Hello, hello all my lovely readers. Here I am with another update - Chapter 4 - I know some of you were waiting for it impatiently...
I must admit this chapter was really hard for me to write and even though it turned out different than I expected it to, I hope you find it enjoyable and satisfactory.
I dedicate this chapter to amazing Kassy! I would not be able to write this chapter without your kind words and encouragement !
Warning: This story is rated M for a reason. This chapter includes sexual content, so if you are not comfortable with that, please do not read the following.
Everyone else, enjoy this chapter! I am not going to keep you waiting any longer ;)
Chapter 4.
When Katherine finally got back home, she felt tired, drained. The experiences of the last days laid heavily upon her.
Meeting both Klaus and Elijah after all this time exhausted her. She was ready for fight with Klaus. But seeing Elijah – that really took the toll on her. He was the person she didn't want to face right now. Or ever.
She still wasn't done with her problems. The hardest part was still in front of her.
Katherine had to come up with a good plan to force Tyler out of the company and keep Caroline safe at the same time. And it will definitely not be easy task to handle. Caroline deserved to know the truth about what her fiance did but there was no good way to tell her. Katherine felt conflicted.
She sat in front of her desk in her home office, with an intention to work. She saw her inbox was full of messages so she went through her e-mails first.
There were some urgent emails she had to answer. When she went through them she came across the message from Mister Saltzman. As she opened it, she realized, it was news on his further findings.
She read it pretty thoroughly, report after report.
There was information about Richard's political career being a possibility, which she already knew so she didn't put much thought into it.
Slatzman also sent some pictures of Mason going on some meetings. But he was smart enought not to get cought with whoever he met.
Apparently he was having an affair with a woman that was already taken. Katherine wasn't surprised. He wasn't dating anyone and Mason was a really handsome and charming men, if he wanted to be. It was never a secret that women loved him.
This information was interesting but without knowing the identity of the woman it was useless to her.
She went through the rest of the message, when she stumbled upon another information about Tyler.
What she discovered, made hers speachless. This was the kind of news she was waiting for but at the same time she wished that it wasn't true. So far this was only assumption but if this was true it would be her chance to get rid of Tyler, especially if this news would reach Richard's ears.
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Katerina never imagined that night ending like this. Kol was getting out of control, being more reckless than she imagined. He was so high that he was getting in fights and destroying the club's property. When the owners called for cops, she thought she will be finished. Her family would have banished her to some hellhole of a private school, maybe even in a different country. She assumed they will never speak to her again.
But when she realized that cops recognized Kol's name and decided to call his family instead of pressing charges, she saw light of hope. She persuaded Kol to insist on calling Elijah, instead of Esther – that was the only way they could get out of this without no one knowing.
If Esther was notified instead of Elijah, she would have not only informed Katerina's father but she would have also put all blame on her and make sure she never entered Mikaelson's house ever again.
There was no saying what would Elijah do but he was Katerina's best option...
She should have known he will blame her for Kol's condition too.
She hoped he would understand her. He was different than others. He didn't treat her like the black ship everyone else thought she was. He always respected her, was kind to her and never ever said a single bad word about her.
It was one of the reasons she fell in love with him.
It took her a while to realize that.
She never thought she will fall for a guy like Elijah. So up-tight and moral, always behaving like people expect him too. Yet she was kind of fascinated by him at the same time. He was different than the other guys she knew.
He had this aura of mystery emanating from him. The way he carried himself with class, was so seductive Katerina became fascinated with him.
So when he didn't believe her in that moment when they were in the car, on a way home, she felt hurt and betrayed. She wanted so badly to be understood by him in that moment.
When they arrived at her house first thing she wanted to do was run inside and leave him behind but she gathered all her courage and tried something else instead.
She only had one chance and this moment was as good as any. And frankly she felt that if she does not do it now, it will be too late for that. – It was now or never...
The moment they kissed meant more than air to her.
Then she knew, she was right about him all along. He saw the different her. The real her. She was feeling the connection they shared through every fiber of her being.
This kiss told her that her feeling wasn't one-sided. He cared for her too. He wanted her too. That was what his lips and his hands were telling her.
She wanted him too.
She wanted to be with him in every way.
This one moment confirmed everything to her.
She loved Elijah. She was in love with him. – And now she had hope.
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On the next day, when Katerina realized she still had Elijah's jacket, she found a good pretext to talk to him.
Knowing he spend most of his days either at university or at work, she decided to try the latter.
She made her way to Mikaelson Global Trade. She asked to see Elijah and the reception desk worker pointed her into the right direction.
When she was walking down the hallway, she saw Esther Mikaelson heading her way. She must have left Elijah's office. Since Esther didn't work for the company and spend her days running her committee, she had to been visiting her son at work.
"Katerina?" The Mikaelson matriarch was surprised to see her here. "What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be at school?" It was obvious Esther wasn't happy to see her, especially here. For a moment Katerina wondered if she somehow found out about the arrest from last night. But that would have meant, her parents knew it too. This reaction had to be Esther typical hatred towards her.
"I came to see Elijah." Katerina answered. She tried to be as confident as she could in front of Elijah's mother but it wasn't an easy task.
"And why would you disturb Elijah when his working?" Esther's voice was accusatory and full of contempt.
Katerina was going to answer but Ester hasn't allowed her to say a word. Instead she attacked Katerina with another accusation. "Is this Elijah's jacket?" She pointed at the garment Katerina was holding in her hand.
"I was going to give it back to him…" Katherine was going to explain but Esther had to make her own conclusions about the situation. This had to look like Katerina was sleeping with Elijah.
"Listen to me carefully." She closed the distance between her and the girl. "Get away from my son. He doesn't need someone like you, some cheap whore to drag him down. Keep your dirty hands away from him. After all there is already a girl for Elijah that his family approves of." She took the jacket out of Katerina's hands, not letting her speak. "Go home. And if I ever see you and Elijah together I will make sure your parents will learn about your every activity." She threatened her without any hesitation.
Katerina didn't know what to say. She didn't know what to think. She was only able to say "You are wrong!" and she make her way out of the office before anyone could see her cry. Especially Esther. She couldn't give that woman the satisfaction of seeing her being hurt.
As she got outside her body started shaking.
She couldn't believe she was so wrong. She couldn't believe she was so stupid. How could she think Elijah and her will become a real couple. Of course there was a women in Elijah's life. She was just an immature teenager to him. Someone he had to handle.
Esther words rang in her head over and over again. She felt so humiliated. Esther was a Royalty when it came to bitches but Katherine never did anything to her, she couldn't understood all the hatred that was directed into her. It was like Esther had some hidden vendetta against her.
Katherine felt so much pain it that moment.
All she wanted was to do something to make that pain go away.
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Katherine woke up from the dream exhausted. It has been really long time since she dreamt of the old days. She hated these memories. They reminded her of how weak she was then. How weak Katerina was.
And she wasn't Katerina anymore.
She was Katherine. And she had to act like Katherine now. Which meant being tough and not taking no for an answer.
She knew she needed to do what had to be done.
As the next day approached, Kathterine decided to make her strategy involving come to life.
Thanks to information she received she knew when and where to find Tyler, while he was in the situation thah made him most uncomfortable. To surprise him and get him unsettled, she decided to confront him after his meeting with his mistress.
Katherine knew he always mee her at the same time in the same hotel. So she made her way to the lobby of said hotel and sat down on one of the sofas, ready to wait for him.
It took almost thirty minutes before she spotted Tyler coming out form one of the elevators. Katherine slowly got up from her seat and approached him confidently. The goal was to be notice by Tyler at the last moment. To catch him off gourd. And she managed to do just that.
Tyler noticed her when she was just few feet away from him.
He was definitely surprised to see her. "Katherine? What are you doing here?"
"Well I could ask you the same question but I already know the answer to that." She didn't even hide the disgust in her voice. She loathed men like Tyler. Cowards who were afraid to leave their wives while they kept having affairs, because they were afraid of losing their comfortable lives.
"I don't know what you are talking about, Katherine." Tyler's answer was so predictable and such a cliché Katherine wanted to laugh. She should have known, he will try to play the dumb game and deny anything.
"Listen Tyler." She didn't want to play games with him. "I know everything. So we can either talk here and make a scene or you can meet me in my car and we can find a solution to this really unpleasant situation.
Tyler was looking at her confused. He couldn't even speak out a single word. Realizing Katherine wasn't going to back down or buy his lies. He agreed to follow her to her car.
Katherine had her speech ready, so when they got inside she didn't waste any time. Not wanting to spend any additional second in his company than necessary, she went straight to the business.
"Listen Lockwood." She started. "I don't like you and you don't like me. That was always obvious." Katherine heard him agree with her statement.
"You must be scared as hell now that I know your little secret." She continued while she took the file from her bag and passed it to him. "It is pretty self explanatory." She practically dared him to look inside. She wanted to see the smile disappear from his smug face.
When he finally got the courage to look inside, he went through everything that was inside - mainly photos of him and his girl leaving the hotel or seeing each other in a restaurants. There were also documents containing information about her. Very detailed background check.
Tyler finally understood Katherine isn't joking.
"You had me followed and investigated?" He was outraged. "How did you even get all of these?"
"Oh, please I am not the only one." She seemed amused. "I know Klaus has you in his grasp but I know something Klaus doesn't." Tyler seemed even more confused and scared at the same time. Now he realized Katherine knew about his connection with Klaus and that put him in a really bad position. He didn't expect Katherine to become a serious threat to him.
"I am not scared of you." He tried to save his face.
"But you should. You know, my associate sent me really interesting email lately." She looked into her bag once again and took a little envelope from it. "This little thing is my key to making your life a living hell." She gave it to him as she previously did with a file. "You should have been more careful Tyler."
He looked inside the envelope and his face became really pale.
"That is what I thought." She smirked at him. Katherine couldn't help herself but to gloat over this pathetic piece of garbage. "Here's the deal." She presented her offer. "All of this stays buried, if you resign from your seat to the board and lose the Mikaelson agreement."
"How do you even know…" He was still in shock Katherine was able to find out everything about him. "You can't be serious. I will never agree to this. Ever."
"Well then Caroline will learn how faithful you were to her. And your father, all the Board members and even media will know that you bred the bastard to some skank, who was so dumb she didn't even graduate from high school and was involved in death of few of her classmates. Real classy Tyler. I am sure your father will be proud."
"You can't do that. What about Caroline?" Tyler was still trying to fight her.
"If you take the deal. No one knows and Caroline doesn't get hurt or humiliated because of all these awful things you did." Katherine didn't believe in her words. She knew she was hurting Caroline by going behind her back. But she saw no other way.
"You are going to regret this, Katherine. I am going to make you pay!"
"Well you are welcome to try. But for now you have no other choice than to play along."
"It's not over, Katherine." Tyler threatened her as he was getting out of her car.
For now Katherine won but she knew, he will find a way to destroy her and she will have to be really careful from now on. Tyler was an asshole and she will have to keep an eye on him.
Now she had one more thing left to do. She needed to figure out the way to make Caroline leave Tyler, without telling her what was happening. Her friend didn't deserved to be lied to but she also didn't deserved to be put in the middle of this mess.
Katherine drove herself home hoping to find a way to get rid of the guilt that was growing inside her head.
Recent events made Katherine feel awful about herself. Long time ago she had admitted to herself she wasn't a good person but lately she felt worse about herself. She began wondering if she did became next Esther Mikaelson. Sleeping with her old fiancé to help herself with business deal, blackmail, lying to her best friend – the only person that trusted her. All of this was getting too hard for her.
Katherine hated herself for what she did. Doing all these things just to secure the deal was the lowest point in her life. But she couldn't let Mikaelsons win. She couldn't let them destroy everything she worked so hard for. She gave everything up to be who she was now. Even her relationship with Mason. They wanted to take that away. They wanted make her look weak. Feel weak again.
It's been days now that Katherine was trying to make herself feel better. But who was she kidding. She sold herself out just too keep some deal.
But it was important deal. For her. For her father. For the whole family, the whole company.
You are just a cheap whore, Katerina. She heard in her head. The words that she will never forget.
She went out of her apartment, grabbed the first cab she could get and went to her favorite bar to make all unwanted feelings to go away.
When she got inside she was happy there weren't many people there. She didn't want to be hit on today. She just went straight to the bar and ordered some whisky.
To get drank – that was her goal tonight. She looked at the glass before her and played around with it a little. Then she drank all the content at once. She wasn't done. She ordered herself a refill and drank it. Slowly this time. Yet all of her feelings weren't going away.
She changed strategy. She ordered vodka shot next.
Drinking it, she felt this burning feeling in her gullet but it was immediately replaced but this warmth that spread through her body. Yet she still wasn't drunk enough.
Katherine wanted to order another round but the waiter gave her a glass of scotch.
"I didn't order that." She said angrily thinking he has mixed up his orders.
"No but the gentlemen sent it for you." He said pointing in the man's direction.
Katherine didn't look that way though. She paid her bill deciding to change bars. Then she grabbed the drink she was given with the intention to give it back to the man. She also felt a need to give him a piece of her mind with it.
She went into his direction very irritated when she suddenly stopped.
Oh god, no! She was pleading. It was the worst week in her life and now she sees him. She wanted to turned around and leave but his voice stopped her.
"I see you got my drink, Katerina." he said slowly. His eyes piercing hers with great intensity.
"Elijah." She whispered confused. Why was he here? Why did he sent her a drink? Why was he making her feel like she couldn't breathe now? And why couldn't he call her Katherine like everyone else?
Oh Katherine snap out of it. He's playing with you. Play his game and win it. She told herself and automatically put a smirk on her face.
"I see you're getting drunk on a week night." She laughed at him putting the drink before him.
"I could say the same thing about you." He smiled at her. She noticed a challenge in his eyes.
"Yes. But I am not the proper one." Game on. "I am the immature and irresponsible one. You are suppose to be the voice of reason, the sense one, the ideal we are all suppose to follow." She didn't even hide the sarcasm in her voice.
"Oh, yes that." He responded.
No biting back. No snarky comment. No insult. What was going on?
She was going to leave him there but he continued.
"Why don't you sit and join me, Katerina?" He asked her. His voice was soft. Nice. Like it wasn't Elijah talking to her. At least not the Elijah she knew of now.
She wanted to tell him that he was out of his mind but she was tipsy and there was something in his eyes. Something she couldn't refuse. She sat silently across the table.
He pushed the glass in her direction and she took it. She drank it without a word. She needed it to gain courage.
"Why are you here? Drinking? By yourself?" She finally asked.
Yet he didn't give her an answer. Instead he waved at a waiter who brought them new drinks. Elijah drank it. Katherine did the same.
While she was drinking a thought appeared in her mind. It was 23rd today. July 23rd.
"It's your birthday!" She said to loudly before she could stopped herself. The words just spilled out from her mouth.
He smiled again. This time his smile was gentle. Warm. "Yes Katerina. It's my birthday." He said and emptied his glass.
"You remember after all this time." He added after a while.
Of course she remembered. His birthday growing up was all she waited for every year. But she couldn't say it to him.
"I did. I am good with dates." She added to help herself.
"Yes, you are." He stated. And ordered another round.
What was happening. Katherine was getting drank with her biggest enemy. The man that hated her during her whole grown-up life. She should be spilling drink in his face and he should be insulting her in his very own - proper way. Yet there are sitting here like two friends - getting drank.
Katherine should have hated it. Yet she didn't. She blamed it on alcohol but sitting here with him, even thought it made her feel a little uncomfortable, it also made her feel safe. There was a familiar way about it.
The waiter came again with the same order. And they once again drank it in silence.
There was a tension between them. But the good kind of one. Emotions were all over the place. Even thought they weren't talking, all that they felt was written on their faces. Maybe if they were sober one of them would say something or do something to hide it. Katherine almost did. She almost wanted to say goodbye to him and leave right away. She was almost opening her mouth to speak.
"I have a room upstairs Katerina." He said looking right at her. "Will you join me?"
These words made her heart stop.
If she was sober, she would have told him to fuck off. If she was sober, she would have slapped him in the face for suggesting that. If she was sober, she would have said goodbye and left.
But she wasn't.
She looked into his eyes once again. "Yes." She whispered.
He got up from his chair and offered her his hand. She took it. She got up from her seat and followed him to the elevator.
When they got inside, she was standing so close to him, she could sense his smell. Of course there was alcohol she sensed, but it was also something else - delicate hint of his soap colliding with heavier scent of his cologne. She could have sworn that she also smelled a sunrays on him. Or maybe she was just drunk.
The elevator ride was painful to Katherine. Their hands were still touching and this subtle gesture made her long for what will come next. Each second was a torture. When they reached his floor, she stepped out of elevator first and Elijah followed her, like the gentleman he was.
Thousand thoughts run through Katherine's mind when they were walking to his room.
Why does he have a room if he lives in the city? Why is she going with him? Why did he asked her? What about his fiancé? What is she doing? She just slept with another man and hated herself for it and now she was doing the same thing.
When they reached his room and he gently put his hand on a small of her back, all her doubts magically vanished. If there was chemistry between them when they were sitting down in a bar, after they entered the room, it just went off the charts. Of course it wasn't like Elijah to throw himself at a woman the first moment they went into the room. No. He went over to the minibar and offered her another drink.
"Would you like something to drink, Katerina?" The way he said her name. It was almost too sexual for her to handle.
"No." she responded. "I think I had enough." She knew she wouldn't be able to control herself after another drink.
Instead she looked around the room and walked toward the little table. She put her handbag on it when she felt his presence behind her. She wanted to turn around but he stopped her.
"Don't move, Katerina" he whispered to her ear while his hands rested on her shoulders. He rubbed them softly and then brushed away her locks to one side to gain easy access to her neck. Just this simple touch made her shiver. Her breathing became heavier.
"You smell so good." She felt his hot breath on her neck when he whispered and he kissed her neck. She let out a small cry, when his soft lips rested on her skin. His every touch was igniting a fire in her body.
Katherine could feel his hand moving from her shoulder to her back. She felt him unzip her dress. Elijah was still kissing her neck while his hands were exploring her newly-naked skin until her dress was finally resting on the ground.
The way he made her feel. She never felt that before and she wanted more.
In spite of his protests she turned around and looked him straight in the eyes. They were beautifully brown. She could just lost herself in his eyes for all eternity.
Elijah's hands now moved onto her hips and she could sense their bodies moving closer. As her answer she put her hands behind his head.
She wanted to relive the moment they once had.
She smiled at him and kissed him.
The moment their lips met she almost stopped breathing. Her body responded to him immediately. While his lips were caressing hers she felt his hands move along her back. Her hands in the meantime slid into his hair without her realizing it.
For Katherine it was like their lips were made to kiss each other. Everything felt so good, so natural, so right.
The kiss was gentle at first but she noticed him pressing his lips harder against hers, while his hands were playing with the hem of her underwear.
She opened her mouth slightly and breathed out against his.
She couldn't think. She didn't want to think. Not now. Later. But not now. Now she felt like she was on top of the world. She longed to be touched by him, kissed liked that her whole life and she didn't want it to stop. It felt amazing. Having his strong body against her was liberating and exhilarating.
His hands moved to the front and Elijah cupped her breasts massaging them softly. Katherine's body arched back even though he was touching her through the lace of her bra.
Yet his hands didn't stay there long. She felt his right hand moving lower, down on her belly.
She knew what will happened next. Or at least she hoped it will.
His firm fingers slid into her panties and she felt them slip against her wet folds.
"You are so wet for me." He whispered against her lips. His words almost made her come on the spot.
"Elijah." She said his name. Yet it was barely hearable.
She wanted more of him. So when he withdrew his hand she felt disappointed. The frustration was eating her alive.
Katherine looked at him furious, trying to make him go back but it was unnecessary. She suddenly realized what he was doing.
He slid her panties slowly down her legs, enjoying every inch of torture he provided her. Now she was wearing only her hills and her bra and he was still fully dressed in his expensive suit. The only thing he must have took off, when she wasn't looking was his suit jacket.
Somehow. She had no idea how. She found herself next to the bed. He pushed her gently, making her lay on it. He was looking at her with this admiration and desire that made her lack for words.
"Sit down, Katerina." He said in commanding tone.
She wanted to feel him inside her so badly.
She half-sat half-lied on the side of his bed, resting on her forearms, watching as he kneeled before her. He spread her legs as wide as he could while looking her straight in the eyes for the entire time.
She gulped. Her heart was beating so fast, it nearly burst out of her chest.
"I can smell your arousal." He said, not breaking their eye contact.
"I wonder how you taste." Katherine heard him say and it seemed like her end was near.
Somehow she managed to pull all her courage and strength together and answer him with a challenge. "Why don't you find out…"
She saw a smile appear on his face.
He started by kissing her inner thigh. Slowly, gently caressing her skin inch by inch. Driving her insane. Each time he was getting closer she thought she will explode.
He continued to tease her, planting his kisses in every place, except where she wanted his lips to be. She could feel his hot breath on her wet core and when he intentionally blew the air on her, she cried out his name.
"Elijah…" She didn't know, if she could handle this sweet torture any longer "Elijah, please…"
To her satisfaction he listened to her plea and put her thigh on his shoulders while burying his head between her legs. At first he focused mainly on her clit. Licking it, kissing it and sucking on it. He changed intensity of his tongue. At times he was gentle, then he became greedy and acquisitive and the soft again.
Katherine was moaning loudly, her hands grabbing the sheets beneath her. When she felt his fingers slipping into her wet, hot core she arched her back wanting for more. She was so close. Drops of sweat were covering her whole body.
"More." she heard herself moan to him. " Oh, god…" It was hard for her to focus on the words she wanted to say.
Elijah's tongue became more aggressive. His fingers were moving in and out of her fast, pressing on her inner walls more intensely every time he inserted them.
"Elijah… Yes…" She was almost there. The sensation was so intense, she had to shot her eyes closed to be able to breathe. With the feeling starting in her core and spreading across the whole body the familiar warmth spilled inside her. She screamed Elijah's name once more as she came undone under his touch.
She was lying on the bed breathing heavily, not being able to move. She saw him laying himself next to her and she gathered all her strength to move and kiss him.
This kiss was different. More possessive. It was something perverse about the fact that she not only tasted him in that kiss but also tasted herself. Katherine suddenly became bolder, more confident. She stopped the kiss and looked him right in the eyes.
"And what's the verdict?" She asked with a cocky smile.
He smiled back knowing exactly what she was asking about. "You taste exquisite."
This time he kissed her. Long, deep kiss connected their souls. But Katherine wasn't going to stop on it. She wanted more. She wanted everything he could offer.
"I love you in the suite." She grabbed his tie and loosened it. "But what I'd love more…" her hands got rid of the tie and threw it across the room "is to see you without it." She whispered to his ear gently biting his earlobe.
Katherine started to slowly undress him. She unbuttoned his shirt. Her fingers playing with bare skin of his chest every time another button was undone.
She got lost in the moment. The both did. Now, in this room, she felt happy. Happier that she was in a very long time.
She saw him looking at her with his serious but hopeful look.
"What do you want Elijah?" she asked him.
"I don't understand?" he did not know what she meant with this question.
"Today is your birthday Elijah and you can have everything you want." She explained to him. "What do you want?" The question sounding definite.
He didn't answer her for a while, like he was considering her offer. He was still looking at her with his beautiful brown eyes.
"I want you." He finally said. "I want you to be mine. I want you, the whole you and I want you to want only me." His voice echoing across the room.
Suddenly the situation between them became pretty serious. Katherine didn't expected this kind of answer. She was hoping to her confession about sexual fantasies that he wanted to fulfill. But what Elijah said made her speechless and afraid. She didn't want that night to end, yet she knew exactly they can't have anything beyond it. It wouldn't ever worked. It couldn't.
"I am yours tonight. Tonight you can have me whole." She finally responded planting a gentle kiss on his lips, countinuing what she stopped.
That was intense, wasn't it?
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