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7. Katerina

"Why are you looking at me that way?" I asked Alex as we sat across each other at the cafe down from the doctor's.

"What are you talking about?" He asked with a raised brow making me narrow my eyes at him and I could see a smile fighting its way onto his face.

"You know exactly what I'm talking about," I said and he just chuckled shaking his head before he sat up and leaned forwards on the table which had me raising my brows.

"Is it a crime to admire your beauty?" He asked and I blinked as I felt my face heat up with a blush making him smile as he raised his hand towards me and tucked a strand of hair behind my ear. The cafe was buzzing with chatter all around as the smell of coffee and baked goods wafted through the air. We were sitting in the furthest part of the building away from prying eyes. I could see people walking outside as snow fell from the sky as snow covered the ground in a white sheet.

"Is that your way of flirting?" I asked with a raised brow as he sat back against his chair.

"Did it work?" He teased making me roll my eyes with a shake of my head and a smile working its way onto my face that he mirrored.

"I think you need a little more work," I said making him chuckle.

"Then go out on a date with me tomorrow night," he said making me choke on my muffin and he looked panicked as he handed me my drink and I took a few sips before looking up at him with wide eyes.

"What?" Was my stupid reply and he bit his lip.

"Go on a date with me tomorrow night. I want to know you better. I mean we've known each other for a few years but I want to know more about you" he repeated and I swallowed the knot in my throat and contemplated my reply.

"Does this have anything to do with the fact that we're having a baby together?" I asked and he frowned before shaking his head.

"No. I've been wanting to ask you out on a date for a long time but I always ended up chickening it out and when I saw you in the morning four weeks ago after we had slept together brightened out those hidden feelings I had for you for years." He replied and I blinked in shock at his reply because I wasn't expecting him to say all that, he gave me a small smile and sighed shaking his head, "I don't want what happened between us to be a one-time thing, Katt. I like you and I want to get to know you. I want to learn more about you than what you let people see."

"Are you just saying that because I'm pregnant?" I asked and he shook his head leaning back on his chair and I furrowed my brows, "Then why? Why after all this time did you wait to tell me your feelings?"

"How could I? You were in a relationship already Katerina" he replied with a shrug and I pursued my lips.

"Why didn't you tell me?"I questioned and he smiled, a small sad filled smile that had my heart breaking

"Remember the night at the party your parents threw?" he said and I nodded, "And remember what I told you before I left with my parents at the end of the night?"

I was confused by his questions trying to remember his words and he sighed softly chuckling making me look at him, "Of course you wouldn't remember them. It happened nearly six years ago when I told you that one day when you were old enough I'd make you my wife."

"What?" I asked confused and he smiled.

"I told you that night that I liked you but you were only 17 at the time while I was 22. You captivated me the very second that I met you when David introduced me to your family at our college graduation. God I never expected to fall for my best friend's little sister and yet that's exactly what happened." He said and I swallowed the knot in my throat as his words began to turn a switch in my brain, "we danced a few songs before we walked outside to the garden where we talked for a few minutes before we headed inside."

Flashback

"Why are we here and not inside?" I asked Alexander as he led me to the garden and he just smiled looking up to the night sky as a soft breeze wafted through the air chilling me even though I wore a coat over my dress. Alex noticed my discomfort and pulled me into his arms, his body heat instantly warming me up.

"Because I wanted to talk to you without having to yell over the loud music" he replied and bit my cheek nodding, "I like you."

I blinked and looked up at him with wide eyes.

"But you're my brother's best friend how can you like me?" I asked moving from his hood and he smiled cupping my cheek making my heart race in my chest as I felt a blush creep up my face at the intense look in his eyes as he looked at me.

"And what does that have anything to with my feelings for you, Katerina?" He asked with an eyebrow raised as his crystal blue eyes bore into my dull brows ones.

"Its wrong, Alex. It just is," I said and he raised a brow before sighing and shaking his head.

"Is that you're only reason?" He asked and I looked away from those piercing blue eyes and looked at the moon, "What if I wasn't this friend? Would it still be wrong?"

"But you're his friend," I said and he stood in front of me blocking my view of the moon.

"Answer the question, Katerina, if I wasn't his friend would it still be wrong for me to like you?" He asked and I swiller the lump that formed in my throat as our eyes clashed.

"Yes." I replied softly and he raised a brow.

"Why?"

"You're older than me Alex," I replied and he nodded.

"There's the real answer," he said and I looked away as he moved to stand beside me again, "I'm going to make you my wife one day."

"How can you say that? So openly and without even batting an eye?" I asked shocked at his words and he only smiled.

"Because it's the truth. I'm willing to wait for

as long as I have to until you say yes to being with me." he said with a shrug.

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