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Heather sent a limo to pick them up which arrived promptly at 10pm. Vincent made it a point to sit across from Catherine so he could look at her. As they get closer to the party, Catherine decided to text heather. She hasn't seen her sister in a while. She's been busy with her PR firm and hardly have any free time with going back and forth from Miami to NY.

You're on the list.

When you get here head to the pool area. That's where I'll b.

Love you sis.

They pulled up to the party. They were greeted at the door by security. "Names please."

"Catherine Chandler for 5."

He nodded. "Please come in."

"Fancy." Tess said looking around the atrium. " Hey jt want to help me find the bar ?" Jt nodded as Tess grabbed his hand. "Cat. Catch you in a few?"

"Yeah go ahead."

Tess pulled Jt through the crowded room. They got lost within seconds of them walking away.

Catherine didn't like crowds, it made her extremely claustrophobic. She instinctively grabbed onto Gabe's hand. Why she agreed to go tonight was beyond her. She was normally a home body, but since she knew it was for Gabe and desperately wanted to see her sister, she knew she had to make an exception.

Suddenly Gabe came up behind her and grabbed her shoulder.

"Hey! I'm going over to talk to Joe for a sec. I'll be right back ok."

He didn't wait for her to answer and headed the opposite direction.

Oh shit. Whose hand am I holding?

It all happened so quickly. She looked down at her hands and looked up. Vincent had a huge grin on his face.

Catherine didn't want to let go, so she jokingly said to him, "Looks like I'm going to need a bodyguard after all."

Vincent laughed. He basked in the feeling of her soft delicate hand in his. Her hand perfectly fit in his like it was made for him.

"Do you mind if we look for Heather? I want her to know we are here."

"No not at all. Besides I'm just a bodyguard remember. I'm here to serve and protect. Your wish is my command.

Catherine let out a laugh and lightly smacked Vincent's chest.

They started walking to the direction of the pool.

"CAT!"

Before she could find out who the owner of the voice was, she felt someone grabbed her waist and hugged her from behind. She had to let go of Vincent's hand as she was lifted off the ground. She turned around to see who it was and felt a kiss on her lips. She quickly backed away and was mortified by the sight infront of her. It was the one person she never wanted to see again.

"EVAN! WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!" She pushed him off her. She wanted to punch him in the face, she is so pissed.

Evan was someone that she dated a couple of months ago. He basically treated her like a trophy and just paraded her across town. He never took the time to get to know her and was always very disrespectful to her friends. She never knew what she saw him in the first place.

"You know you miss me sweetheart."

Vincent felt rage take over him. The fact that he saw some other guy kiss Catherine's lips drove him mad. It took everything for him not to choke him to death.

"Back off! I don't think she appreciated you doing that." His tone was livid as he stepped infront of Catherine and was now face to face with Evan.

"And, who the hell are you?" Evan shouted as he puffed his chest against Vincent.

Vincent tried to calm himself down. He closed his eyes, pinching the bridge of his nose with his thumb and forefinger trying to calmly breathe. He didn't want to cause an unnecessary scene, especially lose control infront of Catherine.

Catherine was taken back with everything going on infront of her. She appreciated Vincent standing up for her, but all she really wanted was to walk away.

"He's my boyfriend' she blurted out. She threw an apologetic look to Vincent as she gets in Evan's face. She needed to say something to get rid of him once and for all. She saw Vincent's body language change and didn't want him to do something he might regret. She would love for him to stand up to Evan but it wouldn't be fair to him to be involved in her drama.

"sorry." She whispered as she looked back at him.

Different emotions played across his face. Anger... confusion... and then he seemed to calm himself down and his expression became amused.

Vincent face lightened up and smirked at Evan. "I think she has just made it very clear that she has moved on from you. Now, if you don't mind, my GIRLFRIEND and I will enjoy the rest of our evening now." He put much emphasis on the word GIRLFRIEND.

Vincent gently grabbed her waist, leaned over and kissed the tip of her nose.

"Ready babe? Let's look for Heather."

Catherine heart started to flutter and her mind racing. She couldn't wipe the smile on her face. He waited, but she couldn't speak. All she could do was nod her didn't bother looking back at Evan. Right now nobody existed but them.

Catherine reached for his hand and intertwined her fingers with his and started walking over to the pool area.

She spotted Heather and practically ran towards her.

"You look hot cat" Heather was thrilled to see her sister. She missed her so much. The only time she sees her is when she's in town and not working which is rare. She noticed that Cat is a lil more dressed up than usual.

"Thanks for coming big sis. I know this isn't your scene."

"Anything to spend time with you. And well also for Gabe. Thanks for inviting us. I know he appreciated it."

Vincent stood back but lingered. He wanted to give the sisters some space to catch up. He looked around to make sure Evan had stayed away.

Heather noticed a handsome man standing way too close to her sister.

"And who might you be? Did you come with cat?"

Before he could say anything, Catherine interrupted."oh sorry, where are my manners, this is Vincent, he is my .."

"Bodyguard/boyfriend" Vincent finished for her and winked at Catherine and started laughing.

Catherine started blushing but couldn't help but giggle along with him.

"Did I miss something?" Heather looked at them confused. "Nevermind, listen Cat, would you hate me if I said I have to work for a lil bit? I need to make sure that no one is slacking off."

Catherine shook her head. "No go ahead. Ill see you later, besides my BODYGUARD/BOYFRIEND will take care of me" she said still laughing at him.

" Love you big sis." Heather hugged her one more time and hurried inside.

Catherine decided to sit down on one of the lounge chairs set out by the pool. Vincent took the seat right next to her. He smiled at her as the light from the pool played across her face like whimsical dancers. Her heart started beating fast. Thankfully the party provided enough noise to drown out the sound of her heartbeat. They sat in silence and just enjoyed each other's company. Neither one of them felt the need to fill every silence with chatter.

Tess and jt spotted them and waved. Tess was now walking towards her with a sense of urgency and she couldn't figure out why.

"Cat I need you." She said grabbing her hand and pulling her towards the other corner of the pool away from everyone.

"Uh ok. We will be back" she called out to JT and vincent.

"Are you ok? I've been looking all over for you. Omg I saw DOUCHE inside. Has he seen you yet?" Tess exclaimed. She hated everything there is about Evan. She was very supportive when they were dating but when the break up happened she couldn't be happier. She knew Catherine wasn't happy with him.

"yes. I kinda told him that vincent was my new boyfriend. That should keep him away for good..if not his ego will. "

"OMG. u have a glow"

"Glow..what glow?"

"A glow. Did u guys kiss or something?"

Catherine couldn't hide anything from her bestfriend and decided to surrender and tell Tess about what happened with Evan but couldn't help look over at Vincent and smile.