Semua Bab Ruin Me Slowly, Daddy~~: Bab 51 - Bab 57

~~Kate~~Her excitement was so loud it should have come with a warning sign, like caution, chaos ahead, because the way she grabbed my arm and started jumping like I had just announced free money instead of a blind date made me question every decision that led me to this moment.“Oh my God, we need to prepare,” she said, already dragging me again like I didn’t have legs of my own, like I was just an accessory she could carry around when needed, “this is serious, Kate, this is your first official grown woman date, we cannot let you show up looking like you’re going to a group discussion.”I blinked slowly.“First of all,” I said, trying to keep up with her pace, “I have gone on dates before.”She stopped so abruptly I almost walked into her back.Then she turned.And gave me a look.Not just any look.A look that said she was about to disrespect my entire dating history.“Those don’t count because you I practically dragged you to those date,” she said flatly.My jaw dropped.“Excuse me

~~Kate~~“Maybe.”That was the last thing I said before everything shifted in a way I did not see coming, because one second I was sitting across from Daniel, smiling, relaxed, letting myself enjoy something simple and calm for the first time in what felt like forever, and the next second I heard a voice that did not belong in this moment, a voice I knew too well, a voice my body recognized before my mind could even process what was happening.My fingers tightened slightly around the glass in my hand as my entire body went still, like something inside me had just pressed pause without asking for permission, and for a brief second I told myself I was imagining it, because there was no way he was here, no way he could just appear in the middle of my night like this, no way the one person I had worked so hard to push out of my head would show up right when I was finally starting to feel normal again.“Kate?” Daniel called softly, his voice pulling at my attention, and I turned back to hi

~Kate~If someone had told me three weeks ago that I would willingly enter a car with Nathan Reid again after everything that happened between us, I would have laughed directly in their face and probably quoted three bible verses immediately after.But life apparently enjoyed humiliating me.Because there I was.Sitting in the backseat of a black SUV beside Yssa while the literal source of my current emotional instability drove us through the city like nothing had happened.Like he did not almost ruin my sanity during Christmas.Like I did not spend the past two weeks trying to convince myself I was over him.Like he did not completely destroy the peace I had finally started rebuilding the moment he walked into that restaurant.And worst of all…He looked good.Too good.Annoyingly good.It should actually be illegal for one man to look that calm after causing this much psychological damage.“Daddy, if you are trying to buy my love back, just know it is working,” Yssa announced dramat