That was when it hit him.
With Katherine smiling up at him, her eyes shining with tears—
Intuition.
That was the moment he realized he wanted it to be real.
Everything she said and believed.
That she was in love with him, and he was in love with her?
He wanted all of it to be real because his intuition—
The one Anastase had expertly predicted would kick in at the right time—
It told him that Katherine was the one girl in the world he didn't have to worry about hurting with his cruelty...because with her, he didn't have to pretend to be good.
Because for her, hewantedto be good and stay good.
And that was why, two hours later—
Unbelievable.
He was forty years old. A billionaire. A surgeon on top of his game. And yet here he was, foolishly taking on a vow of celibacy for the night as the fiancée he had never asked for slept like an angel in his arms.
He gazed down at her angelic features, and he realized he still had room to improve.
She made him want to be good, do good, stay good, yes...
But right now he also wanted to shake her awake and ask if he was made of stone or what?
If his brother were to see him now, Eishun would never let him hear the end of this. Kazeyuki Collington, the man that thousands of women wanted from all over the world (a fact certified by a certain magazine's annual poll), and yet here she was, treating him like a glorified pillow.
He stared up at the ceiling, wondering how...how did he get so fortunate?
He had not wanted this kind of life because he had not thought this type of life was possible for someone like him. A sinner. Even worse, a sinner who had cut another person's life short because of his careless, thoughtless choice of words.
He had caught his first glimpse of it when Konstantin had shared how a once-incredibly-shy Eve had faked being ill just to get close to him. Later on, he had even seen it in action, having a front-row seat on how another relationship unfolded beforehim, when his patient Chelsea discovered she was accidentally married to Kazeyuki's billionaire friend Olivio Cannizzaro.
Love used to be a myth for him, no questions asked. And even being in proximity with those two couples, he had still closed his eyes to its brightness, choosing to stay in the darkness because it was what was familiar and safe.
And he would have not minded staying in the darkness...
If not for—
Buzz.
It was Katherine's phone, buzzing with an incoming message from the nightstand where she had left it. The screen lit up the dark, the words spelling out a message that had his chest slowly tightening.
Let's meet tomorrow at my place.
And the name of the person who texted her—
Matt.
Kazeyuki didn't sleep for the rest of the night.
Chapter Ten
