Marcellus stands in front of Katrina, lowering his head and looking at her affectionately. "Katrina, I had a great time tonight.""Me too," Katrina says with a smile.
With the dim light, Marcellus doesn"t notice anything unusual about her.
After leaving the cinema with Marcellus earlier, Katrina suddenly felt a sharp pain in her lower abdomen. The familiar and excruciating pain was a precursor to her menstruation. She hurried to the bathroom and took timely precautions.
But menstruation is a sensitive topic for a girl. Katrina is too embarra.s.sed to tell Marcellus about it. She can only pretend to be fine and endure the cramps in silence.
Marcellus had invited her to take a walk down the street to enjoy the evening view, but Katrina refused on the grounds that she was tired.
Right now, she can"t wait to go home and lie in bed. She wants to bundle herself in a blanket and tightly press on her lower abdomen. She doesn"t have the energy to go for a walk.
Marcellus respects Katrina"s choice and brings her back home from the movie theater.
Katrina is afraid that Marcellus will notice she isn"t feeling well if they stay together any longer. Tonight is their first date, and it has been a success so far. She doesn"t want it to end with Marcellus worrying about her health.
"Marcellus, I"ll go upstairs now." Katrina bids him good night and turns to leave.
But Marcellus suddenly grabs her arm. "Katrina!"
Katrina turns around doubtfully and looks at Marcellus, only to find him standing close to her. A pair of affectionate eyes gaze steadily at her, his handsome face approaching closer and closer. The proximity makes her glance at his lips.
Is he going to kiss her?
The atmosphere is very romantic. They just had a pleasant date. Standing at the entrance of her apartment, her handsome boyfriend looks so affectionate and determined.
It"s natural for young lovers to kiss each other at a time like this.
But Katrina feels nervous and starts to panic.
The moment Marcellus comes to kiss her, her body acts before she could think. She puts her palms on Marcellus"s chest and pushes him gently, keeping a suitable distance between them.
As a gentleman, Marcellus feels her resistance and quickly releases her, snapping out of his daze. Though he loves her very much, he won"t do anything against her wishes.
Earlier, he was fascinated by her lovely face and was overcome with the urge to kiss her.
Now, he only has countless regrets in his heart.
"I"m sorry, Katrina," Marcellus says sincerely. "I was going too fast. I"m sorry."
They have just become a couple. This is their first date. How could he be so inappropriate?
Fortunately, Katrina pushed him away in time. If he had kissed her against her wishes, he would fall into great remorse.
Katrina also feels a bit embarra.s.sed.
Since they are now a couple, it"s natural for them to hold hands, hug, and even kiss.
Probably because she has never been in love before, she subconsciously s.h.i.+ed away from having intimate moments with Marcellus.
It"s not Marcellus"s fault. In the end, as his girlfriend, she was in the wrong.
And Marcellus respected her completely.
Katrina doesn"t dare to into Marcellus"s eyes. She lowers her head. "It"s not your fault. I"m just not used to it," she rea.s.sured him. "I"ll go upstairs now. Drive carefully on the road."
With that, Katrina grabs her bag and heads inside, too embarra.s.sed to look back.
Marcellus has a sweet, happy smile on his face as he watches Katrina disappear through the doorway.
Every minute with her is as sweet as honey.
Love is a process of getting to know and understand each other.
He can be patient in letting her get used to him.
After Katrina goes upstairs, Marcellus goes back to his car and drives away.
Standing in the darkness, Aaron witnesses the sweet scene. He glares at them coldly.
This horrible woman!
She deceived him, telling him that she had to work overtime tonight. She hung up on him and refused to see him. Apparently, she did all these because of a man.
Katrina is secretly dating another guy behind his back.
Where on earth does she put him? What does she take him for?
Does she think that he would desperately move his company to a strange city for any woman? Does she think he would change his principles just to pursue any woman?
Aaron did all these because Katrina is important to him. He likes her so much that he did all these against his character.
In order not to forget her, he even puts his health aside and refuses to undergo surgery just to be with her.
But Katrina?
While he went to Hadley for several days to receive acupuncture treatment, she began to date another man. The man had grabbed her arm and put his hands on her shoulder. He stood too close to her and even moved to kiss her.
Besides the kiss, she hardly resisted the man.
At that moment, fury surges in Aaron"s heart. His thoughts turn sour as his heart bubbles with rage.
He thought that if he saw Katrina with another man, he would rush to beat the man up. Then he would take her into a room and throw her onto the bed, making love with her until she couldn"t move.
But seeing the scene just now…
It feels as if strong hands burst from the ground, holding his feet and keeping him rooted on the spot. Shocked and angry, Aaron is unable to rush in and pull them apart.
He has never been angrier than he is at this moment.
Normally, even if he"s angry with her and loses his temper, the anger in his heart will subside by the time he shows it.
But this time, he is furious enough to commit murder.
Aaron isn"t generous enough to let her go upstairs so easily. He has to figure out Katrina"s relations.h.i.+p with that man. He has to make her understand that she can only be his woman.