinda muttered, looking at where Iu and Min were, both very cheerful. "There's something about them.""Since Min arrived, they've been inseparable. I guess they like each other. Don't you think?" She now looked at Katherina, who seemed a bit distant. "Katherina..."After a while, the brunette spoke up, her smile somewhat forced. "Yes, Belinda? Well...""Katherina, I'm asking you, don't give up.""I'm not doing that," she replied, greeting some friends
The heart is the central organ of blood circulation, which in the lower body is simply a dilation of a vessel, and in the upper body is muscular, contractile, and has two, three, or four chambers that adequately support its function. However, on the other hand, there is something that will never help and is quite clear: the intermittent pain felt in response to words that tear apart. That's how the heart felt, whose beats were screaming to stop.His brown gaze remained fixed on that spot where Katherina was before she left and uttered those words.Simple. I don't love you anymore. It repeated over and over like a scratched record in his mind. He couldn't hear the slightest noise, only the sound of his heart, breaking."Tom..." someone called, passing in front of his face, their hand extended. "Hey." They patted his cheeks until they managed to make him look at them. "Brother..." Their blue-eyed gaze turned sad as they looked into his eyes. "Enough, I beg you," they said, wiping away h
It is unlikely that an act would have the same effect on everyone.I'm referring to Tom, of course, anyway...How would you react if, in order to accept an apology, someone unexpectedly kissed you?Exactly. That's what happened, that's what everyone saw.Both hands on her cheeks, bringing his face closer to hers, and his lips touched hers. Surprise struck, both the boy himself and everyone in the hallway.And that resulted in..."You're forgiven," she said, smiling at him, and the boy, with a crimson face, smiled back, and it seemed even wider. "Isn't it lovely?" She looked up and asked her friends, who looked on, unable to believe what they saw. "What? Anyway..." She looked at the redhead again. "What's your name?""I'm called...""What the hell are you doing?" Her voice sounded angry, a voice she recognized.Katherina looked ahead."Mother!" she exclaimed upon seeing her standing a few meters away with her arms crossed. She quickly stood up, and the redhead did the same. "What... ar
Everything done at the pace of the victor receives, from that, the satisfaction's stride. It was a small phrase that had been said from his lips with such grace and arrogance that now, it only refutes itself in the worst ways, internally."Tom! Tom!" he shouted, trying to catch up with him, running until they reached the outskirts of the university. "Take me," he muttered between his running. When the hell did he start running so fast? He wondered, already internally annoyed. "No, I've got you now!" he exclaimed, finally reaching him and grabbing him by the arm, breathless. He took a deep breath. "Enough... Stop struggling with me!" he yelled."And you, stop following me! Get out of here, Harrison. I don't need you to be...""Shut up! I'm not leaving here, I didn't run all the way down that damn hallway to turn back around," he interrupted, and Tom started saying so many things that only made him angrier. "You. Shut me up. I'm the one talking, I'm here, and I don't give a damn if you
"Alright... Are we officially a couple now?" he asked, looking at her with his dark blue eyes. "Should I call you 'my lady' or 'my love'?" he asked, and she laughed. "I'm serious," he said."You can call me whatever you want." She kissed his cheek, and he smiled. "Did you manage to get them all?""The papers?" She nodded. "Yes, they're all here. I just need to give them to the director." She said as she put the papers in her backpack. "Hey..." She looked at the others. "Is there any problem with...?""I need to talk to you," he interrupted with seriousness. "Both of you. I want to know when my daughter started dating someone else." He crossed his arms and noticed her daughter's twisted expression. "I saw you, Katherina.""Mum, what do you want him to say?""I've never seen you around here," she evaded her daughter's question and looked at him. "You're not from here, are you?""No, ma'am," he replied, pulling on one side of his backpack. "Uh... I'm from Santa Monica, California," he ad
Being outside the university, Will said some funny things that made everyone laugh. He was a guy full of humor, and everyone knew it. They were minding their own business until Katherina was called with a voice that sounded like a squeal, she knew who it was."Shaila, what... What do you want?" Will said, noticing that the girl was just a few steps away from Tom."I wanted to know if you could come to a party I'm hosting tonight," she said, handing him a small piece of paper. "Your friend can come too," she added, looking Will up and down mischievously."I'm not his friend, miss. I'm his boyfriend," Will clarified, kissing Katherina on the cheek. Dalia stopped looking at him playfully."So you quickly forgot about Tom?" she asked, and the aforementioned person was standing behind Dalia, observing everything."Are you already moving on so fast?" she smiled cynically."I will tonight," Will replied, winking at her, eager to make her angry. "Don't you mind, right?""I... You can do whate