The first thing that ran through her mind when she saw the hard look on his face and the hostile expression in his eyes was James's temper. James was a good guy everyone knew that, but everyone was not perfect and James Tudor had a temper that was no match even for his brother, whom some would argue was spoilt and demanding.

She questioned whether it was a good thing she told him the truth, He had stared at her with that hard look for almost five minutes now without saying a single word. Katherine had never felt so little in her life and she hated feeling that way right now. She didn't want to face him anymore, all she wanted to do was curl up in her bed and not have to face either of the brothers.

Katherine looked down at her lap as her husband continued to stare at her. She could feel his eyes burning holes in her head and she had to do everything in her to control the tears that wanted to fall out of her eyes.

"Did you want him to kiss you?" His voice was scornful "Did you enjoy kissing your old husband?" He was on his feet now and in doing so he raised his voice. Mary flinched and started to get fussy and upset. James took her out of Katherine's trembling arms and walked to the outer chamber where he gave her to a governess.

"Tell me Katherine!" He said as he came back into the room
"I..I-"

"All those nights you were in his chamber, what was going on?"

"Nothing!" Katherine yelled. How could he accuse her of that.
"He kissed me and I wasn't expecting it. I-"

"Did you kiss him back?" He had lowered his voice and for some reason it sounded a lot scarier than it did when he was yelling.

"James-"

"Katherine" She stared at her hands. she could not lie

"Yes, but-"

"I have been faithful Katherine. It is not exactly required of a man of my station, but I have been faithful-"

"It was only a small kiss. He took me by surprised and I pushed him off when I realized" Katherine said

"I haven't kissed another woman" He said He stared at her with his cold grey eyes, that also could hold so much warmth and so much love in them.

"You want him back don't you. All this time you claimed to love me, you really just thought I looked like him, so I was good enough, right?"

Katherine honestly didn't know what to think. She had truly loved Henry with all her heart and he had broken her. Was it possible she thought of James as an improved version of Henry? Is that why she fell for him? If she was to be honest with herself, she had enjoyed that kiss with Henry, it felt so familiar, so right. She and Henry had been through so much even before their marriage, he had been her Sir loyal heart.

"I take your silence as a yes" Katherine realized she had been thinking for too long and she cursed herself for it.

"James"
"I will not fight my brother. Now that I know where we truly stand, I will act accordingly. I will move into the rooms on the west side. We shall eat meals together and appear in public together,but I'm done being your husband, Katherine"

"James!" She was so confused about what was happening "I told you this so there would be nothing hidden between us, not to separate us"

"It's one thing if Henry kissed you and you detested it. It's another thing when you realize you still love your ex husband and perhaps you've loved him all this time"

"I never said I loved him" She could not control the tears she had been holding back anymore
James narrowed his eyes at her "You didn't have to" He then turned and left the room. Katherine collapsed into her bed and cried for only God knows how long.

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A few hours later, it was late and James had not returned. He said he would change rooms,but a part of her had not wanted to believe him, but an hour ago when his squires had come to move his belongings, she realized he was not kidding.

It was perhaps an hour after that when she heard the doors open. She had skipped dinner and she figured it was one of her ladies coming to ask her if she had changed her mind about eating. She felt the side of the bed dip and she immediately sighed in relief as she assumed James had calmed down and had come back. She turned to to her side to see the man sitting beside her and she immediately realized it was not her husband, but the king.

"Henry?"
"You missed dinner and my dear brother was not forthcoming about the reasons why,so I decided to come check on you" He smiled lightly at her and Katherine could not believe she felt something flutter in her stomach. Why was she doing this.

"Thank you your Majesty" She said as she sat up. Henry clicked his tongue
"Do not get formal Katherine?" He said taking her face in his hands. His thumb caressed her cheek and Katherine looked away from his eyes.

"You told him did you not?" She nodded and he sighed
"You shouldn't have" Henry said and Katherine looked at him her brows furrowed

"The fact that you were my wife first would always be at the back of his mind, and to make things worse, we are identical twins" Katherine looked at her hands.

"If you weren't my brothers wife I would have made you my mistress Katherine" Henry said bluntly and Katherine looked at him with sharply.

"I am not that kind of woman Henry" She said and He smiled lightly

"What do you feel for me Katherine" He didn't give her a chance to answer as he continued "They say i should start thinking of marriage again. What say you if I claim your marriage to my brother was void and that we were still married after all this time"

"That makes our children illegitimate. Your son illegitimate" Katherine told him
"You can bare children now can you not? You'll give me a son" Katherine scowled at him. She could not believe she thought she was falling for him again

"I'll never do that Henry. Edward is your heir. Jane died birthing him. I will never." She took his hands away from her face and looked him in the eye.

"My marriage to your brother is not void. I love James and I am determined to fix things" She did love James. She did not care about what he said and how she was confused before. She knew now, especially now that Henry was here and he did not heal the wound in her heart, who she truly loved.

Henry looked at her and smiled

"Good." He said standing up and taking her by surprise "I only wanted to know where your heart was" Katherine looked at him incredulously.
"I have wronged James many times and it has come to a point that he has refused to call out my wrongs. That is a sign that a person has given up on you." He smiled lightly at her "I shall help you fix this" He said. Katherine smiled lightly at him

"Thank you Henry" She said
"I did love you Katherine I hope you know that" He said and Katherine nodded "Now I wish to care for you like a sister and I shall"

Katherine smiled and at that moment she felt like all hope was not lost, but when she remembered the look on her husbands face and she remembered how easy it was for him to stay mad at a person, she was scared that she had truly lost him.