ALEXANDER'S POV
Maybe it was because I felt threatened by the fact that someone else wanted her, or maybe because she looked so damn good in her tailored pants and red silk top.
I don't know...
All I could think of at that moment, as I saw her turning to leave, was the fact that she might go to Charles. That I would lose her again, like I did years ago, and this time around, it would be my fault—not because I was manipulated by Astra.
I grabbed her arm and pulled her back to me, ignoring the widened look of surprise and fear in her eyes as I leaned in closer for a kiss.
I could almost taste her... My lips were just mere inches from hers, and I was just about to...
"Maybe we should..." I heard a voice interrupt, and almost as quickly as lightning, Katherine pulled herself away from my arms and stared at me, her face flushed and red.
I was still out of it—distracted and annoyed as hell—as I turned my attention to the door to see who it was that dared to interrupt that precious mom
