CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE: LITTLE NOTE

Catherine’s POV

I do not want to lose you; he said, with the most genuine eyes and awry tone. The words played in my head all through the night and slipped into my dream and now waking up, it was the best feeling ever.

I woke up to the soft, golden light of dawn streaming through the curtains. Stretching luxuriously, I stirred to reach for Alexander but my hands caress the empty space on the bed instead.

Greedy you, my goddess taunts me.

I open my eyes to examine the bed more thoroughly as if he could have been hiding somewhere underneath its sheets and I find a neatly folded note on his pillow. My heart skipped a beat as I picked it up, recognizing his familiar, elegant handwriting.

“Catherine,

I have had to leave early for an urgent business trip to Spain. I will be back in a few days.

A smile crept across my lips as I read his words. Spain. Oh, so we are doing notes now. He had never left me a note before. Feeling giddy, I reach for my phone on my nightstand and quickly type out a