Ivy walked out as Noah let go of the arm he had held. She felt hurt that he didn't fight for them a bit more but he did give her, her space just as she had asked him to. She walked out the door and closed it behind her. Leaving was only temporary she knew that and so did Noah.

With a heavy heart, she walked to the lift and hit the down button.

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Bing

As the lift doors opened she could see her reflection on the wall as she entered. She turned and faced the door all the while ignoring her gloomy expression that showed in the lift doors.

Meanwhile, in Thomas's apartment, the three men sat around on Thomas's sofas. Aiden was having trouble with getting any details from today's incident. He couldn't trace the IP dress to the original picture files and he couldn't permanently take down the posts either, they kept popping back up.

Knock Knock

Thomas got up and walked to his door when he opened it he saw Ivy on the other side he was taken aback.

"Can I stay here please?" Ivy asked, with sadness written all over her face.

"Of course you can come in," Thomas responded quickly and opened the door wide for Ivy.

Ivy walked in and Zeus came running out to greet her. Finally, a smile was brought on to Ivys lips. She went down on her knees and cuddled Zeus and petted his wee head as he wagged his tail.

Ivy then noticed Teo and Aiden sitting on the sofas, "Hey guys."

Ivy dumped her bag and sat on the sofa beside Teo, "What are we all doing?"

Aiden scratched his neck and then started to explain about the media posts and misleading photos.

Ivy grabbed the laptop that sat in front of Aiden and pulled it in front of her. She then zipped open her small overnight bag and pulled out her own laptop. Although Aiden had a state of the art laptop, Ivy had modified her own laptop her self.

Ivy connected the two laptops and then clicked on her wolf icon in the bottom corner of her laptop. She started to input data and various codes appeared on the screen.

Thomas sat down and they all crowded around and stared at the screens unaware of what Ivy was doing.

Ivy quickly found the source of the photos she deleted them and put a virus on the sources computer. She then took out the lead that connected the two computers.

Using her own computer she took down all the photos in the media outlets. She then flooded the media with other scandals to cover the news. Seeing the pictures over and over again she decompartmentalised herself that this was just another job and not her own lover and a woman together.

A smile filled her face and she typed away, her fingers flew across the keyboard. Thomas, Teo and Aiden looked at her worriedly they knew that look, she was up to no good.

Zeus lay his head on Ivys lap as she finished up. Once Ivy had finished up she sat back and petted Zeus, she gave a wicked smile at the three men who sat around her with concerned faces.

"Thomas show me to my room, I wanna go to bed," Ivy answered.

"So your not gonna tell us what you just did?" Aiden took back his laptop and tried to make sense of the codes he saw.

"Since when can you hack?" Thomas didn't know she had so many talents.

"What the... Did you just post this?" Teo had his phone in his hand and could work out why Ivy was smiling.

"You will all find out soon enough, bedtime for me please." Ivy responded as she stood up and Zeus joined her at her side.

Thomas stood up and showed Ivy to his spare room, he waited until she got comfortable and then closed the door behind her.

Thomas returned to the living room and grabbed his jacket, "Teo stay here with Ivy, text us if she goes out. We will go see the boss." Thomas then headed for his apartment door.

Aiden fixed his jacket and lifted his laptop and walked out of the apartment with Thomas.

Ivy had settled in Thomas's spare room she took off her shoes and jumped in to the bed. Zeus joined her and lay at her feet.

It felt like old times for Ivy and yet it was strange and lonely. She missed Noah's warm arms, his cologne and the safety she felt with him. But it was only for a while, it was good for them both to have the space and she needed to cool down. She closed her eyes and willed herself to sleep.

But sleep was evading her as all her heart and body wanted to do was rush upstairs and into Noah's arms again. Resisting her urges she covered her head with the blanket and thought of what tomorrow would bring to her instead. She smiled at the gift she gave the new govenor.

Meanwhile, upstairs in his penthouse apartment Noah stood facing the city view with his whiskey in his hand. The city lights flickered in the dark night sky and lit up the night.

Noah thought of Anna, his eyes glowed with unbridled rage. Anna thought she could use him, she thought she could wreck his relationship. He would never let that happen and for her to bring trouble to his door like this she was playing with fire.

There was a knock at the door, Noah knew it would be Aiden and not Ivy so he did not turn around. He heard two sets of shoes enter and he slowly turned to his body to see his head security guard Thomas and his secretary and best friend Aiden enter.

"Report." Noah knocked back his whiskey after he spoke.

Aiden coughed and reported leaving nothing out for his boss.