Face red with anger, Katrina is about to curse Aaron when the waitress comes up with their food. "Please enjoy your dinner."Katrina doesn"t dare curse disrespectfully regardless of her image in front of someone else. She bites back the words, suppressing her rage. She can only glare fiercely at Aaron, her cheeks red in anger.
Seeing Katrina"s angry but lovely appearance improves Aaron"s mood.
The image of her angry face makes him want to take her into his arms. She looks so attractive even when she"s angry, that he fears he will be tempted to bully her even more in the future.
The waitress senses the strange atmosphere between them. It looks like they"re quarreling, but she can"t be certain.
The woman"s face is covered with anger, but the man"s face looks light-hearted.
The waitress doesn"t quite understand what is going on. For her own safety, she serves the food and leaves immediately.
Aaron bends down, his long fingers carefully cutting the steak on his plate with a knife and fork.
Finally, Katrina blurts out, "Aaron! You have no shame!"
He will only feel good when he sleeps with her?
He"s obviously humiliating her by uttering such a flippant remark!
Was humiliating and bullying her in Hadley before not enough?
Why did he come to Abbe to continue humiliating her?
Katrina has never been in love with someone. She thought that she could protect herself, but in the face of his numerous advances, she was unable to guard herself.
She already felt bad enough to lose her virginity to a stranger all those years ago.
Then Aaron, the heinous b.a.s.t.a.r.d, takes her by force.
He keeps poking the sore spot over and over again, humiliating her in a way that hurts a lot more than a slap.
Aaron calmly pushes the steak that he cut for Katrina forward, giving her the portion without raising his eyes. He says calmly, "You just found out that I have no shame?"
Back in Hadley, Katrina always curses him whenever she gets angry. He is used to the insults she keeps hurling at him over and over again.
Seeing Aaron"s casual behavior, Katrina can"t help feeling upset. Although she doesn"t want to cry, she feels really aggrieved. Her nose becomes itchy as she struggles not to cry.
"Aaron, I have never done anything to offend you. Why won"t you let me go? If I did anything rash before, I apologize. Please let me go. You already have another woman, why won"t you set me free?"
Doesn"t he already have a new lover?
Why can"t he let her go back to her life? Why does he keep torturing her so much?
Katrina is just a regular person who can"t be more ordinary. She doesn"t want anything from him. She just wants him to stay out of her life.
Hearing the anguish in Katrina"s voice, Aaron"s hands suddenly stop in the middle of cutting the steak.
Is Katrina crying?
Aaron looks up and sees that Katrina"s eyes have turned red.
This stupid woman!
The one thing that Aaron can"t stand the most is to see Katrina"s tears. The sight makes him feel like needles are constantly puncturing him. He wants to pull her into his arms and embrace her fiercely.
Wait a minute…
Katrina"s words suddenly register in Aaron"s mind.
Another woman? What is she talking about?
Aaron looks at her intently and asks, "What another woman?"
Katrina gulps down a mouthful of water and looks up. Closing her eyes, she tries to hold back the tears that threaten to spill from her eyes. She puts down the gla.s.s and looks at Aaron bravely.
"Aaron, stop playing dumb. I saw you have lunch together and attend the party together. Since you already have another woman, why do you keep bothering me? Why do you refuse to let me go!"
As Katrina talks, Aaron searches from his memories. The answer comes quickly.
Is she talking about Olive?
When he was having lunch with Olive that day, Katrina had seen them?
No wonder he had a feeling that someone was looking at him that day. He thought it was only his imagination, but he didn"t expect that Katrina had been there.
From that, she a.s.sumed that Olive is his woman and new lover?
This stupid woman!
Is he so casual in her eyes?
Yes, Olive wanted to be his woman, offering her the first time to him. But he mercilessly rejected her.
Although his desire for s.e.x is very strong, he only wants to do it with Katrina. The only person he will vent his s.e.xual desires with is her.
So the reason she ran away at the sight of him and the reason she hates being with him is that she was upset by that?
Aaron looks at her with a half-smile on his lips. "Katrina, are you jealous?"
Hearing that, Katrina explodes.
Like a cat that had its tail stepped on, she hisses angrily at the insinuation that she"s jealous.
"You"re crazy, and I"m not jealous!" Katrina exclaims defensively, standing up from her chair.
All she wants is for Aaron to let her go since he already has a new lover.
How could he take the opportunity to mock and ridicule her?
Will destroying her life make him feel better?
When Katrina whirls around in anger, Aaron is afraid that if he lets her misunderstand him again, things will get worse. Grabbing her by the arm, he pulls hard and holds her in his arms.
Trapped in his embrace, Katrina struggles to break free. "Aaron, let me go! Let me go!"
Katrina is like an enraged cat. She would probably scratch him if he hadn"t restricted her movements.
"She is not my woman," Aaron says in a low, tender voice, ignoring her struggles.
"I had lunch with her to ask her to do something for me. It was strictly professional. At the party last night, her target was Melvin Quentin. She went abroad after her task. My business with her is over, and I won"t see her again."
He continues, "Katrina, from the beginning to the end, you have been the only one. How could you be jealous and make up a new lover for me!"