Katie felt the hair on her nape stand when she felt the heat Alexander was emitting as he stood right behind her. It was the proximity he was standing near her that made her nervous.
"Y-yes?" she responded unsure what he wanted to speak.
She felt guilty to be caught with Corey at this hour of the night by Alexander. Maybe it was because for some time she only had her eyes on Alexander. The Lord of Valeria held no interest in her that much, she knew.
And then were was also the way he always called her by her given name and never once did he use the nickname like how others did. It was as if he had set an unseen boundary between them.
She knew well that harboring feelings like these were pointless, yet there was this unknown longing in her.
Katie gasped when Alexander leaned forward, his shoulder touching hers, "The water is overflowing," he said and he was right. She had been filling the jug even after it had been filled, "Let me take this."
