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Ace sat down on the bed beside Catherine and took her hand that has all sorts of wire fixed on it in his hand and sniffed in.

“I'm sorry, Butterfly.” He whispered. He should have cut out the bullshits and had Chelsey walked out of the restaurant, but for some time he thought that it was cute seeing Catherine stand up for herself.

He had no idea that Chelsey would go to the extent of physically harming her, he never thought of the possibility of such thing happening.

The door was gently pulled opened and a nurse walked in. She smiled at Ace and walked around to Catherine's side of the bed. "Good afternoon, Mr Hampton."she greeted him.

"Good morning, Nurse. " Ace responded calmly. It has been more than 6 hours and Catherine was yet to wake up. It scared him a lot.

The nurse checked the drip connected to Catherine's body and checked her body temperature then write it down on her chart.

."She will wake up very soon. Don't worry." The nurse told him.

He truly hope so.

After the nurse left the room, he placed his hand on her forehead and sighed heavily.

He bent towards her and gently pushed out a strand of her long golden hair from her face. "She is already in the police custody, Butterfly. I won't let her go easily for touching you." He whispered gently.

Ace's phone started ringing and he glanced on it on the bed. He grabbed the phone and stood up from the bed, he took a few steps away from the bed before answering the phone call.

"Yes, Mother." He groaned.

"I want an explanation why you allowed this to happen and most importantly why there are footages online. I had to get it all removed in the past 1 hours, what is going on, Ace ? Why did you let Chelsey Black get close to you not to talk of hitting your wife in the head." Veronica Hampton asked calmly but she was anything but calm.

Ace brushed back his hair and sighed softly, his eyes cut towards Catherine who was still laying still on the bed and he squeezed his eyes shut, berating himself.

"She was defending herself. I didn't know that Chelsey will take things this far." He said and walked back to the bed when he noticed a slight change in Catherine's posture.

"Butterfly?" He called and she slightly opened her eyes. He smiled brightly at her and sat down beside the bed.

"She just woke up, Mother. I'll talk to you later."

"Put her on the phone this minute." Veronica Hampton said, Ace balled his hand into a fist and chuckled bitterly.

"You know what, Mom? No can do. She is my wife and will only listen to me, not you. If you want to talk to her you don't have to make it sound like a command."He snarled. "She'll talk to you when she is better, as for now, I can't give her the phone."

Ace dropped the phone and grinned widely at his wife.

"How are you feeling?" He inquired consciously.

She smiled a little and opened her mouth to talk but suddenly stopped. Then she tried again. "Water. I need water." She mumbled.

Ace walked towards the fridge inside the VIP room and brought out a bottle of water. He stared at the water and then at her. "I'm not sure if it is advisable for you to drink water immediately after waking up, Butterfly. I'll call a nurse to check up on you." He said and pressed the blue button that was against the wall.

A few minutes later the same nurse that checked up on her before walked in.

"I told you that she will wake up, Mr Hampton." She said and chuckled. "How are you feeling, Mrs?"

"My throat is dry and my head hurts." She responded and squeezed her eyes painfully. "I am thirsty."

"Come on now, give her some water to drink." The nurse said to Ace. Ace took the water to Catherine, he opened the lid of the bottle and placed the rim on her lips, urging her to drink up.

After drinking the water Catherine rested her back against the headboard and closed her eyes.

She felt stupid.

"Are you okay, Butterfly?" Asked, Ace. He put his fingers on her chin and raised it so that he could see her eyes.

"The video must be everywhere, I feel embarrassed." She muttered.

"Mother had it removed already. It is not on the internet anymore." He told her. "And you did well last night. You stood up for yourself, I'm fucking proud of you, Butterfly."

Catherine smiled and closed her eyes.

"So when can she get discharge?" Ace asked the nurse who was removing the drip.

"I'll have to inform the doctor in charge of her about it. Mrs Hampton called late last night and Doctor Chase will be seeing to the discharge." The nurse stated.

After the nurse left the room Ace took Catherine's hand in his and gently caressed it.

"What about you, are you okay?" She asked softly and he nodded his head.

"Yes, I'm okay."

*****

"Be careful." Ace said to her as she walked inside the apartment. Her head was wrapped with bandage and they'll have to visit the hospital everyday to have it changed. Catherine threw herself on the plush sofa and groaned. It has only been a few hours but she was already sick of hospital smells. It brought back awful memories of when she was in the coma.

"Scrambled eggs and bacon, please!" She shouted to Ace's hearing.

"Okay, Ma'am."He responded sweetly.

Ace prepared scrambled eggs and bacon for breakfast for him and Catherine after which they got ready for the first day of the semester.

Ace was holding Catherine's hand in his while two bodyguards were following them at the back. During their lecture the students couldn't stop whispering. Of course non of them were bold enough to say whatever it was out loud.

Catherine's phone rings and she checked the caller, a smile slowly make its way to her face. "Mr Steele. Are you back or couldn't let go of your girl?" She asked playfully.

"Don't be an ass, Catherine. I'm seeing you with Ace. Come over to the mango tree." He said to her and hung up.

Catherine glanced around her and finally saw him waving at her. "Babe, let's go there. Anitra is waiting for us"

She dragged Ace to the mango tree and kissed Anitra's cheek when she sees him.

"It's so nice to see you, Anitra."

"You too." He muttered and punched her arm playfully but Ace didn't find anything they did funny.

He was so pissed off that his lips thinned and his eyes darkened. He glared at Anitra and the boys sitting around the table.

"Did you just touched my wife?" He asked Anitra. "And did you just kissed him?"

Catherine rolled her eyes and placed her hand on his lap, close to his manhood. "Don't be silly, Babe. It was a peck. You own all my kisses." She said to him and everyone groaned.

Ace pulled her closer to him and slowly kissed her lips.

"You are mine." He whispered.

"Anytime. Any day." She concurred and slowly kissed the bridge if her nose. "All yours, Baby."

"Chelsey Black is crazy to attack you, Catherine. I saw the video online and it was such a nasty act. I hope aunt Veronica teach her a lesson." Anitra said. If only he knew how distraught she was over what happened. The girl literally want to kill her.

She could kill her if she was all alone.

"Veronica Hampton is already teaching her a lesson I see." One if the guys said as he turned his phone towards everyone of them.

"Oh yeah, she's not playing with her family."