Chapter 82 Catherine’s POV Before Lucy could look under the bed, her phone suddenly rang. She flinched, hissed, and snatched the phone from the vanity. “What?!” she barked into the phone. There was silence on the other end, and then Lucy snapped again, with a sharp and annoyed voice. “I
Chapter 81 Catherine’s POV Kiera told me she’d be at the house soon but needed to stop by her place to freshen up. “Sure, no problem,” a small spark of excitement shot through me. I headed back toward the Vaughn mansion, my breathing finally settling from the jog. As soon
Chapter 80 Catherine’s POV After I made the search, Google wasted no time reminding me that the first step to “getting physically strong enough to beat two girls at once” was… exercising. And eating healthy. And drinking water. And basically doing every single thing I had not done since arriving
Chapter 79 Catherine’s POV I opened my eyes slowly, the world a blurry haze for a second, and then I blinked again, a bit harder, because what I saw made my entire body jolt. Gabriel was sitting right in front of me, staring at me. I could even feel his
Chapter 78 Julian’s POV After leaving Catherine’s room that night, I opened my door and froze. Lucy was sitting on my bed. No, she was curled on it, knees to her chest like a terrified child. The moment she saw me, she shot up and ran straight into my arms,
Chapter 77 Catherine’s POV The moment Gabriel turned, Lucy and Sasha’s grip tightened. He took two steps forward and turned back again. At once, they loosened their grip, wearing those fake, friendly smiles like masks glued to their faces. My heart pounded so loudly I thought everyone could hear it.
Chapter 76 Catherine’s POV For a moment, I truly believed I was going to make it out of the kitchen without collapsing. My legs were shaking, my throat felt raw, but I was still holding myself together. Until Sasha spoke again. “Running off so soon?” Her voice dripped with mock
Chapter 75 Catherine’s POV For the rest of the morning, I stayed in my room and refused to step out even though I knew my stomach was growling. Even though Julian mentioned he was stepping out, I was skeptical and didn’t want to risk seeing him. I couldn’t hold it
Chapter 74 Catherine’s POV “That’s enough, baby,” Julian’s hoarse voice came a few minutes after the blow job. He bent and took my lips in a hungry kiss, carefully pushing me down, till my back hit the bed. “My turn now p> His turn? What for? I was still questioning
Chapter 73 Catherine’s POV When Julian said we should go inside, my hopes crumbled because I actually thought he was still trying to control himself from doing things with me but when his voice came again, “Don’t worry, Wildcat, this car is a bit too uncomfortable for all I wanna
Chapter 72 Julian’s POV I kissed her without thinking. The second my mouth touched hers, everything in me snapped loose. Catherine’s breath hitched against my lips, her fingers curling into the front of my shirt, making me lose whatever self-control I thought I had left. I deepened the kiss, one
Chapter 71 Catherine’s POV We walked back to the car in silence, the rain still coming down in thin lines. Thankfully it wasn’t heavy enough to completely soak us, though it was enough to chill the skin and make our hair damp. Julian didn’t let go of my wrist until
Chapter 70 Catherine’s POV Only if you let me fuck you now. His words repeated in my head. For a moment, I hoped I didn’t hear him right. My brain was trying to reject the words before they even settled but then Collins watched me with twisted smirk plastered on
Chapter 69 Catherine’s POV All I could think about was a way to get back at Julian or at least get him out of my head. I wanted to scream, cry, throw something at him but instead, I did the next stupid thing that came to mind. I grabbed my
Chapter 68 Catherine’s POV I hadn’t even walked five minutes when a car horn blared behind me. I didn’t bother looking back. The sound came again, but I still kept walking, hugging my arms to my chest. The third honk came, longer this time, and I finally turned around to
Chapter 67 Catherine’s POV “U- uh,” I opened my mouth to reply to Sasha but ended up stammering nothing. She rushed over to me, with the sound of her heels drumming in my ears. The next thing she did was grab my face with both hands, looking at me with
Chapter 66 Catherine’s POV Julian had seen the picture, opened it, and decided to act like it meant nothing. At breakfast, he sat across from me, scrolling through his phone like I didn’t exist. I kept convincing myself the picture wasn’t even that good, maybe that’s why he didn’t care.
Chapter 65 Julian’s POV I was in my car, engine already running, waiting for Lucy to join me. She’d been whining for ice cream all evening, and somehow I’d said yes. A few seconds later, she appeared and got into the car, “sorry for keeping you waiting, I was looking
Chapter 64 Catherine’s POV Exams have been going great so far. In order to avoid drama, I’ve been locking myself up in my room with books. But all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, so here I was on a Sunday evening, feeling bored. And just at
Chapter 63 Catherine’s POV Thud. Thud. Thud. The sound started faint but soon it grew louder and sharper, breaking through hammer strikes. My head jerked up from the textbook in front of me, and my pen froze mid-sentence. I pressed my palms to my ears and groaned. “You’ve got to