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Chapter 13

"Hey, I have been texting you and calling you. Your phone…it's been going to voicemail. Have you been ignoring me or is your phone acting up?" She shuts the door. I really don't see if she is sarcastic or serious because I pretend I am divulged in my work.

I really don't want to deal with this crap.

She sits across from me. "Look if you are pissed about something…tell me…"

I don't look up. I hate being ignored and I don't think it is fair for her, however my big mouth may get me in trouble on this one. To late… my mouth just opened, "I closed it…my phone I mean…"

"Look I am…"

I look up at her now. She is looking at me with remorseful eyes. I usually fall for that, but this time I will not relent. "I never said I was done. Look, I really don't want to talk about this…not here…ok?" I know she can see the anger in my piercing green eyes.

"Case…" she stops, "Ok…but where? When? You are obviously not going to pick up my calls. I think we should talk about it." She looks at me with her brown eyes. She pulls her hair to a ponytail.

"I didn't pick up your calls for a reason." I look up at her and she has a cynical look on.

"Now, what would that reason be?" she asks.

"Are you really asking this right now?" I lower my voice, "You went undercover, and you never even thought of calling me…your fiancé…you tell Elliot your problems…I believe that is what a girlfriend is for…If you have a problem, you come to me not some asshole that can't keep his head out of my business…" I say and a sort of calmness comes across her face.

"I am at work all day. When I need to vent he's there, ok? I have a lot on my mind and I can't drive here every day and tell you. 'Hey Casey, I would like to tell you all my feelings about what happened last night.' I won't do that to you. I hate making you feel like you are always doing something wrong. So, yea, I vent to Elliot to keep me grounded. I feel much better that I can talk to someone." She looks at me, "but, never have I ever thought that it would hurt you this much. I just…" She starts to fidget with her thumbs…ugh I know waterworks will be coming down anytime now…

"Casey, it's just…we are in a rut…and we have to find our way out. Our jobs are not helping either." She tells me.

"Our jobs, Olivia, or your job, because frankly, it seems that you are always on call. I know you are not in charge of that, but it just is. I really don't know why you even take night shifts." She looks at me.

"Wow, really? You want to know why I work night shifts…hmmm… it's to pay for that ring, Miss Novak…To pay for that ring. I didn't want to tell you because I knew you would be too modest and tell me not to buy it…but, I did…for you…now I have to pay it off…so I have to work more."

Don't I feel like shit.

"I am sorry, I didn't know." I cover my face with my hands to cover my redness. I shouldn't be this pissed at her…I should be pissed at that partner of hers.

"You know I told myself…every moment I spend without you is like losing a puppy, hoping that when you find him, he will still love you and stand by you. I still feel like that, but you not so much."

She is right. I feel so pulled away from her intimately that I don't even know if this relationship can last another day. "I have an idea. We both take vacation days off. We can reconnect and have fun."

"I don't know…that is a lot of victims…" I give her a glare. "Ok…we can go next week…"

"For a whole week." I say as a statement.

"For a week?" I glare at her again. She smirks, "Ok! Ok! I will get a week's worth of vacation with the lovely, and forgiving, Casey Novak."

She gets up to leave.

"You are going to leave me without a kiss?" I ask smiling.

"Well I thought…I mean…I…" she is so cute.

"You thought wrong…" I walk to her and kiss her goodbye. "See you at home?"

"No. Work." She smirks and walks out the door.

"Wait." She walks backwards and turns towards me.

"What?" she asks with concern.

"I am out of probation as of tomorrow."

She lights up and is about to run towards me when McCoy passes by. "That's great. Maybe we can celebrate while on vacation." She tones down her excitement and winks at me.

I nod, "Maybe." She walks away.

Xxx

It is eight thirty and I think Alex is out of court. I decide to go see her. It feels weird not seeing her.

I walk to her office and knock. "I am busy," She sounds like she is stuffing her face.

"It's Casey…" I smile standing at the door.

"Oh…hold on." I hear her click clack towards the door.

"Hey," I enter and lock the door. "You have a little something on your cheeks. Let me get that." I remove the white chocolate off her face with my finger.

"Someone one sent me these flowers. It says 'thank you.' They must really know me to get me white chocolate, right?" She sits down.

I remembered that I didn't give my name…nosy assistants, you know. "I actually sent that to you. I want to thank you for getting me off probation."

Her eyes grew bright blue. "Casey, thank you. You didn't have to do this…"

I grabbed her hand to stand up. I hugged her. "I just wanted to thank you…for everything. You made my day." I tell her.

"Aww, the flowers smell beautiful. Thank you." She sat me down on the sofa with her.

"Welcome…I actually have to tell you something…" I wonder how is she going to take Olivia and me on vacation together.

"What?" she shifts to look at me.

"I am going on vacation…with Olivia…next week…" Alex looked sad. That hurts me more than she will ever know. "I love you…as much as I do…I want to see where Olivia and I stand. Whether it is staying engaged or over…I plan on telling her about us…"

"Did you talk to her?" She asks.

"Yeah, a couple hours ago…she came to my office…She…"

"You don't have to explain anything to me…I am the one who is helping you cheat…so if you want to hang with your fiancé, I totally get it." Alex touches my hand.

"Thanks. Look Olivia is not going to be home tonight so we can go to your house…"

"Yea, let me grab some chocolates and we will be on our way." She smiles as she gets up.

"Let me head to my office. And grab some stuff. You really like that stuff, huh?"

"Yea." She smiled.

Alex's House

"Can we finish what we started at your office?" Alex asks as I stand up.

"We can do whatever you want." I say with lust in my voice. I grab her close. I slowly let my hand trail down her ass. I pull her close. I place my forehead on hers.

"So you are really going to tell Olivia about us?" she asks, "you don't think she will go crazy?"

"I don't know…it's scary…I know it's going to hurt her, but its better that I tell her than she finding out herself." I kiss Alex.

"You think we would have a chance…I mean you think she will forgive you?" Alex breaks the kiss.

I move her towards the wall. "I think that we should forget about it until it happens." I lean to kiss her neck.

"mmm…it affects me….mmm…case…stop….stop…" I look at her.

"This is such a great moment and you ruin it because you are a little nosy. I hate dating Lawyers…they always ask questions." I lean to kiss her.

"You hate yourself? Look can we just talk…" I let go. I give her this puzzled look.

"Talk about what? How much we love each other? How much we mean to one another?" she glares at me. "Ok…we can 'talk'." She would ruin a moment like this.

She takes my hand and leads me to the bedroom. She signals me to get in. I turn face her. "Ok…are you getting on the bed?" I ask as she just stood there with glassy eyes. "Alex!" She quickly turns towards me.

"Sorry, I forgot to do something. It can wait…" she lays down on my chest.

"Ok…what is up?" I ask her.

"Olivia…look I just want to say that you are being placed in a tough spot. You are brave. I don't want you to get hurt by all this if it was essentially my fault."

I know she cares about me and wants me to end up smiling at the end of this...but we all know that one of us will end up getting the short end of the stick.

AN: Thank you for reading. This is the last chapter…lol jk…of course not…I can't leave you hanging. Tell me what you think. I have a twitter where you can tell me your thoughts momonono11. I will update there and give many sneak peeks of new story's A/C lovers. What do you think of her relationship with Olivia? Alex? I love your feedback.