KATHERINE My heart threatened to burst out of my chest as I struggled to look at him. The difference in our heights made me feel so irrelevant. It made me feel so small and at the end of the day. There was nothing that I could say or do about it. I couldn't tell if it was fear or if it was intrigue, but my heart clenched with something that I couldn't entirely decipher as he towered over me effortlessly.I was tempted to beg him to just give me a few minutes. But apparently, my pride was more than my desperation as I looked at him, and at the end of the day, the word ‘Please’ remained lodged in the back of my throat.I closed my eyes and sighed as I tried to gather my thoughts together.“What is it? Cat suddenly got your tongue,” he leaned in further. He made no effort to conceal the mockery in his voice.Even though it stung, he didn't need to know that. I fought very hard to maintain a neutral expression. “I'm not sure I know what you're talking about,” I leaned my head to the s
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