Chapter 32

A dull tap sounded as Katherine Cooper dropped something atop Nicholas Smith's table. He grudgingly tore his eyes away from his system to glance at it. All the blood in his body jumped back to his heart at once.

This was the capsule of suppressants he'd been looking for all weekend! Eventually, he'd given up searching, concluding that he'd misplaced it somewhere perhaps, but now, somehow, Kate had gotten hold of it. That could only mean one thing.

He'd forgotten it at her house in his haste to leave, the day he'd helped out with her plumbing. Nick turned his gaze back to his system, reluctant to look up at her lest she catch a glimpse of the shaken look on his face.

"What is that?" He quizzed, his tone wintry.

"I don't know, you're supposed to be the one who tells me." Kate stated, arms across her chest. "I found this at my house the day you came over. It isn't mine, definitely, plus, I haven't had anyone over in ages, so it has to be -"

"It's not mine!" He sharply cut in.

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