All Chapters of Claiming The Heiress: Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

Katerina“Just don’t let him take you off your centre, babe,” Eva tells me thoughtfully.My heart skips a beat at that, because she’s right. I am off my centre. With this push and pull I’ve got going on with me and Alejandro, I don't know what I am doing. The truth is I like him, i really do, and him acting the way he does, all open and vulnerable and open at one moment, and a complete ass the next gives me whiplash. It only makes me think more and more about him, every waking hour of my life consumed by him. Which couldn’t be healthy. It’s not who I am either. I don’t go head over heels for guys, at least I’ve never done it before. Maybe I am coming down with a flu or something. Yeah, maybe that’s the reason I am feeling like this. Lost and confused, and fucking pining over someone who doesn’t deserve it most of the time.I don't find him in the study though, neither is he in the garden. I walk around the entire house but he’s nowhere to be found. Cursing under my

At the door I turn toward him, my eyes narrowed in indignation.“Just so you know, I tried,” I tell him, watching him stiffen at my words. “I won’t bother you anymore. Have a nice fucking life.”I slam the door behind me and rush to my wing of the house, red hot anger boiling inside me with every step I take. By the time I am back at my own room, I am fuming. I can’t believe I did this, that I humiliated myself the way I did for someone who clearly doesn’t feel the same. I feel stupid for even following him, for calling him earlier, for… giving a damn shit when it’s clear he doesn’t want me to.A knock at my door startles me with its urgency.“Evie, I am really tired,” I shout and head toward the bathroom when the door slams open.Alejandro rushes to me with a few long strides, wrapping his arms around me without a warning. For a second, I don’t know what to do as I stay there, frozen, my heart slamming like crazy against my ribcage.“I am sorry,” he whispers

AlejandroFeeling resultless again, like I am about to crawl out of my skin, I rush out of the house as fast as I can even though there’s no urgency for it today. I just know that if I stay, I will chew someone’s head off, and nobody deserves to be in my path when I get like this. So, I ride with Pegasus around the borders of the estate, making sure everything is intact, that no one is daring to mess with my… no, Katerina’s land. Of course, no one is, not today in this weather with the pouring rain and the thunders. Maybe it’s stupid to be out in the open in such weather, but I don’t care.By the time I am back, it’s almost noon and I am soaking wet. Maria rushes to me the moment I cross the front door, a frown on her face.“She kicked me out of the kitchen!” She snarls the words, her black eyes gleaming with hatred.A sigh escapes me. “Whatever are you talking about?”“That awful woman has occupied my kitchen and told me to deal with it, like…”“Like sh

AlejandroIt’s called sarma and it’s kind of a sour cabbage roll with beef and rice and other staff. I’ve never tasted anything like this, but it’s perfect in its simplicity and I just can’t get enough of it. When I ask for a second dish, she’s quick to serve it as Juan makes a joke about it, but strangely I don’t mind.I throw a little piece of bread at him to make him shut the fuck up and both Katerina and Eva scold us not to play with bread, like it’s the biggest sin and offence to even think it. My face goes red with embarrassment and both me and my friend look down at our plates, mumbling apologies.“Forgive those rascals, girls, they never learned proper manners,” Patricia says quite seriously, making my ears go even hotter.But it’s all that happens. Nobody makes a big deal out of a problem that’s not that big to begin with, and I am still floating on that little cloud of… I don’t know how to call the feeling that refuses to let go ever since earlier tod

KaterinaI was not supposed to fall for Alejandro Montener. I don’t want to. Yet, as I sit in his lap like the greatest fool in love, surrounded by friends I never expected to find in this place, with the stars above our heads and the bonfire we put up when it got chilly, I can’t deny that this is exactly what’s happening. He’s still just as quiet and brooding as always, and I am still bitter, but at the same time, I am melting on the inside. I don’t know how it happened, or why, but while Manuel plays his guitar and sings his sad song, I just can’t deny it.Alejandro has wrapped his hands possessively around my waist and I am leaning against his chest like it was made for me and all I can think about is his warmth and his damn scent which feels intoxicating this close to me.And it’s not like anyone cares how close we are. Even my Eva doesn’t say a thing about it, she just accepted it, which means a lot. If she spotted some trouble, she wouldn’t keep her mouth shut about it. It only