AN: Heeeey lovelies! I just wanted to say that when posted about me being too busy with exams I wasn't expecting he huge response I had. So many of you wished me good luck and told me it was okay to leave the fanfic on hold while I finished my exams. Your words made the busy days a little bit easier, so THANK YOU!

This chapter picks up right after the last chapter. There was supposed to be smut in this chapter, but I'm sooo bad at writing it, lol sorry! Maybe in another chapter.

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He just couldn't keep his eyes away from her. Since they kissed before leaving the party, Klaus had a hard time looking where he was going. His face was always turned towards her. Good thing she lead him to the car by walking by his side and holding his hand.

Every now and then he would look down to her blue dress and watch it move with each step she took.

When they reached the penthouse, he watched her as she kicked her high heels and sighed with relief.

"What a night." She whispered while her hand rubbed the back of her shoulder.

"You okay?" He asked stepping behind her.

"Yeah, just a little bit tired." Both of her hands traveled up to her head and started undoing her hair. Her hair was up in a very elegant way, but Klaus preferred it down, where it could frame her face and allow him to breath in her sweet scent.

"Allow me." He said lowly before moving his hands to her hear and start taking the bobby pins. He felt Caroline's head tilt back and he heard her sigh softly. He leaned over so he could look at her face and saw her eyes were closed and she had a tiny small on her lips.

"That feels nice. Thank you." She said softly. Klaus smiled and after taking the bobby pins he ran his hands down her hair, letting the waves fall freely, before going back up to massage her scalp.

The tiniest, sexiest little moan rolled out of her lips and Klaus froze, completely taken by surprise by the things that sound made him feel.

Caroline turned around slowly after a couple of seconds. She was looking at Klaus through her lashes and her bottom lip was caught between her teeth.

"We kissed tonight." She stated.

"Yes." Klaus said, wanting to know where she was going with this.

"We also kissed during Christmas, but tonight it was different, right?"

"What do you mean?" He asked for her to elaborate, even though he agreed with her.

"I mean that tonight things changed forever."

"Give me an example." He said.

"Well…" Caroline took a breath. "We're not pretending it didn't happen in the morning, like we did after Christmas, right?" She asked looking down, her hands playing nervously with the flaps of his jacket. Klaus smiled and placed his hands on her hips, bringing her closer.

"If you're still having doubts about my feelings for you, let me reassure you. I am all yours now, for you to kiss whenever you want. So yes, from now on things will be different."

Caroline smiled and Klaus saw her cheeks go pink. He pulled her even closer and claimed her lips in a passionate yet short kiss.

"You must be tired." He whispered while resting his forehead against hers.

She hummed and nodded a little with her eyes closed.

"I just don't want to say good night yet." She whispered back.

"Then don't. Go get ready for bed, I'll be there in a minute."

"Well, aren't you bossy tonight?" She joked.

"I just don't want to say good night yet either." He pecked her lips and let her go. Caroline smiled and turned around again.

"Alright, but could you help me with the zipper first?"

Klaus swallowed hardly before his shaky hand reached the zipper on the back of her dress. He pulled it down slowly, watching as the dress parted and showed him her smooth skin.

"Thanks!" Caroline said before walking away, leaving a thunderstruck Klaus behind with his hand still in the air.

"Tease." He said smirking.

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After brushing her teeth and changing her dress into her comfortable pajamas, Caroline sat at her vanity and removed her makeup and jewelry, her mind wandering back to the kiss she shared that night with Klaus.

It wasn't just the feeling of his lips upon hers that had her breathless and with a heart beating wildly in her chest, but all the words that he said before kissing her. He thought she was good enough. Hell, she was much more. And to think that all this time he had feelings for her. She didn't know where she got the courage to speak up and tell him she wanted to be good enough for him, but she was glad, happy even. This was the happiest she had been in a long time.

It had been so long since a man made her feel appreciated, beautiful even. Tyler was the last man in her life before Klaus, and he turned out to be a cheating asshole. He only kept her around after her mom died so he wouldn't look bad. Being the Mayor's son, he couldn't afford bad publicity.

Klaus on the other hand was honest and real since day one. Yes, he had flaws, but he didn't try to hide them. He told her about his rude ways and the way he treated others, he told her about his father and how messed up his family was. He didn't pretend to be a man he wasn't.

And the things this man made her feel… One look and she would blush. One word with that sexy accent and her body's temperature would rise. One smile and her heart would do flips. One touch and… yeah, it definitely had been too long.

She was halfway through brushing her hair when Klaus walked to her door and leaned on the frame. He looked relaxed and very handsome, even after taking changing his elegant suit for the sweat pants and white shirt he usually wore to bed. Caroline waited for him to say something, but he didn't. She could feel his eyes on her, and lord! The things this man made her feel.

Eventually she put the brush down and turned to him.

"What?"

Klaus smiled softly and shrugged before stepping into the room.

"Nothing. I'm just looking at you."

He walked to her and leaned closer, since she was still sitting. He cupped her face and gave her a big, sweet kiss. Caroline tilted her head back and placed her hands on top of his.

"Just wanted to say good night." He whispered.

Caroline's hand moved to the front of his shirt and stopped him from pulling away.

"Wait… Stay." She pleaded softly, her cheeks turning pink again.

"I thought you were tired." He said.

"I'm not THAT tired." She replied with a little smirk before looking down. "I'm just… well… It's been so long since I've been with a man…" Caroline then added shyly.

Klaus's hand moved from her jaw to stroke her lips with his thumb, silencing her.

"We don't have to do anything tonight."

"No, you don't get it." She got up and started pushing him against the bed. "It's been too long, Klaus. I don't think I can't wait another day." She said with a low, sensual voice.

Klaus opened his eyes widely as she pushed him down on her bed and removed her top.

Who knew she had such a big sexual appetite? Klaus was delighted.

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This was probably the longest, most boring meeting ever! Klaus kept moving on his chair and looking down his watch. After the holidays passed, the company reopened its doors to the employees and now, to make sure they started the year with the right foot, all the partners and the heads of every department were together in the conference room discussing the company's current situation.

Klaus couldn't care less. All he wanted to do was go home and wrap his arms around Caroline's tiny waist. The past few days had been heaven to him. He would wake up with the blonde beauty sleeping against his chest, her hand gripping the front of his shirt or his arm, her hair all tangled and messy, giving her a sexy look. They would get up and she would make breakfast while he got ready for work. He more often than not would find her dancing in the kitchen wearing his grey Henley. He could watch her all day… They would fool around, poke each other or play footsy under the table. And of course, he would kiss her every chance he got.

Caroline smiled after every kiss. It was a rare, unique smile he only say when they were alone. It was a small smile, a little bit shy, with the lips closed together. She would tilt her head forwards and look at him through her lashes. God, he loved that smile.

In that moment said blonde angel walked into the room. Klaus perked up, sitting straighter on his chair. Everyone in the room noticed it but no one mentioned it, instead they kept talking, but their voices were just noise to Klaus. Caroline walked to stand behind Elijah and handed him a paper. Klaus recognized it as the ones the assistants used to write down phone messages. Elijah then leaned to his right and whispered something to her and she leaned closer to hear him better. Klaus, who sat across Elijah, got a full look of Caroline's cleavage. His hands gripped the armrests of his chair and squirmed a little.

Caroline looked up and when her eyes found Klaus', she gave him that special smile. Klaus took a deep breath and smiled back. She had no idea what she was doing to him. Always so sweet and innocent. Klaus loved that about her.

"Are you okay?" Alaric Saltzman whispered from his seat next to Klaus.

Klaus barely paid any attention to him as he watched Caroline leave the conference room.

"Yes, why?" he mumbled.

"You look distracted. Anyway, I need to talk to you and Elijah after the meeting. It's something private."

Klaus wanted to groan and throw a tantrum. This day would never end.

Once the meeting was over, everyone left the room, except for Elijah, Klaus and Alaric. The brothers turned to the lawyer expectantly.

"The finances department came to me this morning. They received an email from a bank in The Bahamas saying they were really sorry to see us go. As far as they know, we don't have a bank account there, and if we did, then why would we empty it and close it."

"There must be a mistake." Elijah said.

Klaus sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. He hadn't had a chance to talk to Elijah about the money Genevieve stole.

"I thought the same." Alaric said. "But some numbers don't match up and the very same amount of money that was taken out that account has been registered in a deposit made in another bank account, one that we are aware of. I imagined you would know about this because everything was signed." Alaric said while looking form one brother to the other. "Everything has your signature."

Elijah looked alarmed.

"I have no idea what are you talking about. We don't have a bank account in The Bahamas."

"We did." Klaus said. The other two men turned to look at him. Klaus then explained everything. He started by telling them about the papers Caroline showed him one morning and how he figured out that Hayley and Genevieve worked together to take money out of every commission and put it in a bank account in a foreign country. "As soon as I got proof, I contacted the bank, took the money out and put it somewhere else where Genevieve couldn't find it. And then I fired her."

"Bother, why didn't you say something?" Elijah asked.

"I wanted to wait after the holidays. You needed some time off with your wife and kids, so did Alaric, and I knew the second you were aware of it we would start a trial against them." That wasn't the whole story. He wanted to wait, to make some time with Caroline before telling her about Hayley, the job as Elijah's assistant and everything else.

"Damn right." Alaric said. "They stole millions, they should be in jail. But now that you took the money, I'm not sure we can do that."

"I still have a copy of everything." Klaus said.

Elijah looked at Alaric.

"Can you work with that?"

"Maybe. Most of the evidence has been compromised, but if the bank is willing to cooperate and we manage to break at least one of the two women involved, then yes, I can work with that."

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His hopes of coming home and have a private night full of love making with his sweet girlfriend were crushed the second he walked into the penthouse.

Caroline paced back and forth the living room, her hair undone and looking like she ran her fingers through many times. She stopped moving when she saw him and crossed her arms on her chest.

"We need to talk."

Well, fuck!

"Do we now, sweetheart?" He asked with a smirk. But she wasn't going to fall for it. She just arched her eyebrow and scoffed.

"What were you thinking?! You knew Genevieve was stealing from the company and you didn't say anything?"

Klaus sighed and closed his eyes.

"Who told you?"

"Katherine." Caroline said. Of course! Klaus groaned. "She just called me, she's panicking because Elijah is panicking, and Elijah does NOT panic."

Klaus tried not to laugh at the image. Indeed, his brother was always too serious and composed to imagine him nervous.

"And you know what the worst part is?" Caroline asked. "Katherine assumed I knew about this and thought I was hiding it from her. But I wasn't! And I had to find out through her even though I live here with you! Why didn't you tell me?" she said, clearly hurt. "Don't you trust me?"

"Caroline, love…" Klaus said softly as he made his way towards her. "Of course I trust you. I was still figuring out what to do or how to tell my brother. I didn't want to worry you or get you involved."

"I'm the one who found the papers, Klaus. I was already involved." Caroline replied.

"I wanted to keep you away from Genevieve…" He whispered.

"You thought she would come after me? I can handle myself."

Klaus took a breath. It was time to tell her the truth.

"She was working with Hayley and I was afraid she would tell you the truth behind her dismissal."

"I thought she was fired because Katherine didn't like her." Caroline mumbled.

"She was fired so you could take her place." Klaus confessed.

Caroline looked at him with wide eyes.

"Wait… what?"

"There wasn't any opening at the company and you needed a job." He tried reasoning with her.

"Yeah and so did Hayley. How could I live with myself when my wellbeing could mean someone else ends living on the street? I wouldn't wish that to anyone." Caroline said angrily.

"Why should we care about her? She was stealing from the company." Klaus said.

"But you didn't know that back then!" Caroline fired back. "And you didn't tell me… Were you ever going to tell me?"

Klaus sighed and started walking around the room.

"Yes, I wanted to tell you. I was waiting for the right time. I wanted to tell you myself but Genevieve knew about it and she was blackmailing me." He explained while shaking his head. "I didn't want you to find out through her."

"Well, that's thoughtful." She said sarcastically. "Still, you had plenty of time after you fired her."

"Yes, but then you and I started getting closer and I didn't want to ruin it."

Something in Caroline's eyes changed and for a moment there Klaus got worried.

"You wouldn't say anything until you were sure I was with you." She mumbled in conclusion. "You were waiting for us to be together, for me to fall for you so I would forgive you… You know how manipulative that is?"

She was smart, he had to give her that.

"I wasn't trying to manipulate you. I really want you and I care for you." Klaus hissed.

"If you really care about me you would be honest with me!" She yelled.

"Why can't you just be thankful I got you a job and a roof over your head and be happy with it, for fuck sakes?!" Klaus yelled back.

Just like that, the old Klaus was back. He regretted it the second he said it. He saw the way Caroline opened her eyes widely and stepped back, taken aback by Klaus' anger.

That was probably the last thing he should say to her.

Caroline's eyes started to get glassy and the image broke Klaus' heart. She quickly turned around and rushed to her room.

"Caroline…" He tried calling out for her, but when he heard the sound of the door slamming, his shoulders dropped. "Fuck."