7. WARM WELCOME

KATERINA

I was not prepared for this.

I thought I was, but looking him in the eye now, I realized that I was totally unprepared. I had overestimated my strength and unfortunately for me, this was only the beginning.

"Grace?" He called out and I froze, totally unprepared for that hit. Well, at least, not so fast. We stood there looking at each other for what seemed like unending minutes, until I finally broke the stare and opened my mouth to counter what he had said, but the words seemed stuck in my throat.

"What the hell did you just call me?" I eventually asked, my voice a little shaky, which I tried to hide.

"You look different. Wrong. But sometimes when I look at you, I—"

I cut in at once, before he got more ideas that could ruin this, "My name is Katerina Montego, daughter of the Late Mr Montego, who was one of the biggest business moguls in several countries. Maybe you know my cousin? Maybe you are referring to him.. because people do say that Kelvin and I share some