Kate

"Because I love you so much, Mrs. Kate Kuznetsov," Dimitri said before kissing me once again.

I felt my heart beat quicken inside my chest as his words echoed in my mind. It wasn't the first time he had said those words, but this time something felt different. I could actually feel his love in the way he was holding me gently and kissing me sensually.

When he pulled away, he looked into my eyes.

"Dimitri, I-" I started to say but he cut me off.

"I know, Kate. I know. You are not ready for this yet. But you will be, one day. And I will wait for you until then." He pulled me into his chest, pecking my forehead.

He was right. I wasn't ready. But what was it that I had to be ready for? I was confused. Was I falling for him? With Eli, it had been so easy. But with Dimitri, I didn't know what to feel, what to think.

And if I was really falling for him, did it mean I had finally moved on from Elijah? That I was forgiving Dimitri for all the tears and heartache that he had caused me a few months back?

Dimitri

I know she was not ready to tell me she loved me. I could see the confusion in her eyes, her mind was messed up. She wasn't sure whether she loved me or not, or if she was even ready to love me. But I could see it, feel it. She may not say it, but I could feel the slight change in her. After all the struggle that I went through, I was slowly winning her heart, residing in her thoughts all day long.

"I missed you, Dimitri," I heard her mumble against my chest.

And I couldn't help but feel fucking ecstatic at those words. She missed me. Wasn't that the first step to loving someone? Craving their presence and missing them when they were not in front your eyes?

"I missed you too, darling. So damn much."

"I don't think you did," she said. "If you truly did, you would've called me at least once to check up on me."

"I was busy, darling." I told her.

"So busy to even once talk to the woman you claim to love?" She asked with a slight undertone of anger.

I took a deep breath and looked her in the eye. "How about I make it up to you tonight?"

"And how would you do that?"

"Well, I was thinking I could take you out for dinner and then we could go for a walk by the lakeside." I told her, twirling a piece of her hair around my finger. "Or we could stay here, darling, and I'd make it up to you in some other way." I winked at her, pecking her cheek.

"No. No, dinner is fine," she said, her face a bit red.

"Okay then. Be ready by 7.30. I have some work to do. I'll see you then."

"Okay, I'll be waiting for you," she smiled.

And I left the room, waiting for the time to come so I could make it up to her.

A FEW HOURS LATER

Kate

Wearing a maroon dress, with my hair tied in a bun against the nape of my neck, and my lips painted a dark shade of red, I was ready for my date with Dimitri. For the first time, it felt like I had actually put an effort in looking good for him.

I was waiting for him to come and get me. I was slightly nervous, but it wasn't like it was the first time that we were going out. I just hoped this date would be my eureka moment, that it would help me put a name to my confused feelings and emotions.

I kept waiting for him for an hour and a half but there was no sign of him. Maybe he is busy, I thought. After two hours had passed, and we were extremely late for our 'date', I decided to go look for him.

I didn't see him in the living room or the dining hall, so I decided to go to his study. When I was about to open the door to his study, I heard some female's giggles, followed by a male's chuckles.

Without thinking much, I opened the door and saw him sitting there, laughing with some brunette. I had been waiting for two hours and here he was, laughing with some random chick.

I felt myself getting angrier as I kept looking at them. Was I jealous?

Clearing my throat, I made my presence known as I stepped into the study and walked closer to where he was sitting. I looked at the girl to find her already glaring at me.

"I hope I didn't disturb," I said politely, trying to keep my temper in control.

"No, uh-" Dimitri started to say, but was cut off by the brunette whose name I still didn't know.

"Yes, actually you did. Don't you have any manners? Has nobody taught you how to knock?"

"And you are?" I asked.

"Babe, why don't you tell her about me?" She smirked.

Babe? Fucking babe? What the actual fuck was going on? One minute, he was asking me to go out with him, and next, some girl was calling him babe?

I looked at Dimitri, my eyes showing the fire that was building inside me at her words. I waited for him to answer. To tell me exactly who she was, or more like who she was to him.

"She uh, she is umm-" He was cut off again by 'babe'.

"Why so shy babe? Let me introduce myself. I am Sarah, Dimitri's new girlfriend. We met last week and immediately clicked. And he was so nice and sweet, I just couldn't resist the temptation of coming to see him again."

"Girlfriend?" I asked, astonished.

"Yeah. And we were actually having a date here, before you rudely interrupted us. So, if you would please leave already?"

I looked at Dimitri to see him staring at the table. Making sure I was not showing any emotions on my face, I looked at Sarah and gave her a tight-lipped smile.

"I am sorry for the interruption. Enjoy your date."

Then I turned around and walked out of the room, ignoring Dimitri's voice asking me not to leave.

Going back to our room, I took off my jewellery and removed my makeup. Changing into some night clothes, I climbed into the bed, trying hard to ignore the feeling of loss that I felt, and thinking, maybe this was what I really deserved.

My emotions consumed me as I let go of the traitorous tears that were threatening to spill, crying myself to sleep.

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