Chapter 6

Kate's pov

I was feeling uneasy all night. First I'm not used to getting this much attention. I've always been the quiet type and hard to notice girl. During high school and hrough out my college my college days. Secondly, the way I'm holding hands with Sean, it's bringing back memories.

Memories of the happy days.

"Son of a bitch" Sean muttered beside me, gazing at something beside me and I looked up to find  Zack Tyler walking up to us. Tyler was my ex back at college way back before I met Sean. He's the one who broke my heart when he cheated on me with my then best friend, Rosalie. I'd vow not to trust men or ever love any of them until Sean. He came and then turned my life around, I learnt how to love, live, laugh and enjoy life like how a Norman person should.

Sean is the reason for my existence, and that's the reason why my life flipped when I broke up with him. I didn't mean to give up the love of my life, but when I found out the truth, I couldn't do anything other than run away and the only way to make me hate myself is by breaking his heart.

It hurts so much watching the man you love walking away from you while you cry. Did I even shed tears in front of him? I guess not and that's another painful thing. I do not cry in front of him. It was after he had gone that I broke down. That was when it hit me that things aren't going to be the same henceforth.

I buried a part of me while the other was alive.my heart was frozen and buried deep and lost somewhere.

I can feel Sean tense beside me as Zack walks up to us. He's not the only one who is tense, I am too. Zack Tyler is known for always being a pain in the ass.

In fact, Zack Tyler showing up here at this party is a problem in and of itself. I don’t want him here as an enemy or a friend. I don’t want to be associated with him or be seen with him ever again, not after what he did to me.

He’s not exactly the kind of guy who blends in, he's hot and gets head turns anytime he's in a room. Just like this now, I can see half of the girls who were mumbling when Sean and I walked him gushing all over Zack now. If only they are aware of what he's capable of and the devil that lives in him.  He’s nearly as broad as he is tall just like Sean but sin is like an inch talked and way broader than he is.

His honey-colored hair is just starting to gray, and a craggy face that might be scarred from acne or something worse. He has hatchet-like cheekbones.

He’s carefully dressed in a pinstripe suit, with a white bloom in the lapel. Somehow those natty details only serve to emphasize the roughness of his face and hands.

"Guess who it is" he croaked, stretching forth his hand  to capture Sean and I in a forced embrace.

"If not my favorite couple, then who could it be" I watched him as he forced a smile knowing better that it's all for a show because people are watching us.

If I complained about getting attention earlier, it's nothing compared to what I'm experiencing right now. With two smoking hot guys who are available in the top right at my front, girls couldn't keep their eyes away or hide the acorn spread across their face. If they didn't hate me before, I'm sure they did now.

"What do you want?" Sean snapped at him, having enough of his forced act.

"Chill it out bro. I'm just here to say hello and have a little chat with…." His eyes widened when he saw the ring on my finger.  "... Um our bride to be"

"First, it's not our. Secondly, you're putting on an act and it's getting too much attention tm for me to handle" Sean retorted.

"C'mon. We don't need to tell over at each other every time we meet?" He glanced back and met a few faces before turning his face back to us. "People are going to enjoy a little dram" he grins

I wish I could just tear that wicked grin off his face.

“Taking an interest in politics now, Zack?” I ask him because the last time I  this guy doesn't give two fucks about what anyone thinks.

His head snapped towards me. "I never thought I'd get to hear you say something tonight Darling. I miss your voice"

"Tyler!" Sean grunts, eyeing him and giving him the murder look. I pressed my hand gently on his tight to cool him down. Zack isn't worth it.

If he's going to lose face and fight someone in public it will be over someone who is worth it and Zack here isn't worth it.

"Not harms done bro, just talking"

"So I see you're back together? Wonder what makes you go back? Who did?"

"I did, and that is way out of your business" I hear Sean say back.

Zack nodded his head and pretended to think. "Okay okay, I get. You couldn't keep your hands off her. I remember I was like…"

“Be careful how you speak to my fiance,” Sean cut across him, interrupting whatever is yet to come out of his mouth.

“You might be lucky to find a man like this” Zack says, fixing me with his fierce stare.

“Of course,” I say dismissively.

I was grateful and sighed in relief when someone called Zack from behind and he wandered off to meet the person.

"I'll be back" he grinned mischievously before walking away.

"Zack isn’t a man to waste his own time,” I say to Sean who had suddenly gotten quiet.

"I know" I hear him mumble beside me.

Earlier when he defended me against Zack, I swear I could feel my stomach churn and flip in excitement.

The way "my fiance" rolled off his lips made me pray that any of these could be real. Just for once, I prayed for that. Part of me was grateful things didn't turn sour with Zack's showing up all of a sudden like that.

After getting a couple of people who of course we're surprised to find us together again. I couldn't tell if they knew the full story of what went down between Sean and I other than we broke up and if they knew they're doing a good job hiding it.

Just like Sean had said, it's easier telling them we got back together to find a new person to do the job. I could recollect a few faces out of the people we greeted. Everyone of them was surprised to see us.

"I'm glad you're back with him now. It's good to see him smile after all this while." Mr, Brown said.

"Of course he's with whom he loves he should be happy now" his wife chipped in, smiling graciously at us.

That made me wonder how Sean had been living before now if everyone wished him happiness.

After the dance and a few glasses of wine, Sean drove me back. He wasn't drinking so he is sober enough to drink.

He parked out front when we got to my apartment.

"Thank you for tonight Katie, I really appreciate you for coming with me. Setting the awareness is the biggest part of the job and that's over now" he smiled at me. I could see the sincerity in his smile, not like the one Zack was pulling off earlier.

"I'm grateful I could help" I say back in a small voice.

"I'm sorry about Zack…" I looked down.

"For tonight" I completed. Indicating his stupid arrogance earlier.

"It's okay, I could handle him"

I get out of the car before he can come around to open the door for me once again.

"You should stop doing that. I can open it myself" I say to him when he mutters some unclear words about how stubborn I am.

He walked me off to my front porch and waited for me to get inside before turning back.