42

KATHERINE

From what I see, he could lose his breath any time soon.

I can see how much pain he’s in before Derek finally let go of him, and he fell on the floor, breathless. I looked across and saw Cassandra’s mouth agape just before she blurted, “Derek! What did you just do to my fiancé?!”

Fiancé? I turned to Derek, whom rather than looking at anyone, was glaring openly at rude-jerk guy who was now up his feets, stepping backward and patting off the dust off his body.

“What is he doing here?” Rather than answering Cassandra, he blatantly stared at her fiancé and not that he noticed. He was almost hiding behind Cassandra’s back, in what seems like fear.

“I called him over. Do you seriously have to hurt him, that too in front of this darn omega?” Cassandra groaned, the last word filled with disdain. This time I can’t help but frown, hiding back a retort from falling off my mouth.

I shouldn’t be in their business.

Standing here and pretending like I heard nothing is the ideal soluti