"Five years and that's all you have to say to me?" he asked. Standing so close she could taste his breath.

She wanted to move away from him. But she didn't want him to know just how much he affected her. So she stood right there. She wasn't going to let him intimidate her.


"Well... Is there anything else you want me to say?" she asked 

The side of his mouth moved upwards.

He was smiling? Why the hell was he smiling like that? She thought. She didn't remember saying anything funny.

"You left... Kitty" he said. "I asked you to stay... Begged you to stay... And you left anyways.. With him. And now you come back... Acting like everything is okay between us...?"

There was something about him... She thought. Something about the way he called her 'Kitty' that made her heart flip. He was the only one who called her that. She hadn't even realized how much she missed him calling her that. 

"You shouldn't have gone with him". He said. 

"Oh really? Why not? Because you didn't want me to?" she asked. She was starting to get angry. 

"Yeah that's right" he replied. "And because of what you felt for me -what we felt for each other. When I came near you, you felt an excitement so intense that you ceased to breathe --like you are feeling right now. You wanted me just as much as I wanted you. And that should have been enough to make you stay"

ALWAYS BEEN YOU 

She turned to Jensen, noting how his masculinity clashed with the delicate patterns of the room. 


"I wanted you to myself" he murmured. "There is a chef and a maid available if you want them. But I have ordered the staff to appear only on demand" 


"Did you fix this room specially for me?" Katherine asked. She smoothed the satin drapes at the large windows. 


He moved to stand behind her, his arms sliding around her waist to draw her back against his body, his face tucked into the curve of her neck and shoulder. 


Katherine leaned against him. He was solid and warm, and so necessary to her. She sighed contentedly. 


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