Katherine's POV:

I woke up finding Nate cuddling to me and still asleep. I tried pushing him away from me to get off bed,  but instead, he tightened his hold of me "Stop trying to get away, I'm comfortable and I need to sleep more" he whispered in his sleep

"Nate, I need to use the bathroom then go exercise" I reasoned. He groaned in disagreement but eventually, let go of me. I quickly got up before he changes his mind and headed to the bathroom. I did my morning routine, but skipped shower since I would take one after exercising.

I put on my work-out clothes, then left the house for a run. I usually use the gym room in the house, but this time I needed to clear my head and stay away from Nate as much as possible. Since the moment I woke up and looked at Nate's face, Alex's words kept ringing in my head.

"You like him as well and that's why you are teaching him a lesson because you were jealous and hurt"

The problem is I'm not sure if he right or wrong. Whatever it is I'm feeling towards Nate, whether lust or attraction, is something I've never felt before. The electricity I feel when we touch, how my heart beats when he's close, how I could get lost in his breathtaking ice blue orbs, and how I could be with him forever without ever getting bored. All these foreign feelings, feelings I've never felt before.

What if I do actually like him and it's not just lust? What if all these feeling that I only get with him are because I'm falling for him without even knowing?

I shook my head roughly and started running even faster. No! You and I both know that you cannot even like him. First of all, you have an arranged marriage and second of all, he's a man whore who doesn't do relationships and love.

I groaned because as usual, my mind is correct. Heart, you need to stop beating weirdly and agree with mind. Nate and I can never be a thing. I want a happily ever after and Nate wants to be a playboy forever.

I cleared my mind from all these thoughts and ran back to the house. I immediately headed to the kitchen in desperate need to water, but ended up running into Nate "Woah, woah, slow down. You might end up hurting yourself at this speed" 

Trust me this is nothing compared to how I was running earlier, I wanted to say this but it would end up in him giving me a lecture which I so am not in the mood for. So I nodded to him in agreement and poured myself a glass of water.

"Breakfast is ready on the table" I nodded "Start ahead, I'll take a shower then join you"

I jogged upstairs to the room and prepared my clothes. Before taking a shower, I decided to shoot Alex a text.

Katy: Up for clubbing tonight? I'm in desperate need of alcohol and I don't want to go on my own. 

I gave him a couple of seconds to reply then when he didn't, I left the phone and headed to the bathroom. I took a quick shower, dried myself, and started getting dressed. I wore an over sized black Burberry sweatshirt with ripped black skinny jeans. 

I brushed my hair and put it in a bun not bothering to dry it, sprayed some perfume, and went to check my phone for a reply from Alex.

Alex: Sure. We need to talk about your sudden desire for alcohol, even though I'm guessing it has to do with Nate.

I scoffed. He had to mention Nate. 

Katy: Not everything is about Nate. Still, we will talk about it over drinks.

Alex: I'm right though this time, it is about Nate.

I rolled my eyes at his confidence.

Katy: Yeah, yeah, okay. Don't even think about being cocky, you're only right this time.

Alex: I got it right, so I have the right to be cocky *smirking*

I rolled my eyes at him again, even though he can't see me. We spent a couple of minutes talking about the arrangements for tonight, bid our goodbyes, and headed our separate ways. I then went to the dining room and joined Nate for breakfast in complete silence. 

I spent the whole day as far away as possible from Nate. I went for grocery shopping with Maria and spent the rest of the day in the library and theatre room.  

Now, I have two hours to get ready before Alex comes and pick be up. I decided to start with hair and make-up. I put my almost dry hair of out the bun and started curling it lightly. After I was done, I moved to make-up. I started by doing a gold smokey eye with cat eyeliner, then did some contour, and finally put matte nude lipstick.

I then headed to the walk-in wardrobe to pick my outfit. After fifteen minutes of looking though my clothes, I decided to go with the dress that I bought while shopping this week. A strapless gold dress that reached mid-thigh, paired with gold high heels.

By the time I was done, I received a text from Alex that he's outside. I grabbed my purse and headed downstairs.

"Where do you think your going dressed like that?" Nate asked as I was opening the front door. I stopped and turned to face him "I'm going out with Alex and who are you to tell me how to dress?!" I snapped

"So now you and Alex are dating?" he asked with a hard expression on his face "It's non of your business" I snapped again and left quickly not giving him a chance to say something else.

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"That's enough drinking. You've had five drinks and you look drunk now" Alex said as he snatched the drink from me making my pout at him 

"I'm not drunk" I swayed a bit and he raised an eyebrow at me "Okay fine, I may be a bit tipsy, but that's it"

He sighed "I've known you for a while now and you're not the type of person who drinks a lot, so what's wrong" I groaned

"My head is messed up and I think I have feelings towards Nate. It's just I'm not sure till now whether those feelings are only lust or genuine attraction" he wanted to say something but his ringing phone interrupted

"I need to take this, I'll be right back. Don't go anywhere" he pointed his finger at me and left the club to take his call. 

I used this time to drink more and I'm sure I'm more than drunk right now.

Nathaniel's POV:

I was pacing around the living room like crazy thinking about what Kate and Alexander would be doing now. Wait, why the hell am I thinking of them? I don't do jealousy and I certainly do not do relationships.

I need something to get these thoughts out of my mind and on a cue, my phone rang. Bless whoever called. I looked at the phone and found an unknown number calling me. Pressing answer, I brought the phone to my ear.

"Hello Nathaniel, this is Alex" I rolled my eyes. Out of all people, it had to be him 

"Look, I need you to come and take Katy home, she's wasted. I got a call from work and I need to attend an emergency conference call. I tried to take her home, but she won't listen"

My blood started to boil "How could you let her drink like that?!" I snapped at him 

"I tried to stop her, but she wouldn't listen" I sighed. Typical Kate.

"Give me 10 minutes, I'm on my way" I hung up and rushed to my car. I put the address to the club on my GPS and started driving like crazy

As soon as I reached, I parked the car at the first empty spot I saw and rushed to the club. Once the bouncer knew my identity, he let me in immediately. My eyes instantly landed on Kate who was dancing seductively with all eyes on her, and Alex who was trying to stop her.

I walked to them and Alex noticed me immediately "Thank god your here, I have 15 minutes till the conference call" I ignored him and let him walk away. He suddenly stopped and turned to me 

"Look, I know you don't like me because you think something is going on between me and Katy, but you're wrong. I have a girlfriend who I love more than anything and I don't plan on cheating on her so you don't have to worry. Katherine is all yours" 

"She likes you as well, you know. It's just that both of you are hard-headed enough not to admit your feelings. Just don't wait until she slips away from your hands. She might be single now, but she won't wait forever for you" As well? Wait for you?

"What are you talking about? I don't have feelings toward her" I looked at him weirdly while he smiled "As I said, you both don't realise your feelings yet" he patted my shoulder and left.

I turned my attention back to Kate not bothering to let Alex's words get to me "Natey, your here!" 

Did she just call me Natey, she is clearly drunk!

She drunk walked to me and continued her seductive dancing on me. Such a temptress. God, she is not making things easier on me.

"Let's go home" I said making her pout "Noo, I want to dance and drink more"

"There's drinks back at home, we'll turn the music on and dance together" I know it's bad to trick her, but she's drunk and she won't remember a thing. She beamed with happiness and nodded vigorously.

It was an impossible mission getting Kate out of the club and into my car, but I managed. Not only that, but I had to glare at every guy starring at Kate's ass. And they were quite a lot! Damn it Kate, you had to wear that dress. It covered literally nothing! 

I put Kate in the passenger seat, put on her seat belt, and went to the other side. I started the car and drove fast seeing that Kate almost fell asleep. 

I parked the car in the garage and carried Kate to our room since she was asleep. As soon as I put her on the bed, she opened her eyes lazily.

"Stay here, I'll go get you clothes to change"

I went to the wardrobe and picked out the first thing my eyes set on and went back to the room, but Kate was no where to be found "Kate!" I shouted but got no reply. Suddenly I heard music playing downstairs. Damn it, woman!

I went to the living room and found Kate dancing by herself with a bottle of whiskey in her hand. She turned to me and grinned "Nateyy, come dance with me"

She put the bottle of whiskey aside and pulled me to her. She wrapped her arms around my neck leaving me in a shock and frozen in my place. She pouted seeing me not move "Don't you want to dance with me?"

She put my arms around her small waist and started slow dancing the both of us along the song playing "As much as I like this side of you, I can't believe you could drink this carelessly. Why did you do it?" I said with a serious face even though I was dead worried about her 

She stopped dancing and sat on the couch putting her face in her hands. Seconds later, I started hearing sniffing. Is she crying, she was laughing minutes ago?! I groaned. So she's moody when drunk, perfect!

"I drank because of you" she suddenly said between sniffs "Why me? Wait, is this because of what happened before? I thought you taught me a lesson and we put it behind us"

She shook her head "I feel something toward you, I just don't know what it is. You're messing with my mind, heart, and my whole system. I hate you for that" she started crying again. It broke my heart seeing her like that.

I took a seat next to her lifting her chin forcing her to look at me "Please don't cry. Let me tell you something" she looked at me with her teary eyes waiting for a reply "I'm feeling something for you as well. I have no idea what is it, but one thing I know is that nothing can happen between us"

I took a deep breath and avoided eye contact with her "I know this isn't what you want to hear and I'm sorry, but I don't do relationships for a reason. You can't like me because I'm bad for you. My past is messed up and it's haunting me, and I'll end up hurting you because of it. The only thing we can do is be friends"

She wiped her tears and nodded "Friends"

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