Devotion {l.h.}

Chapter Seventeen

Katarina’s POV

I began cleaning the kitchen but shortly after I started the doorbell rang.

I ran to the door and opened it excitedly.

“Hey girl!” Sonya shouted running in to hug me “damn, it smells amazing!”

“Hey Sonya!” I replied laughing

Ashton walked through the door next, holding a bottle of wine.

“This is for you Katarina” Ashton said, offering the bottle to me.

“Aw you guys really didn’t have to!” I said, happily.

“It was our pleasure” Sonya and Ashton said simultaneously, causing us all to burst into a fit of laughter.

“You two seriously freak me out sometimes” I said, before ushering them into the dining area.

“I’m starving Kat! What did you make?” Sonya asked, looking at the kitchen

“I didn’t make anything,” I confessed

“I thought you said you were cooking? What smells so good?” she asked rapidly, craning her neck to look at the kitchen.

I lead both Sonya and Ashton to the dinner table.

“Actually, Luke came by…” I started

“Luke?” Ashton said quizzically.

“What was Luke doing here?” Sonya asked, sharing the same confusion as her lover.

“He came over to apologize” I said, serving the dish onto their plates

“Apologize for what?” Sonya and Ashton said in unison. This time no one laughed.

“That’s kind of the reason why I called you two over tonight. I wanted to tell you about what happened last night” I said tentatively, as if my words could shield me from Sonya and Ashton’s judgemental stare.

“You didn’t have… you know with him, right?” Sonya asked in a whisper

“Babe! Don’t ask her that!” Ashton said, covering his face with his gigantic hands, clearly embarrassed.

“No! Of course not!” I defended myself

I sat down at the table, opposite Sonya and Ashton and began to recall everything that had happened; from the incident with Calum, Luke’s kidnapping, Jackson and finding out that Amber was pregnant.

Sonya and Ashton remained quiet during my narration of the events.

“So that’s why Luke was here, to apologize for last night. He thought he would make it up to me by cooking this meal” I concluded.

“Luke cooked this meal?” Sonya asked, looking down at her plate.

“Babe, seriously?” Ashton said to Sonya. “Out of all the terrible things that Kat just told us about, you choose to focus your attention on Luke’s secret Master Chef skills?”

“You’re right, I’m sorry Kat. Are you okay now?” Sonya said, outstretching her hand across the table.

“Yeah, I’m fine. I’ve learned that I need to keep my distance from Luke” I said, surprisingly in a sad tone.

“It’s for the best Kat. He doesn’t chase trouble, trouble chases him” Ashton said firmly, his eyebrows were knit together in a look of utter disapproval.

“I know,” I said softly

“You have to hand it to him, he is an amazing cook though” Sonya said