Catherine woke up the next morning with a few knock on the door. "Steve?" She wondered.

Catherine hesitated. She didn't know whether to open the door for him or not, but she didn't have the heart to ignore him.

Catherine got up, put on a dressing gown over her nightgown, and opened the door.

"Max?"

"Hey, Catherine!" Max said. He was smiling.

Catherine was surprised. "What are you doing here, Max? How did you find me?" Catherine asked.

Catherine and Max dated for a while. Catherine was feeling very lonely, Steve hadn't asked her to come back, so she decided to give Max a chance, but it was nothing serious. Well, at least that's what she thought.

"I'm one of the best at the agency, did you think I wouldn't find you?" Max told her.

"You're right, it was very naive of me to think that you wouldn't track me," Catherine replied.

"Can I have a hug?" He asked.

"Sure," Catherine replied. She hugged him for a few seconds.

"I don't want to be fighting with you. Our last date was months ago and it didn't end very well," Max told her.

"I know, Max. We actually ended it all on that last date, do you remember?"

"I remember, Catherine. You made me suffer like an ownerless dog for months."

Catherine smiled. "We have no future, Max. I'm thirteen years older than you and you know I love someone else," Catherine told him.

"I don't care about the age difference, Catherine. Did you get back together with him? Is that why you came here?" Max asked.

"No, Max. I didn't go back to him. He will never truly forgive me."

"Then give me another chance, Catherine," Max asked.

"Max, no. You came back from a mission of almost a year, shouldn't you have gone to see your mother?" Catherine asked him.

"I will see her soon, but first I want to spend a few days with you," Max replied.

Catherine sighed. "You can't stay here, Max."

"Okay. I already rented a room downstairs."

"Max, please understand once and for all, nothing will happen between us," Catherine said calmly.

Max sighed. "I love you, Catherine.I ignored so many things to be with you, I ignored people's mean comments, I ignored when you called me Steve when we were in bed. Do you know how humiliating this is for a man?" Max told her.

Catherine felt sorry for him. His affection helped her a lot when she felt like the loneliest women in the world. "I already apologized for that, Max."

"And I forgive you. Let me spend a few days with you before going on my next assignment, please," he asked.

Catherine thought for a few seconds. "Okay, but only as friends."

"Friends," he replied.

"Now go to your room," Catherine told him.

"Okay. I'm going to take a shower, put on fresh clothes and come back to take you out for breakfast," Max said. He was excited.

Max left and Catherine leaned against the bedroom door and closed her eyes. "What to do now? I can't mistreat Max, he doesn't deserve it, but I also can't give him hope."

A few minutes later, Max was back. "But already, Max? I haven't even changed clothes yet!" Catherine told him.

Max was smiling. "So go get dressed to go out, Catherine! What are you waiting for?" He said.

Steve was the first to arrive at headquarters that day. He had been unable to sleep almost anything that night. He took his phone out of his pocket, placed it on the desk in the office and walked to one side of the room, and then to the other side of the room, and did it several times always looking at the phone.

Catherine picked up her bag to go out to breakfast with Max when her phone rang. She took the phone out of her purse and saw that it was Steve.

"Wait for me in the hotel lobby, please," Catherine told Max. She didn't want him to overhear her talking to Steve on the phone.

"Okay," Max replied without questioning her, but he wondered who she would be talking to on the phone.

"Hello," Catherine spoke to Steve after Max left.

"Catherine?" Steve asked.

"Yes," she answered.

"Junior told me he saw you here on the island yesterday. Is that true?" Steve asked.

"Don't you trust your employees, Steve?" She asked.

"Of course I do. I just thought that maybe he was wrong."

"No, he wasn't mistaken. I'm on the island," Catherine replied.

"Are you in trouble? Need help?" Steve asked.

"No, thank you. I didn't bring any problems for you this time," she replied.

"Okay," he replied.

"Bye, Steve."

"Catherine, wait!" he asked.

"What?" She asked. She didn't want to prolong the conversation even though it was so nice to hear his voice.

"Are we going out for lunch, or dinner, or for breakfast, sometime?" He asked.

"Sure, if your girlfriend doesn't mind you going out to dinner with me," Catherine replied and left him speechless. He didn't know that she knew he was dating.

"Bye, Steve. I'm going to hang up, have a great day."

"Bye, Catherine. Have a great day, too," Steve replied before she ended the call.

Catherine's eyes went moist. She dried her tears, put on her sunglasses and left.

Danny arrived at the office and thought Steve had a strange expression on his face. "Good morning, Steve. Is there a problem?"

"Yes, Danny. I have a heart problem."