James would be lying if he said he knew Katherine would be his lawyer. His version of acting cool seemed to be working though. If the supprised look on Katherines face was any indictaion she hadn't known either. After all if she had she probably wouldn't have taken his case on.
The tension in the room made him angry. He remembered what happened vividly and the fact the split when he thought she had cheated on him and she caught him doing very un Christian things well angered him further, made his blood boil.
She looked good. Her skirt was a little too short and her blouse a little too fitted. He could tell she was giving the men in her office a show. That thought didn't help james's mood one bit.
He let his eyes scan her body. Her legs long and slender a creamy colour. Her waist small and her dark hair pulled up in a ponytail. She turned around to pick a folder of the floor and the view wasn't bad. In all katherine looks sexy and beautiful like she always had.
No he can't think like this and thankfully henry his legal assistant speaks up. "Shall we get down to business then?" He asks. james takes a deep breath trying to clear thoughts of katherine from his head and nods.
Katherine points at two chairs on the opposite side of the table and clears her throat "of course please take a seat Mr Saunders"
He looks at her blankly and sits down holding her eyes captive as he did so.
"Ok so lets go over your case" she speaks her voice is still sexy hearing it again lights up the fire that he used to have every time he was with her. What he wouldn't do to have his arms wrapped around her tiny frame.
James smiles to himself at the thought of it.
"Sir?" James snaps out of his thoughts when he hears katherine addressing him
"What" his tone is icy and she flinches a little at it. He can't loose his focus and he knows it.
"I see you are going up against corporation reddings. That's a big technology corporation. Why?" Her professionalism whilst talking made james think about the divorce he knew he had hurt her and the pain was still evident in her eyes. He hated himself for it and he couldn't control his rising anger. Not at her but himself. But like most when he found himself angry he lashed out he didn't want that to be the case today.
"They borrowed money from us and haven't payed it back" his cool tone made katherine wonder if she even had an effect on him. He's being so sharp. He had no reason to be hostile towards her he cheated on her. The thought brings tears to her eyes and with her best friend. Lets just say katherine cut all contact with that friend a long time ago.
"Right well i will have a look through the case and arrange another meeting with you soon" katherine tells him shutting the folder and stands up holding her hand out to him. He stands up to and waits for henry to leave first.
He ignores katherines hand and glares at her. "Im not touching a whore" he speaks with so much certainty katherine holds back the tears that threaten to spill out. His anger got the better of him what he said was wrong but why would she torture men wearing that. He knew she wasnt a whore that she didn't cheat. But when she stood and her outstretched arms moulded her breasts together making her blouse stretch that little tighter across her chest he realised what he was missing.
"I dont understand" she sobs trying to hold back all the tears.
"You cheated on me spreading your legs to all the men in the freaking state you slut" his voice is deep and radiates the hate. He's jelous of all them other men but he would never admit it. She never did cheat he knows that but he cant help the rage thats burning in him. He wants her back.
She nods her head and walks quickly past him and to the washrooms.
The bathroom is empty and katherine locks a stall door. She inhales deeply and slides down the side of the stall. Why her?why now?
She lets herself cry.
James stands in the meeting room feeling guilty but pushes it to the back of his head. Its her own doing wearing outfits like that in a professional environment. He signals to henry to grab the car and they leave the hudson law firm.
Katherine had always dreamed of being a big shot lawyer and now she seems well on her way. Its a shame he had to ruin thier relationship on her way.
When he found the pictures lying in the white envelope on his desk addressed to him sent from an anonymous source the pain shot through him. To the world he has always been cold, katherine was the one and only person who got to see his true colours and then she cheated on him with that guy from her office. He felt used and broken, his world falling apart He didn't even think to check if the image was
Photoshoped. The anger boiled and he felt he needed to get revenge so he slept with her best friend at the time. She had been trying to seduce him for a while and she walked into his office finding them mid thrust.
The memory makes him cringe at the thought. her face wore a pained expression which he thought was obviously fake at the time. she never cared and he had to pretend neither did he.
it wasn't until after he threw the divorce papers in her face and kicked her out of the house did he find out the truth ...
5 years ago ... the day of the divorce
Katherine had just taken the test and passed she was glowing with happiness as she walked up to james office to tell him the news. she walked towards james office door when penny stoped her
"oh, hi Katherine I didn't know you would be coming in today" she fidgets as she stands blocking katherines way to james
"It was an unplanned visit, now would you excuse me" penny steps to the side but before Katherine enters she grabs her arm and Katherine turns to look at her
"I'm sorry" penny apologises Katherine stares at her confused but shakes it of before entering the office.
"hi baby I have so-" she stops dead in her tracks as her eyes zero in at the sight in front of her "what the hell?" james is standing mid thrust inside her naked best friend shelly
shelly looks up at Katherine and smirks "hi wanna join us" Katherine nearly vomits at the thought but stares right at james.
who has frozen. "I want a divorce you piece of shit" he spits out coldly with such and icy tone Katherine has to fight back the tears.
"I- don't u-under-r stand" she stumbles over her words in an effort to make herself seem calm.
"your a slut I never loved you, I was only with you for sex, you mean noting to me our marriage is one big lie the divorce papers are on the desk. I want you out of my house the lawyer will be in touch" he growls at her.
she walks over to the desk picks up the folder. walks back over to james and he looks at her expectantly.
her hand reaches up and softly caresses his face before coming down hard on it. he groans in pain and when he is busy nursing his sore cheek she takes the opportunity to kick him where the sun doesn't shine. Which hurt because he was naked. with that she flipped her hair and stormed off not before turning and giving shelly the middle finger. no words spoken just a few unfriendly gestures.
Katherine looks at the clock mounted on the wall. Today had been busy three clients in total requested her as thier lawyer. That's on top of her already heavy work load.So instead of sitting at home drinking the bottle of sauvignon blanc that has been cooling in the fridge and has her name written on it. She is sitting in the office at ten thirty. Her eyes start to feel heavy after a while and she has trouble keeping them open so she gives up and decides to call it a day.Logging of the computer she shuts it down and gathers up four ring binders worth of information, only for one of the cases. Shruging her bag on her shoulder gently so she doesn't drop all the folders she's nursing in her left arm. After a little struggle she leaves the office waving goodbye to the security guards ella and sam.Her Mercedes-Benz is waiting for her in the carpark.By the time she gets home it's dark and its a miracle she even got home she could barley keep her eyes open.She walks straight to her room
The phone conversation was short but did just enough to cut katherine deep. She would not cry again over this self centered egotistical fuckface. He wasn't worth it. So instead katherine spent the next ten minutes comming up with a variety of nicknames for james. The nock at the wall of her cubical brought her out of her train of thought. She twisted her neck to see who it was. Relaxing a little as she saw dylan standing there."Hey there" he leans against the wall and flashes her a glance at his pearly whites. "What were you thinking about?" He asks her grinning a broad grin that should have sent sparks of electricity shooting through her but it didn't She knew he was the perfect guy he was kind and thoughtful but no matter how hard she tried she couldn't feel the chemistry. Not like she used to feel with the other manShe shakes her head "um nothing important just a case" she smiles back at him"So i had a great time the other night and the firm is having a gala next week i was thin
When katherine walked in on James and her best friend, james told her to leave his house. When he got home she was gone.That night he drank till his liquor cupboard was empty, he felt emotionaly drained and felt like something was missing. At this stage he thought she had cheated he thought she had broken her vows of love and partnership towards him. He thought she didn't love him. That's what hurt the most. He worshiped the ground katherine walked on, he treated her like a queen because she was his queen.The day those photos landed on his desk changed everything pictures of her with a fucking guy from her office. Pictures of him cuddling her, kissing her cheek, spooning her in bed. Hell he had met the man shook his hand when in reality the asshole was fucking his wife.All james saw was red. He was angry no, fuming. He was heart broken and his life crumbled soon after. His marriage destroyed, his liver wrecked and his liquor cupboard permanently empty. His mood well there was only
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Song- bebe rexha- the way i areKatherine found herself leaning into his kiss for amoment time stopped and the only thing moving wasthier lips. She closed her eyes letting herself enjoy whatwas once a fantasy. Until Memories of the pain she went through because of him raced throught her mind. Fear of what would happen when... fears of getting hurt, him getting hurt. Dylan was waiting for her inside and instead she's out here with james.She placed her hands on his toned muscular chest andpushed him away from her. Thier lips broke apart andjames forehead creased in confusion at her suddenactions."What whats wrong?" He asked her his voice low andtone agitated."What do you think is wrong?" She snapped back crosswith herself for letting her emotions get the better of her.Cross with james for thinking he could steal a kiss fromher. She turned and stormed away from her arrogant exhusband. He grabbed her wrist Turning her back towardshim."Come on katherine, I know you want me
Song- now or never - halseyKatherine walked into work the next day with a spring inher step. She smiled at security, waved at her office matesand when she turned the corner into her cubical andfound james standing there looking pissed of she flashedhim a smile and sat down in her chair."Hello james how may i help you today?" Her voice waschirpy and sweet. It supprised her. The lack of hostilitytowords him was a shock to him to."I want to know why the fucki just got a letter frommy private investigator saying that you had a child" heroared. Suddenly Katherine didn't feel so happy. Her facedrained of all colour. And she could feel herself becomingunsteady on her feet."I don't know what your talking about James""I hired a private investigator to dig into your past afterwe got divorced. Sort of. And well i dug that up." His facewas red with rage and Katherine felt eyes on her. shelooked around the office and saw people staring at them."James lets take this somewhere pri
Song- rockbottom hailee stienfeldKatherine sat in her car looking at the office. What whatshe thinking telling everyone like that. Why did she get soangry when shelly started going on at her she shouldn'tbe and she knew that james means nothing to her soshe needs her mouth to learn that too. So now what. Shetold them they where moving in together she just placedherself in a corner and she didn't even need anyone's helpto do it.God how could she be so stupid all those times she toldherself to refrain from bringing her personal life intowork and in a matter of minutes her world has beentured upside down.She took a breath shaking her head in disappointment,ella was home from her grans today and she was going tolift her. Katherine knew her mom loved ella and over midterm break knew her mother would be more than happyto take ella. It gave her time to go to the hospital do thingsthat needed done.But she missed her baby. What would happen when herbubbly four year old meet
Katherine never was one to swoon after men. She oftenignored thier looks and stares, passed off thier offers ofdinner but watching james standing in her living room inhis black Armani suit which was tailored to fit his bodyperfectly, his black tie and black shoes, she couldnt helpbut think how good he looked.He stood looking around her living room feeling her eyesfollow his every movement. He rung his hands nervesgetting to him. The whole drive to her house he tried toprepare himself for this moment but when he saw herstanding with her hair in a ponytail and wearing his shirtthat reached her tanned thighs his thoughts went out thewindow.It was half eight and here he stood unsure of what to say,what to do. His heart was palpitatating his palms sweatyas he rubed them on his suit. He came after work. Straightto her place. They had alot of unfinished buisness toattend to."James what are you doing here?" He expected thisattitude from her katherine never had patience for