Chapter 4 : Catherine

The two men were talking with low voices a little further away from our table, the gaze of the man in the black blouse wandered over me for a few minutes then it focused back on Dereck, I could not see Dereck's expression since he had his back to me, but the expression of the man in front of him expressed pure rage. Suddenly Dereck's fist made contact with the man's nose with a psychopathic smile. Dereck raised his hand again to strike another blow but he stopped in time, he lowered his arm and said something to the man then he walked to our table, took his things and left the restaurant without me. I was frozen in place, not sure what to do, people took pictures and videos of what had just happened.

I finally came out of my trance, took my own things and hastily left the restaurant while the people dispersed. I walked to the location of the car and was relieved to find that he had not abandoned me here. I handed him the rest of his coffee, saying:

"Thank you for waiting for me."

He did not answer me as he started the car, the rest of the trip was done in silence, a rather heavy silence if I may say so.

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I don't know why but I followed him to his suite, I knew I should have gone to my suite but I still followed him to his. As soon as we entered his suite, he took a vase and threw it across the room, a cry escaped me, and then I yelled at him to stop.

He took off his T-shirt and was looking at me in a way that I didn't like at all, it wasn't telling me anything good, his gaze terrified me, panicking I started to back away. My foot hit the pedestal table, I fell into an armchair, a laugh escaped his throat and before I could even get up, he rushed over and straddled me.

He crushed his lips to mine, his lips were warm and soft, he tried to force his tongue between my lips so that he could sneak into my mouth but I kept my lips stubbornly shut, I tried to push him away but he took my wrists in one of his large hands and held them firmly above my head, he began to nibble my lower lip, which made me moan and therefore open my mouth, his tongue took the opportunity to enter my mouth, our tongues played hide and seek and wrapped themselves around each other, I kissed him back fiercely, I bit his lip thinking that it would take him away but it only fueled his pleasure further, I could feel the taste of his blood on our lips.

All of a sudden his free hand began to unbutton my shirt, the memories of my sexually abused mother by a man resurfaced and tears began to cascade down my cheeks.

At that moment there was a knock on the door and I took opportunity of his moment of distraction, I pushed him away with all my strength and he finally got up, he widened his eyes looking at me, he looked calmer and it looked like he didn't even know what he had just forced me to do.

"Why are you crying?"

He crouched down to be on my level and tried to move my hands away from my face, I struggled but he managed to move my hands away from my face and take them in his, something passed in his gaze and then he looked me straight in the eye and apologized. I saw sincerity in his eyes so I forgived him halfway. He promised to be forgiven in any way.

I got up and left his suite, heading towards the elevator I met a very pretty maid who passed by me, entering the elevator I saw the maid entered the suite from Dereck as the elevator doors closed on me.

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Sitting cross-legged on my bed in my room I went over all that happened today in my head, especially the moment when he kissed me by force, I never thought that my first kiss would have been taken from me by force.

But I must admit his lips were delicious and soft but the memory of the force he used filled my eyes with tears but then anger washed over me so I set about planning how he was going to pay for his rudeness. An hour later I fell asleep.

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The next day at the office I was so absorbed in my huge pile of paperwork that I did not see the time pass until my brother dragged me out of my office to eat in the little coffee shop that I had opened in the building.

When we had to settle down we ordered the same thing; two forest salad and two glasses of orange juice, when the man who took our orders left, my brother took the opportunity to open a discussion.

"Catherine, you have to stop working so hard."

" But I love my job, and it helps me stop thinking about anything else."

"And what exactly don't you want to think about?"

I felt my cheeks flare up thinking about yesterday's incident, my brother noticed this, frowned and raised an eyebrow curiously.

"Catherine, do you have a confession to make to me by chance," he said with a mischievous smile.

"No, I said, looking away."

"Catherine," he said growling.

"Nada."

"Why are you so stubborn?"

"We recognize each other," I said, shrugging my shoulders.

"I'm serious, tell me what's going on?"

" I will tell you, but not now."

"Okay," he said sulking.

"Stop sulking, you're no longer a kid."

"Hmmmm ......."

After that little conversation we dove head first into our Forest salad, it was so good, I even moaned and my brother laughed at me. All of a sudden I heard a familiar voice, when I turned to see who it might be, it was HIM.

Our eyes met and a smile appeared on his lips, I immediately looked away to focus on my dish but I could feel his burning gaze on me, I had a knot in my stomach, I couldn't manage anymore to take a single bite of my meal, I was no longer focused on what my brother was telling me.

"Hello, here the earth Catherine."

My brother waved his hand in front of me and looked at me with a worried look on his face.

"Are you sure you're okay?" he asked me.

" I had my first kiss yesterday," I said quickly.

" I was wondering when this phenomenon would happen," he said with a smile, " so who is the lucky one?"

"Dereck," I blurted out.

"HUH ?! since when have you been in a relationship with him, and of course you didn't found it important to tell me," he said in a whisper, indignant and glaring at me.

"Calmos brother," I said with a relaxed air, "we are not dating and he kissed me forcefully but in the end it went well," he apologized, I hastened to say.

I saw his gaze fill with anger when he realized that Dereck had forced me to kiss him but what worried me the most was that he had noticed where my gaze wandered to a little more early, he then stood up and headed toward Derek's table. Before I could hold him back I saw my brother's hand smash into Dereck's face , without even realizing it a scream escaped me and I heard more screams, people filming and others were taking pictures instead of separating them which I was trying to do but I was pushed to the ground by them both.

The scene that was happening right in front of my eyes was horrible. In the end they were both in bad shape and the security guard kicked them out.

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We went to the Jackson Memorial Hospital. They treated Shane and Derek in two different rooms while I was in the waiting room, Dereck came out first, he greeted me without even smiling or giving me a look and walked away. I don't know why but his behavior hurt me. I thought after what had happened between us even if it was only a kiss, that there was something. At the same time, it's because I told my brother about it that he got beaten up.

My brother came out later and accompanied me home, I was careful not to tell him that Dereck also lived here. He spent some time with me then left, I took a shower and then I went to bed.

That night the face of the man who haunted my dreams was replaced by that of Derek. Once again I woke up sweating, panting and crying. My hair was sticking to my face and forehead because of the sweat. I got up shaking and dragged myself to the shower, I took off my sweaty clothes and stepped into the shower stall where I had a cold shower. After the shower I entered my dressing room. The floor was made of dark wood as were the wardrobes and cupboards but the ceiling was painted white, the wardrobes and cupboard were arranged along the walls. Just a little higher up against the walls there were royal looking lamps with floral designs projecting into the room, in the center of the ceiling there was also another lamp.

I could increase and decrease the luminosity as I liked, each cabinet or closet was for a specific type or brand of clothes and also had a place for my sneakers, heeled ankle boots and boots, different types of heels and to finish sandals. This dressing room was the perfect replica of the one at home. There were also mirrors and two armchairs.

I slid the door of the closet designed to the lingerie, I took a white cotton thong that I wore and then began to choose what I was going to wear. The lingerie as well as the clothes that I put on allow me to be confident in myself and to feel sexy.

I put on high-waisted tight-fitting black pants and then I tucked in a black lace long-sleev shirt with skull patterns, at the elbow the sleeves flared. The lace of the coat gave a glimpse of my skin, but I wouldn't mind. Since my breasts don't fall too much, I didn't put on a bra. Then I put on white heels, curled my hair and put on a bit of gloss, grabbed my white Zara handbag and got out of my suite. I ran into Dereck in the hallway.

He wore a black shirt where the top three buttons was open with silver-colored rose floral designs under a black jacket and black jeans, gray Nike sneakers. His shirt and jacket outlined and emphasized his broad muscles and shoulders, his hair was pushed back, his hand was adorned with a state-of-the-art Rolex watch.

He was also detailing me from head to toe, his gaze landed on my lips then finally his gaze met mine and it was as if nothing existed around us anymore, he smiled at me and I returned his smile.