I was rooted on my spot as my gaze locked with his. I reached for youYou seemed so near, yet so far I instinctively stepped away from Cole and started going to Damian as he continued singing. “Kat, he’s not good for you. He rather spends time with a random woman rather than you.” Cole caught my hand and pulled me back into his arms. Cole’s words stopped me from going to Damian. Yes, Damian didn’t love me. He left me alone for days and spent them with another woman. “Kat, forget him. Be with me instead. You know we had something good all those years ago, and we can have it again. I’m good for you. I’ll be good to you. I’ll be good to little Rai, and I won’t ever hurt you as he did. You know this in your heart. I don't have a ring with me now, but be mine, Kat, and marry me. I love you,&r

“Damian, it’s me. I’m real.” I held his head in my hands, so his focus was on me. “No, no. You are not real. I want her too much that my mind plays a trick on me. I’m dirty. I’m sticky. She doesn’t want me. Those bastards.. always left me sticky. I need to get clean..” He kept on mumbling and scrubbing himself. Bastards.. Men? What kind of activity could he be in involved in that left him sticky? Could it be he was involved in fights and got himself bloodied? The thought sent shivers down my spine. I shouldn't think about it now. I stood on my tiptoes, circled my hands behind his neck, pulled his head down, and kissed him hard with everything that I had instead. “Damian.. It’s me. Feel me, Damian. Come back to me.” I whispered and kissed him again. I bit his lip, and he gasped. I took the chance to slip my tongue inside his mouth. His tongue started to move against mine, tugging and pulling at a rhythm that always drove us mad for each other. I opened my eyes to see him and saw his

He just sat there looking at me intensely, not answering my questions “Do you just want my body? Is that it? For me to be available to you whenever you want to.. to fuck me?” I continued. Tears threatened to spill from my eyes. “Are you crazy, Baby girl? You were the one who left me first when I needed you the most! When Rai had just passed away!” His voice started to rise again. “Is that this was all about, Damian? Some sort of revenge? If you can’t get past that, I can never be with you. You will hate me again, and then you will hurt me purposely again. You are playing with my feelings, Damian. You are breaking me.” My voice started to break, and I ran to my room, throwing myself onto the bed. Of course, he would follow me. “No, Baby girl. I only spent the first night at the beach. The rest, I spent my time alone at the private beach. I swear I didn&r

“Baby girl, I’ve never seen these designs before,” Damian said three days after we moved to the suite.   “They are my new designs. You will be the first to wear them.” I glanced at him while hanging the shirts and dresses in the wardrobe.   I had asked my assistant to send all the new designs. They arrived a day later, and I had them laundered so we could wear them.   “I’ll be the first? So Cole hasn’t worn these designs yet?” He shifted through them and picked one up.   “No. I’m not going to send him any too. Do you like them?” I asked him as I finished hanging them.   “I love them. I love the cuttings and the materials. The colors are a bit much for me, though," he said as he wore the one he had picked up - a bright green shirt.   I frowned. This newest collection was more colorful than the ones before. I chose bright colors, especially for this collection.

Uncle Chow seemed to know about me. When Damian told him my name, he said 'the famous Katarina'.   Damian hesitated before answering me. “Everyone who’s close to my family, or me, knows about you.”   I was shocked. “What do they know? What did you tell them?”   “I didn't tell them anything, but.. I changed. My friends knew the reason is that I was, still am, in love with you. They knew that I was waiting for you. The rest knew through Rai’s family,” he said softly.   I was the reason Damian changed? Wait.. The rest knew through Rai’s family? Oh God, they knew I was Rai’s, and they also knew that I was in love with Damian. I must have a bad reputation.   Damian sensed the change in my mood. “Baby girl, what is it? Are you okay? Talk to me.”   “Damian.. They knew about Rai and me. And they knew about you and me?” My breathing grew heavy. What would they think o