KATHERINE Katherine shook from head to toe as a rush of anger shot through her. She couldn't believe what she was hearing, or what she had just heard whilst eavesdropping. At first she wanted to leave when she realized Damien had a visitor, but when the secretary had told her that it was Alvarez her interest piqued for a strange reason. Then she had walked to the office, and heard them talking about someone named Madison. The name sounding oddly familiar, almost too familiar, she had thought and thought before it finally clicked in. The same bitch from the dinner event, that had ruined her dress. The same one that Damien had humiliated at his club. The same one whose picture Damien had safely hidden in a drawer, somewhere at his house. He had told her that she was an old friend and that talking about her upset him, so why? She had proceeded to listen more closely, ears on the door, and nearly staggered to the ground when she heard Alvarez mention that Damien and Madison used to be together. That they had been lovers, but Katherine chose not to believe it even after everything she’d heard. She was still in denial. It couldn't be… it couldn't possibly be. Damien had told her the whole story. He told her everything, that he hated Madison’s family for doing something bad to him in that past and that was all there was to this case. It was the truth she wanted to believe… And just at the last time believing her inner voice, she heard Damien yell, "I have never, ever, loved any woman the way I loved her!" What the heck! Now she knew there was more to the story that met the eye, and anger raging through her, she swung the door open, barging in and staring at the two men who had suddenly cut off their conversation. "Someone explain to me what the hell is going on here!" She yelled, her hands clenching as she glared at Damien. "Oh, good, you're here.” She heard Alvarez say, a look of annoyance coating his face as soon as he saw her. She had always known that the hefty bodyguard or security man rather disliked her and she had been pretending to be nice all this while for Damien's sake, but now she wanted to blurt out to him that she felt only hatred towards him too.She was barely tolerating him too, and as she opened her mouth to retort the words, he fished out an envelope from his pocket, and tossed it at her like it was some piece of trash. Watching the envelope fall to the floor, he spat out, "There! That's for your dress, with some extra money for damages. Now you have your whole fortunes dress back, and hopefully you can relax.” Without waiting to see her reaction, or hear what she had to say, he stormed out of office and banged the door behind him. Fury built up to her neck as she stared after him, but he wasn't her main problem at the moment. Katherine turned to Damien who was still taken aback by her intrusion, and the obvious look of deceit and guilt in his eyes infuriated her the more. "Look Katherine I can…" "No!" She cut him off, "Whatever it is you want to say, I demand to know the truth. I need an explanation for what just went on inside this office. I overheard you two talking right before I walked in here, so don't you dare even consider lying to me." "I can explain. Just calm down for—" “Explain what!” Katherine yelled, “What exactly do you want to explain to me? How you blatantly lied to my face? How you left out the most important part of it all, that she was your ex? How dare you lie right to my face and keep something like that away from me? How dare you make me look like a fool?” She seethed. "Look, I know I lied, and I'm so sorry about that. I should have been honest with you right from the start. It's true… Madison and I were together. But like I said before, it was years ago. We've been separated for a long time.” Katherine scoffed, "I see you still take me for a fool, don't you? Even after I asked you countless times about your relationship with her which you denied, over and over again. Do you think I'm an idiot you can manipulate? You want to claim this woman means absolutely nothing to you, but I'm pretty sure the whole darn office heard you profess your love for her less than two fucking minutes ago! Okay tell me she means nothing to you.” She fumed, arms folded waiting for him to say something but he didn’t. “Oh now, I get it.” He shook his head, running a finger through his hair, “Katherine, please. I'm sorry, Madison has no place in my life anymore. I hate her and her family, and I want to take them down. Madison is a thing of the past—" "Oh, please Damien. You can spare me the elaborate lies." Nodding her head as thoughts ran through her mind, she looked back up, "This is the last time I'll ever question you about her, so you don't have to worry. Since you're obviously quite desperate and you keep lying about her right to my face, I'll carry out my own investigation, find out what I have to and what I need to. And you already know that I never bluff. Let's see who the smart one is now."“What do you mean Katherine?” Damien asked, looking at her with dimmed eyes but she just smirked and replied, “She is a thing of the past, and I’m the present one in your life and I’m not going anywhere. The world would know that pretty soon!” She was done being deceived and lied to. Whatever she needed to know about this Madison character, she would find out for herself, and nothing absolutely nothing… was going to stop her. The shocked look on Damien's face told her that the last thing he wanted was for her to dig into his past, but she had made up her mind already and that was exactly what she was going to do. Casting one last glare at him, before he could say anything, she let out a hiss, and walked swiftly to the door storming out, and leaving him to whatever thoughts he had in his head.