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After Vincent walked away from her, Catherine's knees were still very shaky. She cursed at herself for reacting this way. It was just her 'friend' telling her that he was going to watch over Heather. Why did her body react this way? She huffed and walked back to her car. She was breathing hard, because she was angry at herself.

At first, her heart and body listened to her head. But these past few months, they didn't seem to listen to reason anymore. It's like her heart and body were mocking her head and wanted to do as they pleased. With Vincent still on her mind, she drove away and tried to convince herself that listening to her head was the right thing to do.

Being alone on this trip wasn't helping her at all. She should've asked someone to join her. Because now that she was all alone, she couldn't help but only think of him. He was consuming her every thought. He was the one she thought of every single day. With just one word, he could make her heart beat almost 50 miles an hour.

Yes, she had told herself that it wasn't wise to have these feelings for him or act on them. But in the back of her mind she knew that at one point, the walls she had build around herself, will crumble and fall. And who was to blame? Vincent was to blame. Vincent with his throaty, deep voice. That voice of him was so sensual, making her heart melt every single time. When he says her name, her whole body tingled with joy.

She mentally slapped herself, but it didn't help at all. The feeling of his skin on her fingers: Catherine cannot forget that time she touched his cheeks, when he was in his beast form. Vincent had tied up the man who had murdered the judge and was still down stairs. Catherine and her colleagues were on their way down, so Vincent panicked. He was trapped and couldn't get out; he couldn't budge the bars. At one point he turned into his beast form, trying to attack the murderer. Catherine wanted to prevent that, so she thought hard how she could try to calm him down. Even though she was scared out of her mind, seeing Vincent in his other form, she placed her shaky hands on his face. At that very moment, her heart almost jumped out of her chest.

Her fear was replaced with another feeling. A feeling she couldn't quite describe. Never in her life had she felt fear and at the same time a certain calmness. He calmed down and changed back into his human form, giving her an amazing feeling. 'The beast' had listened to her! She was the reason why the murderer's life was spared by Vincent.

She sighed deeply, thinking about this man who had turned her life upside down. He made her feel things; things that were simple before she met him. But the same things felt different, good different, if it involved him.

He made her do things; things she never thought of doing. In all her years, working as a detective, she had never lied in a report. She had never given a false statement. But 6 months ago, she did it to protect Vincent. She reported that she killed that man on the bike, who was trying to kill her. When in truth, it was Vincent who had killed the man. And he did it to protect her.

But that was who she had become; doing everything in her power to protect him. And it was the same for him. She knew that he'd die protecting her. It was his mission in life. That's what he told her once. Of course, he was asleep when he had said that. But she heard it; she was a 100 % sure that she hadn't imagined those words.

*FLASHBACK*

It happened more than 2 months ago. He just had helped her with a case. They had caught the murderer of a double homicide.

Richard Bell. He was a cold blooded killer, who killed his wife and her lover. Vincent immediately told Catherine that he suspected the husband, but they had no proof. So after Catherine interrogated him, she had to let him go.

After a thorough investigation, that lasted more than 2 weeks, they finally were able to gather enough evidence to arrest him.

When she and Tess arrested him, he went all psycho on them. He threatened Catherine, shouting at her, saying that he was going to get out eventually and that she will pay with her life! She wasn't scared of him. In her line of work, she had been threatened countless times before.

But fate had to be so cruel to her; Bell escaped Police custody.

When Vincent found out about it, he had asked her if she wanted his protection. She acted stubborn as usual and said no and that she can take care of herself. He wasn't pleased about her answer, so he walked away from her, mumbling.

"So stubborn." He muttered, making Catherine smile internally.

She wasn't scared of Bell, but she did know that she had to be very careful.

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It was 11 PM, when she left the precinct. She got in her car and drove away. At one point, she had noticed that someone was following her, so she drove as fast as she could home. In record time, she arrived at her apartment building and walked inside. She had the urge to warn Tess, but she told herself not to act so paranoid. From inside, she watched the street and saw that the car drove by.

Relieved, she walked into her bedroom and decided to take a nice, warm bath. She got out of her clothes and got into her bath. 10 minutes later, while she was enjoying the warm soap suds and the sweet aroma with her eyes closed, she heard something.

Her eyes immediately flew open! She wrapped a towel around her body and silently walked out of the bathroom. It couldn't be Heather, because she was staying at her boyfriend's for the night. With her heart almost beating out of her chest, she grabbed her gun and went to check it out. The kitchen was clear, so was her living room. She checked Heather's room too and found nothing.

Sighing deeply, she checked the fire escape. That's when she saw him!

"Vincent!" she shouted.

He raised an eyebrow and said." Nice outfit, Catherine."

It was then, when she realized that she was naked underneath her towel. Her face immediately turned crimson red and within the next minute she disappeared into her bedroom.

*End of FLASHBACK*

She was taken out of her thoughts, by her phone ringing loudly.

"Damn it! It's Tess." She muttered. Tess was so going to give her a piece of her mind!

Tess is probably a bit mad at her. Should she pick up her phone?

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