Chapter 27

Katarina

Everything seemed slow, even the hours were crawling, and I couldn't fully concentrate no matter how hard I tried.

The fact that I basically knew nothing about Jerome was driving me insane, and there was nothing that I could do about it. I couldn't exactly confront him about it, especially not when I was not even being truthful about myself.

"What's on your mind Lisa? Is Mr handsome not coming today?" Ella whispered in my ear, jolting me back to reality. It was impossible to have a moment to myself while she was still around. It was annoying, but I loved it that way. Ella knew how to distract me from the thoughts that threatened to consume me.

Looking at her now, I felt that it was probably best to have her opinion on what I should do next. I didn't like making my matters public, but this once I'd make an exception for Ella.

"I don't think he's coming today." I answered before mustering up a little sad smile.

"That's sad, I haven't seen him in a while, you two have really