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Catherine stand in front of the company building, nervously. She sighed walking up to the company reception.

"Can I meet Jeremy?" She asked the receptionist. 

The receptionist woman sitting their give her a confused looked. This is the same woman who came with Jeremy a few days ago. But not many people call Mr.McGill informally. The receptionist looked at the nervous woman keenly before giving her a green signal. 

Catherine was standing their waiting for her answer.

"Mam, you can go to the executive floor. Their you can ask Rose. She will be sitting outside in the hall" The receptionist smiled at the lady, she might have called Rose for confirmation but this lady was with their boss last time. And Mr.McGill never enter in his office with a lady before her well after her he did enter with another lady but Catherine was the first. 

Catherine forced a smile, whispering a thank you before going inside. She went into the lift and make her way to the executive floor. She saw the lady sitting in the hall.

"Excuse Can I see Jeremy?"Catherine asked her. The lady looked at her coldly. She flinched her finger interwinded together.

"Sir has give me strict orders to not to let anyone enter" Rose look her up and down shaking her head in disapproval as  Catherine was dressed informally, when it was strictly ordered ot wear formal in office.

"Please tell him. I am Catherine McGill his wife" Catherine gulped down nervously. This is the first time she said the wife words her heart flutter.

"Off course miss and I am the queen of England" Rose rolled her eyes.

"Well, anyone can come in tell me she is his wife. Do you want me to believe that?" Rose mocked her.

"Please don't make it difficult. Go away" Rose ordered her, her job in in life. She can't take any risk.

Catherine's eyes widen she looked down, 'Can't you just bargain in like any other wife?' She mock herself.

"I am sorry to bother you but can you at least call him?" Catherine requested again.

"Please leave or I will call the security" Rose threatened her. She bit her lips tears of frustration filled her eyes. She walked off.

James walked out of Jeremy's room when he meet her, "What are you doing here? Madam" Catherine looked up.

"I want to talk to Jeremy" She said and sighed how many times did she say this same words? She lost count.

"You can but I need to distract Rose" James smiled mischievously. 

"Won't she get in trouble?" Catherine asked almost worried.

"I don't know" James sighed.

"But the question is whether you want to see him or not" He told her truthfully. Jeremy was in a bad mood so how will he react to this, even James has no idea.

"I want too" Catherine give him a grateful looked before nodding her head.

"Rose bring me a cup of coffee" Rose looked up to see James, as much as she wanted to blow him off she can't after all he is her senior and held an executive position, she walked off. 

James calls Catherine, showing her into his office. She silently entered the room. 

"I told you not to disturb me, James" Jeremy was working on his laptop when he heard the door open and close. He looked up annoyed at the disturbance.

"What are you doing here?"HJeremy glared at her. Catherine shivered her hand sweat, the urge to see him vanished in thin air. She felt choked looking at his emotionless face not only that she felt responsible for that. Tears filled her eyes as she started to walk up to him but stopped. 

"Get out" Jeremy's voice was cold and clear. She froze in her place,her eyes looked at him. 

"Jeremy, I wanted to talk to you" Catherine at last  let get the full sentence out of her mouth. 

"For what?" Jeered snapped but did not let her continue, his guilt making him angry. Why does she wanted to see him? Doesnot what he did should make her hate him? He laughed shaking his head. He just proved her how disgustingly low he could get now what is left? 

"Rose, Call the security" he picked up the intercom. 

"Jeremy?" Her eyes widen horrified. 

His assistant Rose rushed in, shocked looking at the same woman inside his office, "I am sorry. Sir. I don't know how she get in" The lady softly touched her. 

"Please madam" Catherine shaked hands off.

"I need to talk to you. Jeremy" Catherine told him. 

"Rose" Jeremy glared at her while calling his secretary. 

" I already called the security. They will be here any moment" Rose told her boss, almost worried about the lady. She have never seen someone so scared of her boss, even though he can come off cold sometimes but not once he misbehaved with anyone. 

The guards rushed in while all the time she looked at him. 

"Jeremy please" Catherine pleaded but Rose held her hand this time tightly. His eyes fall on her hand and the guilty of what he did refreshed in his mind. 

The guards already entered his office, "What can I do for you? Sir" 

"Please take the lady and show her out" Rose told them. 

"No" Catherine heard her as her struggle increased. 

The guards was about to touch her, "STOP" his cold and loud voice stopped everyone in the room. 

"Don't touch her" the words where out before he can stop himself. 

"Get out" he gritted his teeth. 

"And Rose get out. You are not needed here anymore. I don't like incompetency and I will make an example out of you" Catherine as well as Rose eyes widen. The guards rush out of there as soon as they heard his words. 

"Jeremy, She tried to stop me but I entered " Catherine tried to defend her. Rose fall down on her knees tears flood her eyes as she begged Jeremy. 

"Please,Sir. I need this job. My father's hospital bill depends on this job" 

"Jeremy, I forced myself in she tried to stop me. Please don't do this" 

"I SAID OUT DAMN IT" Jeremy glare at Rose this time, she jumped up to her feet and rushed out. Catherine stand their horrified. 

"She did not let me in. She tried to stop me. She did as you told her. It was me. Please. I am at fault" Catherine felt guilty crunching her stomach as Rose rushed out. Her eyes filled with tears. 

"Some need to take fall for your fault" Jeremy glared at her. Her eyes widen, "You can't punish her for my mistakes" 

"I can and I did" Catherine felt numb at his words.

"The Jeremy I know will never do something like this" Catherine said those words as a whisper but he heard her. 

"That Jeremy died a long time ago" Jeremy grit his teeth. She looked at him, her eyes filled with pain and heart breaking truth which fell off astears. 

"I know" Catherine said those words in trance. He felt him go stiff. 

"What do you mean I know?" His voice sounded cold. Jeremy said those words in a context of the situation but why would she say I know.He walked up to her looking down at her coldly. She gulped and step back. 

"N.. nothing" Jeremy grabbed her hand softly pulling her close. 

"I am asking you something." He bent down. Catherine looked down. His other hand takes a hold of her cheek forcing her to look at him. 

Catherine gulped down wandering what she should do? She can make up something. Or tell him the truth.

"No" she shakes her head. Lying is not an option. She always hurts him trying to protect him but this time she will tell him the truth even if it hurts her. 

"I know that you tried to take......." Catherine trailed off. She can't say those words as she choked up tears fall from her eyes. He looked at her shocked. 

"How do you know? The only person who knows......" Jeremy left her as if she burnt him. 

"You meet him"sShe nodded her head. 

"So, You are meeting him behind my back" Jeremy chuckled, shaking his head. The first thought was is she two timing them? That thought burns his inside. Catherine looked at him, mouth ajar. 

"What are you saying?" Catherine asked, confused. 

"You want me to spit it out" Jeremy grit his teeth. He doesn't know who he is angry at.

"Yes. I want you to tell me" Catherine said. 

"You are cheating on me" Jeremy glared at her. 

"How could you say something like this?" Catherine gasped at his words.

"Well, you did cheat on Coltrane. It won't come as a surprise if you really did cheat on me" Jeremy said coolly.

"No.I met him coincidently" Catherine said firmly. 

"How dare you think like that? I am your wife" She can let him hurt her but hurting her morally is not something she will let him do. 

"Well it's not as if you have given me reason to believe you" Jermey said, she flinched. 

"But that doesn't change the fact that you met him without my knowledge" Jeremy glared at her. The thought of her with Coltrane always hurt him but now that she is his wife he felt not only hurt but anger too. He closed his eyes, what the hell is wrong with him?

"I told you it was a coincidence. I met him in the hospital after my check up Jeremy" She said which only add fuel to his anger. 

"So, You told him about the check up" Jeremy asked, glaring at her, Catherine's eyes widened. 

"No I did not" She told him for the untenth time. She did not know what he is saying anymore. Tears fall from her eyes as he looked at her in almost disgust. 

"Jeremy I think you are not in your right mind" Catherine bit her lips her hormones are running wild with him being unreasonable is not helping. 

"Yeah I am not in my right mind. And You meeting your ex-fiance have nothing to do with it" Jeremy looked away as he thought bitterly. He was convicting his own beliefs. How messed up he can be?

"Jeremy you are being unreasonable right now" Catherine said those words through her sobs, hurting him even more. Jeremy sighed he knew he was being unreasonable but when she said it. It hurt him. Can he not be unreasonable? He wanted to let loose. For once cannot he be selfish. 

Why does everyone want him to be reasonable? His mother, now her?

Reasonable and responsible. 

"I am sorry" Jeremy said those words without emotions. Her eyes widen for some reason she knows she hurt him. 

Catherine takes a few steps towards him, the thought of never seeing him horrified her. She was holding her emotions but she did not know how much she can hold onto, tears spill down her cheeks. 

"You should go home" Jeremy walked to his intercom and called for a taxi. 

"No," Catherine shakes her head. 

"I said go," He yelled, glaring at her. 

"Jeremy, I am sorry" She said her eyes filled with hurt. He shook his head, "You are not at fault" he sighed. 

"I am the one who said those words" Jeremy turned his back to her. She shake her head. 

Catherine needs to be confident and believe in herself. She take a deep breath and walked up to him. 

Jeremy suddenly felt someone against him,  he stuffed up. She slowly wrapped her arms around him resting her head on his back. 

"Let go of me," Jeremy growled. He can feel her warm tears wetting his shirt. She muffled her scream. 

"Why?" She asked. 

"Why did you do that?" Her voice was above a whispered. He stiffen up. 

"Why would you ever do something like that?" Catherine sobbed. 

"If if something happened to you.. I. I would have killed myself too" Jeremy froze hearing her words. He abruptly turned around, catching her arms making her look at him. Her tears stricken eyes looked at his cold apathetic eyes. 

"I did not do it for you. It has nothing to do with you" His eyes soften as he spoke those words coldly. Her eyes widen filled up with tears he left her arms only for her to collapse but he cut her fall by grabbing her waist pulling her up. 

How did she forget about that? Catherine mocks herself . She was struggling to breath. Jeremy will never blame her for anything. He always protected her from getting hurt. It was her who always end up hurting him.

'Why did she come here? What did she thought she will achieve? How can she tell the truth which will ruin his life? How selfish can she be? Rushing here to do what?' 

"I love you" Catherine looked straight at his eyes before clutching his lapel and burying her head on his chest.

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Cassandra wakes up after a while. She can feel her head drumming. She clutched her head. Her eyes searching for the bag of medicines. Cassandra took out a painkiller and gulped down with water. She slowly walked out. It's almost evening when she looked out.

"What are you doing?" Cassandra asked him almost shocked. Ben looked at her.

He was standing outside her bed room since morning. He heard her painful moan and cries. Her eyes puffed up red. 

"Are you alright Mrs. Mayor?" She glare at him.

"I mean Cassandra," Ben awkwardly rectified himself.

"Yes" She shook her head making her way to the kitchen. Cassandra baked herself a toasted bread with egg. She sit down to eat before asked Ben whether he wanted to eat which he denied.

Coltrane entered the driveway when she finished her food.

He was shocked to see her washing the dishes. 

He wanted to ask how she was doing but she asked, "When is your appointment?"

Coltrane was taken back but replied, "Tomorrow morning 9 a.m."

Cassandra give a subtle nod before going back to her room. She needs to think what she will do.

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