Nathaniel's POV:

I woke up with a smile on my face thinking that I've had the best sleep in years. It's only been two days and I could get already used to sleeping next to Kate. I wanted to get up, but I felt something keeping me down. As I opened my eyes, I found Kate literally sleeping on me. She really does like snuggling to me, I grinned thinking to myself. Does she think I'm her teddy bear or what? 

As much as I liked the feeling when she's close to me, I cannot afford to get attached to her. Once she finds out who I am, she will start acting like everyone else. She will stay with me for my money and my fame, and I shall be the one who ends up being hurt.

I pushed her off of me slightly and headed to the wardrobe. I changed into my work out clothes and went to the gym room. In order to keep my body the way it is, I need to workout all the time. I started by running on the treadmill and after half an hour, I moved to lifting. 

The moment I started, Kate came into the room. She froze in her place and ogled me, probably because I was exercising with sweatpants only. When her eyes moved from my abs to my face, I smirked. She rolled her eyes and walked to the treadmill.

She plugged in her Beats headphones and started running really fast, not giving me a single glance. The whole time I was lifting, I kept my eyes on her worried that she might fall from how fast she was running.

Of some reason Kate seemed the whole time like her mind and body were in two different places. She looked ahead the whole time lost in her thoughts and never uttered a single word.

Yesterday she was really cheerful, opposite to how she is right now. I wonder what happened with her in this short time?!

An hour later, she looked breathless and extremely knackered that I thought she might faint. She turned off the treadmill and left the room, probably to take a shower and change. I gave her half an hour to finish her business, then went to our room.

The door opened the moment I was about to twist the door knob. Kate was standing in front of me in a pair of gray jeans with a gray shirt and a casual white jacket zipped up. Her face didn't have a bit of make-up on it and her hair was brushed away from her face.

"I'm going to eat breakfast, the room is all yours" she said and walked past me heading downstairs. At least she seems in a better mood than before. I shook my head and headed to the bathroom.

I took a quick shower and headed to the wardrobe. I decided to go with a pair of beige trousers, paired with a black turtle neck shirt and a navy blazer, since I'm going to go out after working in the office for a while.

I brushed my hair back with my fingers, sprayed some cologne, and headed to the dining room.  

Katherine's POV:

Since the moment I woke up, I felt down. Reality hit me all of the sudden, and I realized that running away to New York wasn't a dream. For some reason, I never even thought of it yesterday, it just hit my mind today. So that was why I decided to run my arse off.

After Nate and I ate our breakfast silently, we parted ways. Nate spent most of the day in the office working while I explored the house. We did bump into each other though. He was leaving the house going to God knows where and I was heading to the garden. 

The sun started to go down slowly, so I looked at my watch and realized that I've been out for three hours. I got up from my place and headed to the kitchen to eat some ice cream. Whenever running doesn't work with me, I would end up doing plan B which is eating a whole tub of ice cream.

While I was going to the kitchen, I heard some noises coming from the living room. It's probably Nate. I opened the freezer in hopes of finding what I wanted, but all I found was frozen food. Buggers! Now I need to go buy ice cream.

I went to the bedroom to get my purse, but as I was getting closer to the door, I kept hearing moaning. That bastard is getting laid in my bed! 

"Ugh Nathan baby, that's it!" I cringed at her voice. I slammed the door open and just like I expected, I found them bedding each other in my bed. My. Bloody. Bed! 

Nate was about to enter her when he froze hearing the door and turned to look at me. He looked somewhat guilty, I think. Probably because he got caught.

"Bloody bastard! Don't you fucking think of having sex in here. I want you both out, NOW" I took a deep breath to calm my boiling anger and then shouted to Maria 

"Maria! Get in here" she came as quickly as possible and froze by the door in shock from the scene "The moment they get out of here, I want the whole room wiped from any indication of their doing" I said in disgust and then turned back to Nate who was still frozen in his place

"You" I pointed at him "I want you both out of here by the time I come back and next time you want to get laid, you do it somewhere else" I turned to leave but decided that I was still angry so I turned back to him

"You know what? The stunt you just did, it did not surprise me at all rich snob. You are exactly what I thought you are, a man whore" when I saw the shock on his face, I was satisfied. I grabbed my purse and left the room.

I headed to the garage and grabbed the first key I saw. I pressed the button on the key to unlock the car, and it turns out I got the land rover discovery sport.

I got in and drove as quickly as possible. Throughout the ride, the image of Nate bedding that blond girl never left my mind. My heart felt heavy and I got mad all over again, probably because he had sex on my own bed! Yeah, that's the only logical explanation.

I snapped of out my thoughts realising that I got to my destination. I parked the car and got into the grocery store. I immediately headed to the frozen section and saw the last tub of ice cream from the flavor I wanted. I rushed to it and just as I was grabbing it, another hand did the same. I looked up to the owner of the hand and saw an attractive guy with light brown hair and greyish green eyes.

He was hot, not as hot as Nate though, but for some reason I wasn't attracted to him. Why the hell am I thinking of that man whore? I shook my head inward trying to forget him and turned my attention back to the guy standing in front of me.

"Please, take it. You saw it first" he said with the same accent as mine. For some reason, I felt comfortable with him and I wanted to get to know him. As a friend though.

"How about we share it?" he smiled and nodded. We started walking towards the cashier and I realised we didn't get each others' names.

"I'm Katherine by the way, but call me Katy" I said as I extended my hand to him. He smiled and shook my hand "Well Katy, I'm Alexander, but you can call me Alex" I smiled as well and nodded.

We paid for the ice cream, but not without fighting on who gets to pay which I won of course, and left the store "How about we take my car? After we finish, I'll drive you back here" he nodded

"So where are we going?" he asked as we got into my car "My house" I said smiling while he looked at me weirdly

"Listen, I'm sorry if I gave you the wrong impression, but I have a girlfriend and I don't plan on cheating on her. I just wanted to get to know you as a friend Katy" he rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly as he was talking and I couldn't help but laugh

"I'm sorry for laughing, but you got me all wrong. I'm new to the country and I don't know much places, that's why I'm taking you home, not to sleep with you though. I do too want to get to know you as a friend. You might be good looking, but I'm not interested" he chuckled nodding 

"I'm glad we're on the same page"

After clearing the air, we spent the whole ride getting to know each other. I got to know that he's from Isles Island just as me, the west side though, and he's staying here on a business trip for a month. He works for a big company back at Isles and they send him to countries to finalise business agreements.

I parked the car in the garage as we arrived home and led him to the living room. Nate was sitting there, thankfully he was fully dressed and without his mistress. He looked up from the TV as he heard us enter the room and smirked

"I see you got a guy to get back at me" his words hurt me a bit knowing that he thought of me as a whore. He might have not said the word, but that's what he meant by his look and what he just said.

"Unlike you man whore, I don't go around fucking every walking dick I see" he seemed surprised by my words, then his expression turned into anger. He huffed angrily and left the room. I smirked. One for me, Zero for Nate.

I took my seat on the sofa as Alex did the same, and then we faced each other so we could share the tub easily.

"So that's why you got the ice cream, trouble in paradise?" his statement seemed more like a question. I took a spoon filled with ice cream and ate it as fast as I could like I was drinking a shot. 

"There's no paradise to begin with" I began and ended up explaining the whole story, from the moment we met till the moment I found him bedding that stranger. Just leaving the princess part out though.

"You do seem pretty pissed about him sleeping around, you sure you don't have feelings for the guy?" I huffed at him

"Me? Please. The rich snob is a man whore, how can I like a guy like that. I want a guy who I can have a future with and Nate doesn't do future" he shrugged

"That doesn't stop you from liking him" I remained quiet not knowing what to say. 

"I don't like him, I don't know him that long to like him. It's just that I get these weird feelings when I'm around him and when he touches me, I get these tingles that I can't explain. For some reason, I only feel that way with him, nobody else, not even my ex. It's probably lust and I'm sure it will fade away by time" I admitted after remaining quiet for a while.

"Love knows no time" he simply said

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