Chapter 15

How would she respond? If she said “Nav”, he would be flattered, but he hoped to hear

Pritam.

Pritam. The name he had chosen because it meant dear, beloved. He would love to hear Kat

call him by that name instead of referring to him as a sweetheart.

She had certainly been attracted to and had interacted with him differently, but she had only

spent an hour with Pritam. That wasn't enough to break a two-year pattern.

When she thought of him as Nav, it was still just friendship.

Nav needed this game. He needed her to opt for the fantasy world he was going to create.

He wanted Kat to treat him like a man he'd just met. A man

that made her eyes sparkle, made her nipples prickle. Like the Nascar guy, or the actor.

She had said that she was dazzled by style, good looks, charm, success, careers.

exciting. So that's what he would give her.

For Kat, he would do something he swore he would never do: use his wealth to create a

facade.

He had also lied when he said things would be the same when th