Inside the house, Alex and Katherine sat together on the old sofa, both aware of the awkward silence between them.
Alex was unsure what to do with this unexpected extra time he had with her.
In the past, he would have used this moment to relax, shamelessly acting spoiled and enjoying her attention without a care in the world.
But now that Katherine knew he was the real Alex, looking back at everything they had done felt increasingly embarrassing.
What had once felt completely natural now seemed almost humiliating—a sense of shame and disgust towards himself.
"Alex, you don't have to be so tense around me. You can just pretend I still don't know you as the real Alex..."
Katherine couldn't continue any further as her mind went back to all the forbidden things she had done with him.
Her mind was filled with disgust and guilt. Yet her heart didn't feel the same. A weird feeling that she couldn't put into words.
"Mom... I can't."
