Femme Fatale: The King's Deadly Temptress

Chapter 109: It Just Had to Be Her

The next morning

Katherine stirred in bed and was disappointed when she roamed her hand on the space next to her only to find it empty. She breathed out a sigh before opening her eyes and stretching her body. A blush crept on her face when she recalled what happened last night. She buried her face onto the pillow as the scene continued to play in her mind, not allowing her to escape from the dirty deed she did yesterday.

She had gotten used to waking up and not seeing Damien beside her the morning after their sleepover. She never really asked him why he was always up so early even though he would go to bed late in the evening. Usually, after she wakes up, she would find him in the kitchen preparing breakfast. She appreciated that he always made sure that she had her fill in the morning especially during weekdays. But she would prefer for him to stay in bed with her longer. Sighing, she swung her legs out of bed and washed up before going out of the bedroom.

Just like what she expected, Damien was in the kitchen only this time, he was topless.

However, he was wearing sweatpants that were lowly hanging on his hips. She knew that he had gone home to change and came back.

She leaned against the wall and watched him as he prepared whatever he was making that morning while his back was facing her. Katherine was more interested in checking out his broad back. She didn't realize that she also find Damien's back sexy, it was long and lean. It was pretty obvious that he works out and takes care of his physique although she had not seen him exercise which was weird but just what else is attractive in this man?

Just as she thought about this, Damien turned around and spotted her ogling at him. A smirk immediately formed on his face, "What's on your mind so early this morning, Ms. Miller?"

Biting her bottom lip, Katherine pushed herself off the wall and sauntered towards him. She felt his arms around her waist as soon as she stood in front of him and he gave her a brief kiss. "How was your sleep?" he asked.

"Why aren't you wearing a shirt?" She ignored his question and asked her own, making him chuckle.

"I spilled coffee on it." He tilted his head towards the shirt that was hanging on a chair. 

"Oh, I'll go wash it." She was about to move when Damien tightened his hold on her, "Forget it," he said before capturing her lips once again and deepened their kiss. How could she say no to his kisses? She could never do that!

But feeling his bare skin with her hands that early in the morning she didn't know if it was healthy for her. She felt like she melted in his arms. If this was going to be her morning every day from now on, she'll probably start a religion devoted to cleansing her mind, body, and soul. 'Forgive me, higher power I have just sinned. Scratch that. I have been sinning...'

Damien broke off their kiss and pulled her towards the table for breakfast. 

"I'll be leaving tomorrow at seven in the morning," he said as he pushed the bowl of raisin nut oatmeal towards Katherine. She had also gotten used to him serving her whatever he was having that morning and it was always a healthy breakfast. This man he could be a great househusband.

"I thought you were leaving on Tuesday?" 

"No, I had Markus adjust the schedule for next week. We need to leave tomorrow as the weather isn't looking so good on Tuesday when we land. So, it's best to leave early. And we'll be there until Friday instead of Thursday, so I'll be away for four days."

Katherine quickly picked up her phone and checked the organizer while Damien was almost about to finish his food. "Wait Thursday We're supposed to go to the resort to check on the shooting of the promotion. Was that rescheduled too? Who will go if you're not here?"

It wasn't necessary for Damien to be there but this was already scheduled beforehand and everyone agreed that it was best for him to be present as they were also going to meet some investors on the same date.

"Caleb can go this time. You can go with him if you want you don't have much to do while I'm on the trip anyway. It'll be good for you to unwind while you're there."

Nodding, Katherine started eating her food while silently wishing she could attach herself to him and go wherever he goes. She laughed at herself inwardly. 'You've gotten clingy!'

Despite Damien's absence, there wasn't much trouble in the office and so, Katherine didn't realize that the days went by so fast and it was already Thursday, June 28.

She and Caleb arrived at the resort early in the morning. They were both dressed rather casually as they weren't going to conduct any business that day. However, apart from them, there were a few people from the marketing department who went with them to oversee the whole activity. 

When they got to the beachfront, they found that everything was already set up and the team was ready to start rolling in thirty minutes. 

Caleb and Katherine sat at a table under a shade a few meters away and casually talked about random stuff. The good thing about Caleb was his gentlemanliness, playful personality and intellect he knows a lot of things and he was knowledgeable in many areas which was why it wasn't that hard for Katherine to have a conversation with him.

Several minutes later, a tall man came to their table, catching their attention. "Ms. Katherine?" he called.

Turning her head, she was surprised to see Matthew Jeong in front of her with his half-opened shirt and boardshorts. "Ah, hello Mr. Jeong are you here for a vacation?"

"Huh? Oh you haven't heard. I'm actually modeling for today's shoot. It was a last-minute decision as the previous model was rushed to the hospital he got into an accident with the female model a few days ago."

Katherine turned to face Caleb who nodded his head. "They were rumored lovers and was on a weekend getaway but another car crashed into theirs while they were on their way home."

"Oh my gosh, are they okay?" 

"I heard nothing serious happened apart from minor injuries but they have to stay in the hospital in order to recuperate. And this shoot can no longer be delayed so the team had to secure another pair of models for the promotion," Caleb explained.

Matthew Jeong was a model-slash-actor. Turning her head back to him, she heard him say, "It was fortunate that my days are free until Monday next week so, I accepted the proposal."

"I see So, who is the female model?" Katherine asked and just as she did, a long-legged woman appeared by Matthew's side.

"Hi, Matt, Caleb!" Lexi Jin waved her hand to him while she ignored Katherine. "Where's Damien?"

Great. It just had to be her.

Katherine had an unreadable expression on her face as she looked at Lexi who was so confident in her swimwear outfit. She had to agree that Lexi was a supermodel for a reason. But if only her personality was as good as her figure, then Katherine would probably not hate her. Too bad.

"He's on a business trip," he answered briefly.

Caleb knew that there was tension going on between the two women and he didn't want anything to happen to Damien's woman or else, his friend will definitely kill him. So it was in his best interest to protect the King's Queen by any means.

"Good luck with your shoot," Caleb told Lexi in a neutral tone before he turned to Katherine, "Katherine, would you like to see the proposed location of the paintball arena? Come with me. It's at the very far end of this resort." He placed his hand on Katherine's shoulder and guided her out of the confined imaginary circle and into the resort's lobby where it was a safe zone.

"What paintball arena? We have one?" Katherine was confused.

"Ha! I wish. It would have been great though, wouldn't it? Why don't we propose it to Damien when he returns?" Caleb led her towards the restaurant for some snacks. They will be there the whole day and they need the right fuel to function. 

Katherine just hoped that the day will turn out okay with Lexi being there. All she had to do was stay away from her.