Some time later...
Steve and Catherine were lying in bed looking at each other and both were smiling.
"Wow!" She said.
"Wow!" He replied.
Steve kissed her again and caressed her face. "I wish I could be here with you all day."
"But you can't, I understand," Catherine said.
"I can't, unfortunately," Steve said as he hugged her.
"If I had known the beach was right here, I would have brought a bikini and spent the day here at your place."
"Well, you can go to your apartment and get your bikini. And then you can spend the day, the night, the week, the month, the year here at my house. I swear I won't complain about that," Steve replied.
Catherine smiled. "But I can't, I'll work tomorrow."
"The day after tomorrow then," he said.
"I'll think about it," she replied.
"Are you snubbing me?" Steve asked.
"No, I'm not crazy," she replied.
An hour later Steve arrived at headquarters and Catherine went shopping before going home.
Steve was in his office when Danny called.
"Hey, Danny."
"Hey. I tried to talk to you all morning," Danny complained.
"No, you didn't try to talk to me all morning because it's still eleven o'clock in the morning," Steve replied.
"You understand what I meant," Danny said.
"I was busy, Danny."
"What about Catherine? How are you doing?"
"You're obsessed with Catherine, Danny. She and I are fine."
"I just want to make sure you didn't screw it up," Danny replied.
Steve smiled at the mere mention of her name. "It's fine, Danny. She and I are still dating and I'm very happy. OK?"
"Okay. That's what I wanted to hear. Congratulations!" Danny said and smiled.
"Thanks, Danny. See you tomorrow, today I can't go to your house. Bye," Steve said and ended the call.
"Finally!" Danny celebrated.
Catherine did the shopping and went home. She had lunch, read a few more chapters of the book Steve gave her, and fell asleep on the couch.
Some time later she awoke to the sound of the doorbell. She looked at the clock on the wall and realized it wasn't Steve because he was at work.
Catherine got up, opened the door, and came across the man she had lived with for a few years and was the biggest disappointment of her life.
"Hey, Catherine. Won't you give me a hug?"
"What are you doing here? How did you find out my address?" Catherine asked him.
"It doesn't matter. Can I come in?" he asked and was already pushing the door open.
Catherine locked the door with her foot. "No!"
"Why, Catherine? Let me in, let's talk, drink something, I miss you."
"I don't miss you. I have someone else and I'm happy as I never was. Go away!" Catherine told him.
"Let me in, Catherine. I want to talk."
"I have nothing to talk to you about," Catherine said and closed the door fully. "Go away and never come back!"
The neighbors heard the discussion and opened the doors of their apartments.
"What are you looking at? Your gossipers!" He told neighbors.
"Okay. I'm leaving, but I'm going back," he told Catherine and left.
At the end of the day, Steve left work and went to Catherine's apartment. She was startled when the doorbell rang because she thought it was her ex again.
"Who are you?" She asked before she opened the door.
"It's me, Cath," Steve replied.
Catherine breathed a sigh of relief and quickly opened the door for him to enter.
Steve entered the apartment and Catherine hugged him.
"What happened, Cath? You look scared."
"My ex was here, Steve."
Steve didn't like to hear that. "And does he still upset you? Do you still like him?"
"No, Steve. He upsets me, but not that way. He'll turn my life into a hell, I'm sure that he'll want to play you against me," Catherine said. She was sad.
"He won't be able to separate me from you," Steve told her.
"He offended my neighbors today," Catherine told Steve.
"Don't worry about it, your neighbors know you're a wonderful person. By the way, you're my wonderful, unique and exclusive person," Steve said as he looked her in the eye.