Chapter 9 Separated by a Wall

Katherine dared not imagine what was happening on the other side of this wall. On one side was her fiancé, and on the other was her fiancé's brother, with whom she was now intimately involved. The simultaneous occurrence of these two events was undeniably thrilling, but Katherine was not one to seek excitement. The first time, she had shrugged off sleeping with a stranger, even doing it in a car on the same day. Katherine dared not recall what had happened that day. She couldn't accept doing it in a conference room now; she couldn't overcome that mental barrier. The noises from the adjacent meeting room grew louder, with filthy words reaching Curtis and Katherine's ears. Leonard usually appeared genteel and well-educated, but now, his true nature emerged—a rotten core beneath the veneer of refinement. The disgustingly lewd words came from Leonard's mouth, sending shivers down Katherine's spine. She felt a mix of revulsion and relief that she didn't have to engage in such repul