Here you go another chapter I know this is not a long chapter.
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"Jeremy" Catherine looked down blinking her eyes which were filled with tears. Jermey just stare at her. 

"Why?" He asked when she bit her lips.

"Did you think that was funny?" He asked calmly, gulping down. Catherine pressed herself against the wall as he hovered over her.

"What?" Catherine asked those words out before she could stop herself. Jeremy slammed his hand over her head, she jumped.

"You lied" He grit his teeth. Catherine stopped breathing the moment he said those words again.Her eyes widened, she shivered.

"Why did you lie?" He asked her. She looked at him afraid but kept quiet, she did not want him to get hurt. She closed her eyes tightly. 

"I asked you something" Jeremy snapped moving forward, he breathed harder. He grabbed her face making her look at him.

"I am asking you something damn it" Jeremy yelled gritting his teeth, something pierced him when she looked at him with fear. But he wants to answer anything to stop this suffocating feeling.

"I..." the words dried up, she gulped down but the anger only radiated off of him.

"Start talking, Catherine. If you don't open your mouth right now I will do something even if I regret it later" her hand shakily pushed him.

"Please" tears she was trying not to show fall  from her eyes.

"Why are they crying damn it? Just fucking answer me" He growled slamming m his hand slammed right m beside her head. She flinched. He slightly pressed her body against his. 

Jeremy's eyes flashed dangerous as he pressed his forehead against her. Her breathing hitched when she felt his hand on her back. His finger slowly trailed her neck before pulling the string of her dress. Her heart beat increased as she felt the dress loosen up.

He kissed her, his lips pressed against her lips roughly. She felt numb. Her hand shakily made its way to his chest. She pushed him.

"You could have stopped this," Jeremy said coldly, not budging even a bit.

"Jeremy" She whispered

"L... let me go.. .hhh" he entered his tongue as soon as she opened her mouth, softly rubbing her tongue before sucking on it. 

Her struggle increased as she pushed him. He pulled back and looked at her face which turned red.

Catherine's eyes were watery and she looked out of breath. Without stopping he again kissed her this time roughly biting her lips. His hand went to her neck holding her in a place. His other hand slid on her back slowly before his finger trailed down to her dress. She hears the rustle as her dress slides down her shoulder revealing her undies. She bite his lips. He flinched letting her go. 

She slid down holding herself together trying to cover herself. Tears fell from her eyes as she tried to control her breath.

"But you did not," Jeremy bent down, banging his hand on either side of her head. She flinched, exposing her front to him. Her eyes fearfully looked at him as tears of helplessness fell from her eyes.

"Start talking" Jeremy threatened her, bending down to her neck. His lips touched her neck. She shivered.

"Jeremy please" Catherine sobbed her hand and pushed his chest. He smelled her, she smelled like vanilla and chocolates. Unconsciously his lips trailed on her neck. He softly kissed her then biting the same spot.

"Please stop" her words came out as a whisper as he licked her neck.   His finger trailed down moving her hair behind her back revealing her collarbone. His teeth grazed her.

"Why?" Jeremy asked as he put his hand around her naked back. She spilled her heartbeat and increased her fear.

"Don't do this" Catherine almost begged tears to stop.

"And why shouldn't I do this?" He asked, his eyes coldly looking at her eyes than her bra cladded breast.

"You did not stop me when I was not in my clear state of mind" He growled in anger.

 "Even though I was vulnerable, you took advantage of me. Why can't I do this now?" He unhooked her bra.

Her heart galloped in fear, "Knowing very well how messed up the situation will be. You could have stopped what happened between us. You did all that consciously. Why damn it? Why?" He glared at her with hatred.

Catherine's hand fell to her side. The strap of the bra fell from her shoulder, revealing her naked front to him. She stopped resisting. Jeremy grabbed her face almost digging his fingers on her cheeks, he forced her to look at him. Her tears filled hollow eyes only filled him with nothingness. He kissed her again but there was not a single protest except those salty water drops. He breaks the kiss pushing her at arm distance and he sits  down on his knees in front of her.

"You won't say anything" Jeremy shakes his head as if mocking himself.

"Why aren't you saying anything?" He asked again. 

"At least explain yourself"

"Give me a fucking reason and tell me why you did that" Catherine gulped down painfully before opening her mouth, "You already believed want you wanted to believe" 

"Was it lie then?" Jeremy said even though he knew Salina would not lie. Catherine looked down the moment he said those words.

"Catharine looked in my eyes" Jeremy said those words as if something broke inside of him.

"You don't need to prove it. I will believe whatever you say. So please look in my eyes" Catherine bit her lips, but he felt like a broken record repeating the same words over and over again.

"At least give me a reason to believe you. At least tell me that she was lying" He snapped, he will believe her if he can stop what he is feeling. Why can't he go back to being emotionally unavailable at least it will not hurt him this.

"All my life I despise cheaters but for you I was ready to be one. I was ready to give up my entire beliefs which I led till now. So please for the sake of my sanity. Lie if you have to" Jermey said gritting his teeth gulping down painfully. Her heart broke with his.

"Jeremy" Catherine was  shaking at his words. She thought he was angry but no more than anything he is hurt and again she is the reason.

"Please" Jeremy begged her.She hugged him.

"I am sorry" Catherine whispered the only words she could say.

He removed her hand and  stood up taking a deep breath,  "Why?

"I.. I thought you would despise me. I..If I tell you the truth" Catherine looked down.

"You know, I was ready to accept whatever you said even if that would have eaten me alive" Jeremy said those words as if this will change the emptiness he felt a while back.

"I trust your words, but you lied." the anger he was feeling might have worn him out. Or it was never anger that spoke from the beginning. But looking at her scared of him ,made him sad. He never wanted her to be scared of him. She is the woman he loves or loved after all. He wandered, if she really married Coltrane he might have been miserable but she will have been happy not in this mess with him. He opened his jacket covering her.

"I don't know what to do anymore. I am tired of fighting what's right? what's wrong? " Catherine looked up at him, his face devoid of any emotions.  She stood up and her hand automatically clutched his shirt. She was horrified to look at him, and his broken state. Something chills her more than anything.

"Jeremy, please. Please I am sorry" Catherine said burying her face in his chest.

"You don't know how it feels to be in this constant war. I betrayed my best friend but I need to take responsibility for what I have done. It's eating my sanity away. Didn't you see what I tried to do to you?" Jermey tried to remove her hand.

"I don't care" Catherine hugged him even tighter. He removed her hand a bit forcefully.

"That's not normal" Jeremy Put his forehead against her. Tears fell from her eyes as she felt his tears mixed with her. After a while he removed himself.

She struggled to hold him,"I don't want anything normal. Please Jeremy don't go" she sobbed.

"I don't want to hurt you emotionally neither physically. Let me just go" Jeremy struggles to get away from her.

"I don't care" Catherine hold him even tighter

"You should care damn it"Jeremy  snapped and snatched her hands.

"You should eat and make sure you get rest. So, that the baby is taken care off" He glared at her, his finger automatically tightening around her hand.

Catherine winched as a  tear fell from her eye. 

Jeremy sighed,"Don't worry I am fine" with that he walked out of the penthouse.

But he seems anything but fine.

Catherine sat down and rubbed her tears which were falling constantly, "I am sorry" her hand on her stomach.

"I am sorry baby. I am such a bad mommy. He asked me to take care of you even when He is emotionally unstable. I know he will be a great Daddy to you baby" Catherine rubbed her stomach. 

She silently stands up and walks inside Jeremy's room and takes a shower then wraps a towel around her. She looked at his closet for a while.

Catherine walked up to the closet and took out his shirt, wearing it without his permission. She silently eats her food and makes her way to his bed. It all smells like him. She looked up. Sleep was the last thing in her mind. She wanted to make sure that he is alright. Tears were holding her back as she clutched the pillow which smelled like him. She felt a bit relaxed but she looked at the watch from time to time.

"Jeremy, where are you?" She asked aloud.

"How could I not worry? Please come back" tears wet the pillow and she cried like many other nights when she had no idea where he was,what he was doing, how he was, Was he alright, Is he taking rest properly, even though she is his wife now but that fact never changed.

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Ben was checking around the house when he found Cassandra on the floor. He hurried, picked her up and rushed down. Coltrane was already in his office.

"Bring the car out hurry" Ben called John another guard to  bring the car. He took her to the nearest hospital and called Coltrane.

"Hello" Coltrane was looking through the project.

"Mr. Mayor please come to the hospital. I just admitted Mrs. Mayor" Coltrane froze standing up abruptly.

'Was not she in the hospital a while ago?' Coltrane can feel his heart beat increasing.

"What? What happened?" He grabbed his jacket.

"I find her on the roof. There was blood" that's where he talked to her last time. He can feel his hands getting cold. 

"I will be there" he gulped down.

The moment he arrived his heart galloped in uneasiness. Did she try to kill herself again? But why? She said that she did not try to kill herself. 

"Doctor what happened to her?" Coltrane asked the doctor coming out from her room where Ben was standing.

"Who are you to the patient?" She asked him.

"I am her husband" Coltrane gulped down waiting to hear bad news. It's been one day since she visited the hospital and here she is again.

"The patient is fine. We have already removed the clotting and dressed it up. I am waiting  for the M.R.I report so I can say anything about her health. Other than that we need to wait for her to wake up. So that we can see whether there is minor concussion or any other conditions." She said then carried on for her next patient.

Coltrane filled up the form and paid for her while Ben waited.

"how did this happen?" He asked Ben.

"When I was checking around the house, she was already on the floor bleeding"  his eyes landed on Ben's cloth blood was evident.

"Go back, take care of the house" Coltrane turned his eyes away from his clothes. Ben said yes than did as he was told.

Coltrane still remembered the last conversation he had with her this morning. How did this happen? He rubbed his head sitting on the hallway passage before her room. But he still remembered his conversation with Austin.

Coltrane was about to leave when Austin stopped him. "You want to know. Why did I do that right?"

"No I don't" Coltrane coldly said those words before leaving the door. Yes it's true he does not because at the back of her mind he is afraid at what he might find out Coltrane rubbed his face only to hear Austin's words.

Austin sat down in the chair and stared at the door. "Why do you give yourself to someone like him?"

But he heard the last part and shrugged it off. Now he wondered what Austin actually wanted to say that time.

Coltrane signed first, he needs to know if she is alright or not.

Slowly he entered the room where she is sleeping peacefully, that is what it seems like though. He took a seat beside her.  The afternoon sun warmed the room. The orange flecks of light reflected off of the window, turning the room almost orange.

The moment Cassnadra opened her eyes she felt pain in her head. She blinked her eyes to adjust to the light. There was no one in the room. After a while she noticed that it was a hospital room. 

"You are awake" She turned to the voice to notice the doctor coming towards her. She opened her mouth but it felt hoarse.

"You were out for 8 hours" The doctor said before checking her up and giving her water. Then she proceeded to ask questions. Coltrane was standing right outside the door.

"The MRI report is neat. She does not have any internal blood clot or bleeding.  She remembers everything so there is no sign of concussion. But we want to keep her under observation tonight. Tomorrow I will discharge her" the doctor told him after coming out of her room. Coltrane nodded his head and bought her food and medicine prescribed by the doctor.

"I will come back tomorrow with a fresh set of clothes. And if you need anything or if there is an emergency call House number" He said putting a cell phone beside her table. 

He will go home, take a shower and get a quick rest. He will come back tomorrow first thing in the morning. 

"I can get myself there," Cassandra told him.

"There is no need for you to be here" she said closing her eyes as the painkiller kicked in.

"Stop being stubborn," Coltrane said, and stared at her, shaking his head.

He walked out of there not before informing the nurse to keep an eye on her.

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When I was actually in the phrase of writing this story I decided to update two chapters a month. Not much I know but at that time I had quite a busy schedule. And posted this chapter on 31st July. I was feeling nostalgic how almost 1 year has already passed.

Until next time...