Since my birthday is this week, I've decided to post an early update for you guys. Hope you enjoy it!

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Picture of the ballroom that the coronation ball is held in in the picture above^

Katherine's POV:

"Again, it was a pleasure meeting your acquaintance, please excuse us Hugh" I excused us while still  feeling breathless from that mind blowing kiss Nate just gave me, literally in front of everyone. 

After excusing Nate and I, I silently dragged him out of the ball and into the first room I see.

"What the hell was that!" I snapped the moment I closed the door even though it was extremely hard to be angry with all the tingles I could still feel on my lips.

He shrugged "A kiss?" it seemed more of a confused question than a statement but I was too angry to notice

"A kiss? No shit it was one, the question is why would you kiss me?" I burst angrily.

The truth is I'm not angry that he kissed me. I'm angry at myself for responding to him and feelings things I shouldn't. I'm even more angry at him for being an arse to me the past few days, and the moment he acknowledges my presence and treats me like a human being, he kisses me. In front of everyone!

"Why were you flirting with that guy then?" he talked in a challenging tone and clearly avoiding my question making me roll my eyes at him

"Oh please! Don't turn the table around and put the blame on me when clearly it isn't. My so called loving fiance was being an arse to me and ignoring me the whole time when this ball is for the both of us, as couple. Hugh came to me since he saw me all alone, introduced himself, and offered to dance with me, probably pitying me for having a fiance like you" I muttered the last part to myself but seems like Nate heard it too since he glared at me

"Do you even know who Hugh is?"

"Well he's a duke of somewhere but I forgot" I answered confused clearly not knowing where he's heading with this

"Duke of Westmond, but that's not the point. The point is, he is the guy you were arranged to after me. Hugh approached you not because he 'pities you for having a fiance like me', but because he fancies you. He approached you in hopes of making you change your mind and marry him instead"

So he was using me to make Nate jealous?

"How do you know all of that?" I narrowed my eyes at him

"Well you clearly haven't seen the way he looks at you. He basically undressed you with his eyes, that's how much he fancies you" his tone was different, like he was.... jealous?  

"Are you.... jealous?" I burst into laughter the moment I say the word jealous

"N-no" he stuttered a bit and that only furthered my laughter

"Stop laughing, I'm not jealous!" he snapped harshly making me sober up all of the sudden. He started approaching me slowly, and dangerously invading my personal space.

"Plus why would I be jealous when I clearly don't like you, hell I probably even hate you. The only thing I care about is you not causing me scandals, so stay away from that Duke of Arse and stop flirting with him" I ignored everything he said and focused on his first sentence.

He hates me? God, that hurts like hell. I just feel like locking myself in a room with a tub of ice cream and crying my eyes out, but I won't do it. I'm gonna make him get a taste of his own medicine.

"Then you won't mind me getting to know him secretly? I mean since you hate me and our marriage isn't going to be real, then I could get to know Hugh and probably date him later in the future, while you go continue bedding your mistresses. All in secret you know, no one has to find out" I smirked

"NO!" he shouted immediately  

"Why not? You already do what you want which is bedding women and I want what I want. The only difference is that I don't want to sleep around, I want the actual thing and you can't offer me that as my arranged husband. So if you can't give me what I want then I'll get it with someone else, even if I have to do it in secret"

"You can't do it, I mean since you like someone already" he smirked

"You mean you?" I laughed bitterly "Honey that was back in America, but now how could I like you when you are being a total douche. Lucky for you, our feelings are mutual now because I hate you too" I lied. His smirk immediately fell and he had the same expression written all over his face that I had when he said he hates me...hurt

Instantly, he sobered and his face became blank with no single trace of feelings "That proves that I'm right about you acting. If you did actually like me then you wouldn't hate me, you would be hurt by my actions. If you want to date Hugh then do. I don't care about you whoring around and moving from one guy to another" I gasped and immediately, my hand connected with cheek.

Yes, I slapped him. Hard, if I may add. 

"Whoring around would require me to actually bed people, and how can I do it when I'm still a virgin" I yelled angrily. Feeling my eyes starting to get teary and my hands still sting from the slap, I decided to leave not wanting to embarrass myself further more and burst in front of him.

"I truly hate you Nathaniel" I added as a tear fell my face before leaving the room. I rushed down the corridor looking for my room, but my vision was blurry from the tears so I ended up bumping into someone.

Once my vision cleared, I saw who I bumped into "Alex?"

"Are you alright cupcake? Why are you crying, did something happen?"

"I.." I wanted to say I'm fine but someone interrupted me "Is everything alright Katy?" 

"Bella? What are you doing here?" she smiled "I wouldn't miss my best friend's coronation for anything in the world"

"Me too" Alex interfered smiling

"And you are?" Bella looked at him confused

"Bella I told you about Alex before. Arabella meet my friend Alexander, the one I met back in America. Alexander meet my friend since childhood, Arabella" both shook hands smiling

"Now that introductions are out of the way, I want to know who made you cry?" Bella demanded and Alex nodded in agreement

I sighed "Fine, but not here. Let's go to my room and talk"

Once we got into my room, both of them bombarded me with questions at the same time. So that's how I ended up explaining everything to them from the moment Hugh came to me to the moment Nate called me a whore and I slapped him.

After I was done talking, both gasped and looked shocked "He called you a whore?" both asked at the same time. I nodded weakly feeling my eyes become blurry all over again from the tears that are gathering in my eyes.

"That son of a.... You said you guys talked in the room across the ballroom?" I nodded "Please excuse me, there's something I need to do" she hurried out of the room as fast as possible.

"You do know she is going after him?" Alex smirked "He deserves it" I said between sniffs

"Please don't cry cupcake, he don't deserve your tears" as he talked, he got closer to me and pulled me into a brotherly and comforting hug. I ended up sobbing even more remembering when Nate said he hates me. 

For some reason, it hurt even more than being called a whore by him.

Nathaniel's POV:

I shouldn't have called a whore when she clearly isn't one, I knew that. The problem is that anger controlled me when she said she hates me and she wants to date Hugh, so I ended spitting out the word 'whore' without even thinking of it.

It hurt terribly knowing that she hates me and that's why I ended up being angry. I know it's not her fault since I told her I hate her before she did and I even pushed her away, but I couldn't help but feel ache in my chest. 

I have no idea what I'm feeling, it's all new to me. Actually when it comes to her, every feeling I feel is a new feeling. Still, I can't help but feel scared. Not because of all of the new feelings I'm feeling, but because I might be falling for her and I know for sure that I shouldn't. 

I was brought out of my thoughts when the door was opened harshly and a furious young lady walked in.

"Prince or not, I'm gonna do it" she muttered to herself as she continued walking closer to me. Do what?

All of the sudden, her fist collided with my nose making me fall from the sudden impact. Bloody hell that hurts, I thought to myself as I brought my hand to my nose. Damn she is too strong for a woman.

I looked at my hand and found blood on it. Buggers! She just broke my nose and I have no idea why, maybe she was one of my one night stands. I look up from my hand and stare at the lady in shock while she was beaming with happiness.

"What the hell was that for!" I snapped as soon as I recovered from the shock. I get up from the floor with my hand still on my nose to help stop the bleeding and glare at the woman.

"That was for calling Katy a whore. Prince or not, I won't hesitate to murder you if you hurt my best friend and you arsehole, hurt her big time" she gave me a cold stare as she was talking that kind of gave me a shiver from fear. Damn, that is one hell of a scary woman!

"The problem is she wasn't hurt by you calling her a whore as much as saying that you hate her. That girl is head over heels for you, yet the two of you don't know it" she sighed in disappointment as she talked

"Head over heels for me? But she just said she hates me before she walked out of the room" I asked confused

"She only said that because she was hurt. She wanted to hurt just as you did to her and as I said before, she doesn't know it yet. Katherine had a hard time growing up so she never had the time for dating and that's why she doesn't know what it's like to fall in love. If she does love you then you're her first and this will all be new to her"

"But she had a boyfriend before?" again, I was confused "He was using her, they were never in love. It's not my story to tell so that's all I can say, the rest you can hear it from her" I wonder what happened between the two of them?

"Oh" I couldn't say anything else because I was digesting all the information I got. The thought of me being her first love excites me yet scares me, both at the same time. Whether she loves me or not, she is still just like everyone else. She is using me. Still that doesn't mean I shouldn't apologise for hurting her and calling her a whore.

"I think I should apologise to her" I whispered lowly feeling ashamed of what I did

"You think so?! Gosh, men could be stupid sometimes" she muttered to herself as she walked out of the room. She's right, men could be stupid sometimes, but then again, women are complicated.

I hurried back to the ballroom and started looking for Kate, but ended up bumping into Gray "Gray, mate, it's good to see you here. I need to talk to Kate, have you seen her?" 

"She went to the balcony a while ago" I nodded and was about to go away, but Gray stopped me "What happened to your nose?"

I sighed. It's probably better if he hears it from me than someone else, so I ended up spilling what happened the past few hours.

"You deserve the punch you got, still I don't think it's enough" again, I ended up being punched and again, on the nose. This time it is definitely broken.

"What the hell was that! You're supposed to be on my side" I hissed as I held my nose tight to control the bleeding

"How can I be on your side when your being a bastard! I warned you before Nathaniel, if you hurt Katy then I won't hesitate to do the same for you" he warned coldly then sighed

"The only reason I'm being on her side is because I see her as a sister and because you're being unfair to her. You think she is like everyone else, but she isn't and when you see that, I will be here to tell you I told you so" 

"Whatever, I'm going to see her now" I started walking away feeling fed up with him "I'm warning you Nathaniel, do not hurt her"

I rolled my eyes and continued walking towards the balcony. I can't believe my own best friend isn't siding with me. I love that he thinks of Kate as his sister and wants to protect her, but at the same time, what about me? He knew what I've been through and that's the reason I'm treating Kate the way I am, so how can he side with her after all of that?!

"Kate?" I called as soon as I got to the balcony and saw a shadow. Kate looked at me rolling her eyes then turned back to looking at the view of the ocean. I admit the view is breathtaking, but now isn't the time. Kate is more important to me. Wait, what?! What the hell is going on with me?

She turned to me again gasping as she realised what happened to my nose "Bella went too far this time" she muttered to herself

"Are you alright? Is it broken?" she asked worriedly as she started inspecting my nose. How could someone be this good at acting? For a second, I almost believed her.

I remembered my apology so I used it as an excuse to change the subject and avoid her acting.

"I apologise for what I called you earlier" this all seems too familiar. I make mistakes and end up apologising to her. She is the first person I apologise to and now, it seems as if I'm making it a habit. 

"Apology accepted, now please leave me alone" she said coldly and left me alone. Now there's the real her. I quickly held her hand stopping her from leaving.

"I'm sorry for calling you a whore when you certainly aren't one. I'm sorry for not being able to give you what you want, but since we are forced to be together, why not try and be friends?" I gave her a small smile for assurance but she stared at me blankly. As much as I hated the idea of being friends deep inside, I had no other choice.

"No can do. Now as I said before, leave me alone" she snatched her hand and actually left this time. For seconds I felt empty, but then anger took over me.

She doesn't want anything to do with me, then I'll do the same.

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