Chapter 28

He was smiling.

“He likes you,” he said.

Katherine let Rufus smell her hand, he licked it and she scratched him behind the ears.

“He must really like you too,” she said. “And watch over you… I guess.”

“Some watchdog,” Jensen remarked. “If that’s how he reacts to every stranger who comes here then I’m screwed.”

Katherine smiled, and straightened. Then she answered his previous question. “No, I don’t need to drink anything. I just came to give you that. I should go now.”

“Hey, come on, Kat,” he insisted. “You can’t just come here, stay five minutes and then just leave. Are you avoiding me?”

“No,” Katherine said. “Why do you ask that?”

“I don’t know… A feeling, I guess. Are you scared I might kiss you again?” he asked suddenly.

“What… No,