Chapter 33

Katherine felt her heart sink. She couldn’t believe it. She had made a fool of herself again. She had given herself to him and he had turned her down… again. She really needed to get her brains checked. How she managed to get turned down twice by the same guy, she couldn’t understand.

Panic gripped her and pumped her heart faster. She fought to get a grip on the emotion pushing and pulling inside her. She found her dress and hastily fixed her clothes.

But it was fine. She thought. There would be no falling apart, no moping around, no feeling her heart shatter into a million pieces because her heart was not — repeat not — involved. She was going to handle the situation like a mature adult. Get herself together.

When she was reasonably decent, she exhaled. No need to embarrass herself any further. She started for her bedroom door, but he moved so swiftly that she didn’t even manage to take more than a step towards freedom.