Free The Husband Hunt - Kat's Season (The Bachelor Series) by Kiki Abbott, Kim Hornsby

foot rub.
                
    Still not quite herself, Kat felt distanced from the men at the rose ceremony in Taiwan. Her muscles ached and she felt like a cold might be creeping into her body. She was anxious to get closer to home and wanted to get this portion over with. She knew who was leaving and asked Crane to cancel the cocktail party. Jaxie hadn’t come to Taiwan. She’d gone home after Maui and Kat sensed that Crane was anxious to get stateside, too. Three men would leave the show from Taiwan. Kat’s mind was made up before she even put on her makeup for the rose ceremony.
                 She’d done an interview with Crane earlier to talk about her feelings for the men but had been coached to refrain from mentioning who she might choose to leave tonight.
                 “Tell me about you and Tony,” Crane asked.
                 Kat laughed. “Tony is...Tony. He’s a little bit arrogant, overly confident but loveable in a ‘he doesn’t know what he’s doing,’ sort of way. “
                 “And you have said that you’re really attracted to him.”
                 Oh God, on national TV she had to admit this. “That’s true. Tony is very handsome and for some reason we have powerful chemistry between us.”
                 “And he knows it?”
                 “He does.” She smirked.
                 “Ben came to your room last night to give you a foot massage.”
                 Ben is a real sweetheart, very tender heart.”
                 “But you don’t have the same attraction as with Tony.”
                 “Not true. Every person is different. I’m extremely attracted to Ben, don’t get me wrong. He’s gorgeous but I’m still getting to know Ben, slowly.”
                 Crane continued. “And you had a rough week with Pierce.”
                 She nodded.
                 “But you talked it out with him?”
                 “Yes, and I think everything got misconstrued. I think the guys heard Pierce say he lived with a woman and it was taken the wrong way.
                 “You and Pierce have really hit it off.”
                 “We have. He offers something the other guys don’t have, which is an artist’s perception on everything. And that’s interesting to me. I’m still wondering where this is all going.” She laughed.
                 “Good luck making a decision, Kat.”
                 The cameras stopped rolling. Kat stood and entered the room with the framed photos of the men. After they took footage of her staring at the pictures, she said “I’m ready.”
                 It was another half hour before the men would gather in the main room, once the cameras were set. When summoned, Kat walked in and stepped up to the tray of roses.
    She stood at the front of the beautifully decorated Chinese-style room, staring at the men. This would be tough. She nervously willed herself the strength to let the ones go she could never marry. There were seven men and only four roses. She reassured herself that the end was coming for all but one man anyhow. Grant would not be that man. Or Keith. Although she saw a life with Keith as happy, she just didn’t feel passionately for him. Would that come if they slept together? Maybe, but she didn’t want to take that chance. And letting Tony go, made her feel badly but she knew she’d never survive a marriage with that man. It would be a shame to let him go when she knew such passion with him but her path had to be higher than just going for the sexiest guy on the show. Tony would be bad news, and she had to get rid of him. Besides, he’d promoted his gym enough and would have loads of female business when he got back to Colorado.  Something told her he wouldn’t look back long enough to think of her again.