surrender.

"Apologies, it's just that you're so beautiful. Your strong demeanor is headily attractive." He moved to trail his fingers down her arm, she slapped his arm away, putting more distance between them.

Just as she opened her mouth to speak, a sharp voice cut through.

"I believe Kate has already asked you to desist such vulgor, repugnant behavior." Henrique's crisp, angry voice sounded behind them.

Johnsen jumped off the desk, shifting nervously on his feet as Henrique entered the room, each step echoing ominously.

"I don't appreciate your approach regarding my wife." Henrique sneered, his eyes hardening on the Lord Berg.

"You're mistaken." Johnsen tried, waving his hands out.

Kate glanced at Johnsen with a disgruntled look. Looking at her husband's ire, she sat routed in her place, watching him size up the Lord who now quivered in fear.

"I-I was just complementing your wife on how lovely she is." Johnsen tried half heartedly, knowing that hid words were weak.

"That's my job." Henrique snipped in a hard dismissing tone.

"Not doing to well though..."

"It's best for you to leave before I lose my cool." Henrique warned. His eyes pinning the vampire with a disgusted look.

"Husband or not, I have come for work purposes, so to chase me out would be infringement." Johnsen pressed indignantly.

"Ohh? That's what you call work huh? Then this is what I call diligency." Henrique commented, rearing his arm back before socking Johnsen in the jaw.

His head snapped back, the disrespectful man's perfect face reddened, he clutched his face protectively.

"I don't think prying into someone elses marriage is work." Henrique stated with a cross frown on his face.

Just as Johnsen opened his mouth to retort, Henrique pushed him by the shoulders, slamming him into a cabinet.

Closing his grip around Lord Bergs wrist he twisted and jerked it out of its socket.

The man wailed out in pain, his limp arm swaying at an odd angle. Johnsen ambled out of her office as fast as he could.

Henrique turned his concerned gaze on Kate, who blinked up at him in surprise.

"Are you okay Katie?" He asked huffing out his breaths.

She swallowed and nodded silently, admiring the feral look in his usually playful face.

"I had a hunch. Just as well I came to check on you." He explained.

Pressing his palms to the desk behind him, he leaned against her desk, letting out a sigh of relief.

"Katie..."

"Huh... Uh yes?"

"We may not be smittenly in love and while our marriage was a political arrangement, remember I do care for you. Greatly so." His voice thick with emotion.

"Thank you for that." Kate replied, a pink tinge to her cheeks. Henrique leaned in closer and pressed his forehead to hers.

"I won't let anything happen to my wife." He vowed, closing his eyes.

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A/n: Happy New Year guys 🤗 ♥

Hope you liked this chapter, I tried to add in a bit of humour and fun. What did you think of Henrique's part, I am curious?

I have no idea why but my spacing and stuff keeps going off. I apologize for the tight spaced paragraphs.

Thanks for reading have a great week 🌸