Always Been You

“Oh yes. He is” Debbie said.

“Good” Katherine said as he began to walk to the door. “Have a nice day, Deb”

“You too Mrs Packard”

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Katherine wasn’t sure what she expected to see when she knocked and entered her husband’s office. Probably see him working on whatever had been keeping him away from home.

But definitely not to see a woman standing behind her husband and giving him a massage. She almost dropped the food she was holding.

They were obviously startled to see her too. Because the moment she came in Jensen slid the lady’s hands off his shoulders and stood up.

“Hey honey” he said. Then he moved towards her. She hadn’t left the place she was standing and from the look in her eyes, he could see that he had hurt her so much. He knew that things hadn’t been great between them lately and he didn’t want to add to their problems. But he had. And he hated himself for it.

“Hi” Katherine said finally as he stood in front of her.

“You didn’t tell me that you were coming, honey” Jensen said.

“Yeah,” Katherine replied. “I made you lunch… And I didn’t call because I wanted to surprise you. You have been working a lot lately and I thought maybe you would be hungry or something. But apparently you are not” her gaze shifted to Shay, who had come to stand in the middle of the room.

Jensen didn’t like the look they were giving each other. He cleared his throat, “Ermm, honey” he began. “This is Shay Trevor. She is one of the business investors that I told you about. Shay, this is my wife, Katherine Packard”Text © 2024 NôvelDrama.Org.

Shay moved forward and extended a hand to Katherine for a handshake. “Hi, Katherine,” she said. “It’s really nice to finally meet you. The lady who got my Jensen here to settle down… I honestly couldn’t believe it at first. I have heard so much about you….”

Katherine stared at her outstretched hand for a few seconds before she took it. “That’s funny,” she said. “I wish I could say the same, Because I haven’t heard a thing about you”

Shay gave her a smile that didn’t reach her eyes. “I’m really sorry about what you saw when you walked in earlier” she said, although she didn’t look sorry one bit. In fact she looked like she was enjoying every second of what was happening. “You see Jensen looked stressed. He had an ache and so I just decided to help him out. He has been working a lot lately, you see. But of course you know that. You are his wife after all.”

Katherine smiled. “Yes I am his wife” she replied. “But I was wondering, is that a hobby that you have?”

“Excuse me?” Shay said.

“I mean… Is going around and giving married men massages in their offices some kind of hobby that you have?” Katherine asked. “Because my husband could have come home and I would have done that for him”

“Oh it’s not a big deal, ” Shay said, and then she smiled again. “You see, Jensen here is an old friend…. We were more than friends back then actually… I suppose you know that already ” She grinned when she saw Katherine’s surprised look and then she continued. “So when I saw him looking that tired and stressed, I just knew that I had to help him out. That’s just the way I am. I try my best to help in any way that I can. Anyways I’m going let you two be. It was nice meeting you you Katherine.”

She brushed her finger against Jensen’s arm slowly.”Don’t hesitate to let me know if need anything dear” she said to him. “And I mean, anything”

Jensen grabbed her hands and ripped it off his arm, furious at her for giving Katherine the wrong idea. “That is enough, Shay,” he said. “Please leave… now”

Shay laughed. “Oh relax. I was just messing around. You know I don’t take things like this too seriously” she said.

And after one more look at Katherine, she walked out the office. Swaying her hips provocatively as she did.

Katherine didn’t know how she managed to stay calm when all she wanted to do that minute was to punch someone.

“Here” she said calmly. “Your lunch”

Jensen took the food from her outstretched hands and placed it on a nearby chair. And then he grabbed her as she turned to leave.

“I’m so sorry, Kat,” he said. “I’m so sorry for that. For everything. For what you saw. I don’t know what is going on inside your head right now but I want you to know that it didn’t mean anything. Forget about what Shay said, I….”

“What Shay said?” Katherine repeated. “I’m more interested in what I saw. Here I was worried that I was doing something wrong. Worrying that I wasn’t being supportive enough and I was worrying, thinking of a way to make our family happy again, because I and the kids miss having you at home and you are here getting massages from your ex?”