Jubal was surprised to see Rina there and there no was mistaking that she was definitely pissed at him about something. He nodded his head to her to follow him, he lead her in to the glass conference room at the back of the JOC. Maggie was standing at the door of the JOC watching them, it didn't take long for Kristen and Ian to join Maggie as they had seen Jubal and the woman go in to the conference room. None of them had any idea who she was but it was very obvious that she was upset with Jubal, they may not have been able to hear what was being said but her actions were saying enough.

Ian was the first to break the silence "You think that's his girlfriend?"

"I don't know but she looks really pissed at him and they clearly know each. You don't get that upset at someone you've just met and to get that upset it's personal" Kristen spoke to Ian but kept her eyes focused on Jubal and the woman in the conference room

"How does it go from her bringing him in a change of clothes and food to looking like she might just slap him any second" Ian didn't want to get involved in his boss/friends love life but it was just too hard to look away right now especially when the woman really looked ready to slap him.

Maggie was hearing everything that Ian and Kristen were saying but she really didn't trust herself to say anything, because they were right the argument that was clearly happening in the conference room was personal. Kristen was about to reply to Ian when the door to the conference room swung open and the woman stormed out and passed them, Ian and Kristen moved quickly away from Maggie to the nearest computers pretending to work as Jubal came walking out of the conference room rubbing the back of his neck.

Maggie was leaning against the wall at the door and unlike Kristen and Ian she hadn't moved from her spot, she looked over her shoulder to see Rina looking back at Jubal before stepping on to the elevator. When Maggie turned back to face the JOC Jubal was now standing beside her "Who was that?"

Jubal lay his hands on his hips one of his fingers tapping his belt as he looked at Maggie "That's Rina, my partner from the McMay case"

"She seems really upset at you over a case" Maggie couldn't keep eye contact with Jubal, something wasn't sitting with her, that argument had seemed personal rather than professional

"She isn't happy that I'm not willing to drop the McMay case, said I'm going to cost her the new job"

"That's all? Because it seemed a lot more watching you two"

Jubal could feel eyes on him and he glanced to the side to see that Ian was watching them, Kristen had been distracted now by something that Lee was showing her "Can we talk about this somewhere else?"

Hearing him ask that confirmed to Maggie that there was something more going on between him and Rina, without answering him she turned and left heading to the break room. Jubal didn't care that Ian was watching and that he was going to see him following Maggie straight away, he didn't want to leave her alone for too long as he could tell that she was clearly bothered by what she had witnessed. When Jubal walked in to the break room Maggie was standing leaning against the counter with her arms folded across her chest. He knew that it was up to him to speak first

"Rina accused me of not letting go of the McMay case because of my guilt about drinking. I told her it was about having a hunch and had nothing to do with my guilt"

Maggie was quiet for a minute as she watched Jubal move to stand in front of her but not too close in case someone walked in "Is there something personal between you and Rina?"

"Mags I was a mess back then"

"That doesn't answer my question Jubal" she had no idea how she was keeping her voice calm as she was now wondering why the hell he hadn't told her about this earlier when they were talking

Jubal sighed running his hand along the back of his neck "I was drinking constantly, I really wasn't sober much those days. We were out celebrating closing the McMay case and Rina kissed me, I was drunk so I didn't stop it, but thats no excuse. I did stop it before it went too far."

Maggie closed her eyes briefly hearing Jubal, she knew he had exes, hell so did she but she was upset that he hadn't told her about this earlier when he told her about meeting Rina. She swallowed hard before opening her eyes to look at Jubal "Why not tell me about this earlier when we were talking in the conference room when you were telling me about your coffee date with her?"

Jubal stepped a little closer to Maggie, he knew she had every right to be upset with him and he was convinced she could hear his heart beating as it was beating so fast "Because it honestly meant nothing to me Mags. That was the last case we worked together, I went in the next day and asked for a new partner, it was a drunken mistake that I went home and told Samantha about straight away. And I didn't meet Rina for a coffee date, I met her to discuss the McMay case that's it" he was really hoping that he hadn't screwed up Maggie's trust in him, there was a lot from his past drinking days that he really regretted, were those about to catch up with him and ruin his present and his future?

Maggie watched as Jubal stepped forward but she was looking at his body rather than his face right now as she processing everything that he was saying to her, she finally lifted her head to look at him "She was in love with you"

"What?" The surprise in Jubal's voice was genuine "Mags no, we kissed, that was it I swear"

"Jubal I watched her and as a woman that's currently in love with you trust me when I say that she was in love with you. I don't know how you guys left things but she didn't stop loving you so to her this is about you not the case"

She had said as a woman in love with him so he was holding on to hope right now, Jubal was not about to let his drinking mess up one of the best things to happen him "Mags I haven't seen her in years, I don't have any feelings for her and I was never in love with her. I promise you that's the truth."

Maggie watched Jubal as he spoke to her, she knew that he was telling her the truth, she knew they both had pasts, that wasn't what was bothering her. It had bothered her that he hadn't told her everything earlier when he had the perfect opportunity to, but she could see in his reaction that he had no idea that Rina was in love with him. She took a minute before speaking "What do you want to do now, what's the next step?"

Jubal stepped even closer to Maggie now and he reached out laying his hand on her bicep wanting and needing the contact "I want to make sure that the woman I am madly in love with who brings me clean clothes and food when I can't make it home knows that I am being honest with her"

Maggie shook her head chuckling a little "Smooth Valentine, but I actually mean about McMay" she unfolded her arms from across her chest and lay one of her hands on Jubal's chest playing with the zip on his jumper a little "I know you are telling me the truth Jubal, I believe you. It just wasn't the easiest thing in the world to watch and listening to Kristen and Ian discuss if she was your girlfriend didn't exactly help things either"

Jubal closed any distance there was between them as he moved his hand to Maggie's lower back pulling her gently against him, he knew they would hear anyone before they entered the break room and honestly right now he didn't care if the whole JOC was to walk in and catch them "I'm sorry honey, I should have told you earlier about everything with Rina….but you know we could let Kristen and Ian find out the truth about who my girlfriend really is" He smirked playfully

Maggie slapped his chest lightly listening to him, her free hand moved to his hip letting him hold her as close as possible "They are not catching us making out no matter how much you want that to happen" she laughed softly but it was cut short when she felt Jubal's lips press against hers. The kiss was much shorter than either of them wanted it to be right now but while standing in their break room it was all they could steal.

Jubal leaned his forehead against Maggie's lightly when he broke the kiss "I really do you love Maggie"

Maggie smiled closing her eyes "I know… I love you too Jubal…..but just how many women have you made fall in love with you over the years that are going to show up?" She joked playfully with him

Jubal pulled his head back hearing Maggie knowing she was joking "Okay first of all I did not make anyone fall in love with me and secondly in case you haven't figured it out yet the only woman I want and care about being in love with me is you"

Maggie smiled stealing another kiss from Jubal, she couldn't wait until they could kiss each other properly, this case, Jubal's past was really testing their relationship. She was running her hand along his side slowly before speaking "So you didn't actually answer about McMay, what do you want to do next?"

Jubal was thankful that Maggie hadn't pulled away yet and he knew that he was lucky since they were at work so he was going to make the most of it "I want to go talk to him face to face"

"Okay go" Maggie smiled softly at Jubal "I will cover for you here, if this is what you need to do then go"

"Isobel has warned me to stay away from the McMay case" Jubal didn't want to hide anything else from Maggie as he really didn't want to screw up things with her.

"There's a strong chance she'll find out that you go visit him, but it's better to ask for forgiveness than for permission. So go, it's what you need to do Jubal"

Jubal stole one more quick kiss from Maggie before thanking her for everything and reminding her once again that he truly did love her leaving before anyone could stop him as he went to see McMay in prison. Maggie took a few minutes to herself in the break room just processing everything that had happened before she went back out to join the others in the JOC