The Writer's Romance by Elsa Kurt

Author:Elsa Kurt [Kurt, Elsa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-05-22T05:00:00+00:00

FIFTEEN

UP ALL NIGHT

Four days later, Katharine stared into the dressing room mirror, a dour look on her face. Tori had accompanied her for the taping of the Up All- Night Show and was giving Katharine her version of a pep talk.

“On the upside, Katharine, the publishing company gave you an extension on the next installment. No questions asked. They even asked me to pass along their thanks.”

“For what?”

“Um, for boosting sales and putting them in the forefront of sought-after agencies, duh!”

Katharine gave a thin smile and picked at her blouse.

“Girl, you are one sad, pathetic puppy. When was the last time you talked to him?”

Without looking up, Katharine mumbled, “The party.”

“You haven’t spoken to him since Saturday? Why not? I know from Justin Mitch has tried to talk to you. So why are you ignoring him?”

Katharine’s shoulders went up, then drooped down again.

Tori made a ‘tsk’ sound and rolled her eyes. Then she took Katharine’s chin in her hand and forced her to look up.

“What’s wrong with you, hmm? You’re crazy about him. He’s crazy about you. The whole world sees it. So: What. Is. The. Problem?”

“It doesn’t matter.”

From the doorway, a rich baritone.

“It matters to me.”

Katharine’s heart cartwheeled. Mitch.

“Hey, Mitch. I’ll leave you two to talk,” said Tori.

Tori patted Mitch’s arm as she passed him in the doorway and he gave her a short smile. But his eyes were on Katharine. She looked straight ahead but could see it all in peripheral.

“Can I come in?”

“Sure.” Katharine tried to sound nonchalant, but the break in her voice gave her away. Mitch walked in slowly. Since she wouldn’t look at him, he moved between her and the dresser mirror. Unless she swiveled the chair around, she had to look at him. Even Katharine realized how childish it would be to spin her chair away, so she looked up into his careworn face. It said he meant business, and he wasn’t leaving until he got answers.

“Why have you been avoiding me, Katharine?”

“I haven’t. I’ve been—”

“Don’t. Please don’t insult my intelligence. Something is going on between us. You know it, I know it. Hell, it’s like Tori said—the whole world seems to know it. I’m not afraid to see where it goes. But it seems you are.”

Katharine opened her mouth to speak.

“Let me finish what I came in here to say.” He leaned in close, placing his hands on the armrests of her chair. “I’m a grown man, Katharine. I know what I want, and it’s you. You’re a grown woman, stop hiding like a child. Meet me halfway.”

She wanted to, she really did. But…

“Miss Ev— oh, Mr. Ford. Ah, we are about ready to have Miss Evans come out. Then you, sir.”

Mitch took his eyes off Katharine and turned his head toward the young man in the doorway. She closed hers for a moment and breathed in his scent deeply. The man walked away, and Mitch returned his attention to Katharine. He waited, saying nothing more. She was frozen, her stare fixed firmly on the shoulder seam of his shirt.

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