"Hi there Adeline" she says

I gasp quietly and look between my Husband and Amanda, please tell me this is some horrible nightmare. Theo looks at Amanda with a tilted head "how do you know her?" he asks turning his eyes to me

"We have a mutual friend" she says looking me up and down with disgust

"Who?" Theo asks promptly and annoyed, Amanda doesn't answer she simply pulls his head towards her and kisses his lips tenderly

I look away trying to contain my anger, first she takes Vincent away now she's one of my husbands sluts.

"Vincent King" she says smirking at him but looking at me once she finally pulls away from his lips

Theo's eyes turn to me and they grow dark with anger, slowly I see him put things together. I can practically see him thinking back on everything and finally he says "is that so?" He asks, vermin in his voice

"Oh you didn't know?" Amanda plays dumb and my body freezes

My heart thuds in my chest as she looks evilly down at me, my eyes beg her to stay quiet knowing that if she says anything everything will be ruined.

"Yeah her and Vincent are very good friends" she says

I slowly start to climb the stairs as Theo looks down at me, my heart pounding so hard against my ribs I swear they'll break "Amanda" I beg

"Yeah but don't worry Theo, he dumped her ass" she sneers

I gasp quietly holding on for dear life to the railing "what are you doing here?" I ask ignoring the daggers Theo is shooting at me

"Well me and Theo met at an event" she says caressing his hair and cheek with a wide smile "and I thought after I had finished up with Vincent I'd have some more fun" she says and kisses him again

My heart stops. Finished up with Vincent? What does that mean? Does it mean what I think it means? But what about what Annie said? Was all of that a lie too? My whole body feels as it did when I left him, heartbreak coursing through my chest. Tears form in my eyes and when there lips detach she looks down at me with approval at what her words did.

"You fucking bitch!" I scream "all you are is a dirty whore! That's the only reason why he wants you" I say referring to Theo

Why does this woman hate me so much? What did I do to her that makes her want to ruin every part of my life?

"Adeline go up stairs, we'll talk about your sluting around later" Theo sneers

I bow back "my sluting around? Are you kidding me?" Even through my heart is pounding in fear I can't hold back anymore "you sleep with a different woman every other night! Look at you right now! I'm sorry I found someone who I thought actually cared about me but don't worry honey all men are like you!" I scream "womanising lying dicks who's stone hearts could dry up a river!"

Both of them stare at me in shock at my outburst but I take a deep breath and try to keep my composure. But my mind goes back to when Amanda and Vincent were standing in that hallway and I can't help but say more.

"You know what" I sigh climbing the stairs "you two are perfect for each other and I'd be glad to leave you two alone to do whatever you plan on doing but first Theo" I say turning to him "I'd just like to tell you that I what a divorce"

The words leave my mouth just as I'm two step down from them, my whole body relaxes at my confession, one that I've been trying to get the guts to say forever. I feel the release of my words bring me a small amount of peace, maybe he'll finally let me go. When I look back up at him though his blue eyes blaze with pure and utter furry. He steps down, one step closer to me and looks down at me, leaning towards my face "if you think you're going to leave me because you fell in love with Vincent then you can turn your pretty ass around and check yourself at the door because there's no way in hell you're ever leaving me" he growls

I take a step away from him "why Theo? You don't want me, and I don't want you, I'm tired of being the bidding tool for my parents, do business with my Father without me involved" I snap finally feeling for the first time a little bit of freedom ever since I signed that dreaded marriage document. I turn to walk away but he grabs my arm and brings me towards him, he bends down at my ear

"That's the thing darling, you're my bidding tool too" he whispers

I pull my arm out of his grasp and then go to walk away again but I have no such luck "don't you fucking walk away from me!" he demands

I turn back but before I can say anything I feel a hard hand collide with my cheeks. My hand on the railing slips off from shock and the force of his hand. I feel my feet come off the step and my body start to fall backwards. Everything moves in slow motion as I fly through the air, Theo's face is void of any emotion but Amanda stare at me with wide eyes, full of horror.

I collide with the hard steps and roll down the rest of the way, feeling like I'm tumbling down a never ending rocky mountain that jabs and stabs my body forcefully. By the time I reach the end of the stairs my whole body is still, the pain not yet reaching my brain but my ears ring and my eyes fuzzy with black dots popping around.

I gasp for the air that was forced from my lungs and I try to move my hand that now throbs with pain. Tears fall down my cheeks, both from the stinging of my body and also the tightness in my lungs, from lack of oxygen.

Eventually, as I lay there, my lungs try to fill and the rest of my pain registers. I groan laying still on the ground, my head pounding and ribs throbbing. My insides feel like they are being closed and pulled together, my lungs feel empty and I'm gasping for breath. I hear, what seems to be heels, rushing over to me, the floor vibrates with each step. I suspect it to be Sofia but when I open, and attempt, to focus my eyes I see Amanda's red dress kneeling next to me. I try to lift myself away from her but my wrist burns when I put pressure on it.

She hovers her hands over me and looks like she's about to freak out. I lay still feeling sleep fall over me, I'd gladly except it to get away from this pain.

"Call 911!" I hear her call out but her voice echoes through my ringing ears

"She's fine" I softly hear Theo says

"No she's not, look!" I feel her hand touch my head and the connection stings

I try to reach back with my good hand and I feel a thick warm liquid coat my fingers, when I look at them I see blood.

"Shit" I hear him curse "I'll put her in the car" he says walking down the stairs to us

I hear Amanda start to sob and apologise to me "shut up and go to the car, you're driving, I'll follow behind you, and-" he stops and as my eyes flicker open I see him grab her wrist "if you say anything about what just happened-" he cuts himself off, growling his words "you won't like what happens"

"Ok...ok" she says pulling her hand away

"This was an accident and she fell down the stairs, understand?" He asks and she nods

I feel Theo kneel beside me and put his arms under my legs and ribs. I whimper when he holds around my back but he try's to hold me lighter. I lay in his arms afraid if I move he'd drop me or I'll pass out.

Laying limp in his arms I feel him walk out into the garage, where he lays me in the back of a car. I see Amanda in the drivers seat staring back at me with pure horror in her teary hazel eyes.

"This is the story, you two were coming home after a movie, she fell down the stairs and I wasn't home" he says "I'll meet you there" he shuts the door and the vibration shakes my brain

"Just hold on Adeline" she says her voice shaking, she talks to herself begging herself to calm down

I close my eyes not having the energy to keep them open anymore, the last word I hear is "Vincent" being sobbed out from her lips

Vincent's POV
I hardly spend the time to cut off my car before I jump out and run through the parking lot. I run up to the automatic doors to the emergency room entrance but it feels like a lifetime before they open. I bolt through them and almost run into three nurses, even a patient, on my way to the counter.

"Where is Adeline Taylor?" I demand

The red headed nurse with thick rimmed glasses looks up from her computer and looks me over "calm down sir, can you tell me how long it's been since she was admitted?"

"What? No I don't know, just tell me where she is" I demand

"Sir calm down, let me look her up" she says typing down at her computer "ok an Adeline Taylor was admitted thirty minutes ago to the emergency section, they took her into surgery about fifteen minutes ago, there's nothing else in the report so far but you can wait in the waiting room, it's a floor above this one" she says and without another word I make my way through the people over to the elevators

I ride the elevator up one floor wishing it would move faster. Finally the doors open and I jump out looking through the white hallway, my heart pounding. Down the hallway to the right I see a clear glass room with chairs lined all around, I see a familiar person move his head to the side and I see his disgusting face. My body fumes and I shake in anger as I make my way down the hallway to him. My eyes solely focus on the bastard at the end of this hall. Images of me pounding in his face cover my brain.

I pass multiple doors on the way to him but before I reach the waiting room, where he is, I hear a familiar voice. Turning my head to look in the room I see the curtain drawn, hiding the person in the bed behind it. I hear a girl sniffling and I stop when I hear her speak.

"I'm so sorry Adeline" I hear Amanda say and instantly I slip into the room wanting nothing more than to grab Adeline and hold her but I stop hearing Amanda speak more "I didn't mean what I said about Vincent, he didn't do anything with me" she laughs lightly "he hates me actually" she sighs "he loves you...not me"

What did she say to her? What even happened? I can't hold back anymore, I'm torn between going and killing Theo or figuring out the well being of the woman I love, for now I have to see Adeline.

I pull the curtain back and look down in the bed and there the angel lies. Sleeping peacefully with wires connected to her small body and gauze wrapped around her head and hand. Adeline. Oh my god. My knees feel weak as I stare at the woman I've missed every second we've been apart. Her eyes are closed, shutting me away from her beautiful blue orbs. Her blonde locks of hair is pulled to one side, her cheeks are pale white along with the rests of her face. Her body is tucked under the blankets, hiding the other damage done to the angel. My body craves to touch hers and my brain urges me to lay next to her until she wakes up and feels better, to hold her and never let go.

I'm stunned looking at her, what could have happened that made her like this "Vincent!" Amanda says jumping up from the chair and running to the other side of the bed to me "I'm so sorry" she cries against my chest

I pull her to me and hold her as I stare down at Adeline laying helplessly in the bed, my vision blurred by tears "what happened" I ask quietly, when I speak I hear a monitor beep quicker, I inspect each machines, frantically trying to find out what's wrong. I look over at her heart monitor to see the beats moving rapidly "what's wrong with her? Is she ok?" I ask going to her bed side and touching her arm, her heart beat still increasing

After a moment it seems to go back to normal, Amanda had to hold me back from going and grabbing ten different nurses to fix it. But it went back to the steady beats.

She pulls back from hugging me again and wipes her makeup stained eyes, looking up at me "I didn't know this would happen...I was just jealous that you pushed me out and I just thought-" she rambled to quickly for me to understand

"Slow down, tell me what happened" I say, surprised at seeing her act so different than her usual self, caring and crying is so unlike her

"I went to that event...after you kicked me out and when I saw Theo Taylor's name on the list I don't know what came over me but...I started talking to him and he asked if I wanted to go home with him...I said yes" she sighs "I was just so jealous of her" she looks down at Adeline and my eyes follow "I thought she was ruining you so if I ruined her..." She starts to cry again and holds on to me "I'm so sorry it was stupid I didn't know he'd push her down the stairs" she cries into my chest, but at her words I push her off lightly and hold her in front of me

"Down the stairs?!" I ask "are you fucking kidding me" I growl and begin to walk out wanting nothing more than to crush Theo

"No Vincent stop!" Amanda says pulling me back, I could easily push through her but I take a deep breath and tell her to finish

"Ok, ok" she says taking a deep breath "Adeline came in when Theo and I were walking up the stairs, I...was taunting her and telling her that..." She looks away in shame "we hooked up?"

I groan and run my hand trough my hair "Amanda" I scold angrily

"I know, I know I'm sorry" she says

Fuck, now she thinks I slept with Amanda again, she's never going to believe a word I say.

"Anyways, she got angry at me and Theo and started ranting...I might have mentioned that you and Adeline were close friends" she winces knowing how angry this will make me

"Fuck! Amanda! What were you thinking?!" How could she do this, now Theo knows

"But I told him y'all broke it off" she try's to calm me down

"It doesn't matter! He knows now! He hurt her because he knew about me, Amanda that guy-" I say pointing out of the room "is fucking insane if you couldn't tell, I can't protect her, not now, she'll hate me, she already hates me" I sigh angrily walking over to the wall and banging my head against it wanting to smash it...or better yet Theo's head "if only she knew I was protecting her by not being with her for the past two months" I say looking at her "damn I wish you told me what my Father was planning before you made me break her heart" I groan running a hand down my face in frustration

She apologises quietly and then goes on  with the story "She told him she wanted to leave him, she said she was tired of being his bidding tool...and that she wanted a divorce" she says

My heart stops, she really was going to leave him...all of this could have been different if that dreadful night over two months ago never happened "she said that?" I ask calmer this time

She nods "he told her she couldn't leave  him...never" she says and I sigh becoming angry again "she tried to walk away from him but he grabbed her and pushed her...then she fell" she says, more tears forming in her glossy red eyes

"Fuck" I curse looking down at the her, even now she looks absolutely beautiful...not seeing her for two months really messed me up, more than I'd like to admit "what about the Doctors? What did they say? Will she be ok" I persist feeling my heart race

"They rushed her into multiple tests, she was just rolled in here when you came in, the doctor hasn't come back yet but she has a gash on her head, it took seven stitches to close" she says "they shaved a small patch of hair to see" she points at the gauze wrapped around her head "the doctor said he will be back with the results soon"

I walk over to Adeline and fall on my knees taking her unwrapped hand in mine. I kiss the soft skin and again her heart monitor jumps. But before I can say anything the door opens. I shoot up expecting to see the doctor but when I see Theo walk in my instant reaction is to go over and kill him. I stand from her and take two large steps over to him. When he sees me his eyes widen and flip between me, Amanda, and Adeline.

I grab onto his jacket and pull him to me, ready to show him a new kind of pain "I swear to god if you-" I growl but Amanda pulls me off and a man in a white lab coat walks in, I step away from Theo. Thankfully the man is too busy looking over a chart to notice the almost murder that I'm still full and ready to commit.

He looks at all three of us with small eyes, framed with thin wired glasses, his head balding and body thin. He looks between me and Theo but doesn't seem to notice the obvious tension "good evening" he says

"What's wrong with her? What did the test say? Will she be ok?" I ask stepping over to him and away from Theo

"Are you the husband?" The doctor asks and my hands tighten into fists at his question

"No that would be me" Theo steps up and my nails dig into my palm, Amanda holds me back

"Well Mr.Taylor, your wife-" my jaw clenches "has a sprained wrist, three bruised ribs but surprisingly no broken bones, she does have a mild concision and the laceration on her head took seven stitches, as you know" he explains I turn from him and take deep breaths, knowing I can't beat up Theo with a doctor around...he might try to help him "we can get a brace fitted to her wrist tomorrow and for her ribs there's not much we can do, she'll have to be very careful for a couple weeks and keep them wrapped" he says "thankfully it's safe for her to sleep, the swelling of her brain has gone down enough"

"When will she be released?" I hear Theo ask

I roll my eyes and try to stay calm "as soon as tomorrow, we'd like to see the swelling go down a little more before we let her go" he writes something down on the chart and nods back at us, he walks around us and checks some of Adeline's machines and turns off a few, unhooking her from most of the wires

Before he walks out he says "and by the way visiting hours will end in thirty minutes, only one person is allowed to stay the night but the others can sleep in the waiting room if you wish" he says and we all nod

He leaves us in a silence and I turn to Theo "how fucking dare you" I spit as he turns to me "I swear if you ever touch her-"

"Don't" he says "I can't deal with anymore drama tonight" he rolls his eyes waving his hand

I grab his wrist "either step up or step down...if the latter she's mine" I bite back

"The only thing-" he snatches is wrist from my grasp "I'll be stepping up at is making sure she never sees you again...and trust me she won't after I inform her of some things" he chuckles

"Leave her alone you son of a bitch, I'm not letting her-"

"Letting her what? Go home with me? You have nothing over me" he says his face hardening "and to think I wanted you involved" he says and walks out but before he walks out completely he says "oh and by the way enjoy your last night with her, you'll never see her again" he sneers

I step over to him and grab him, Amanda once again grabbing and holding me back "let her go, I'll give you anything, you want money? I'll write a blank check" I tell him holding his shirt with a twisted hand

He chuckles "I don't want your money, hell I don't need it, I need her" he rips himself from my grasp but I don't let him go unscathed, I grab him and punch him square in the jaw, his face whips around and he turns back, looking at me wide eyed. His hand reaching up to his jaw and as he does so I punch him again, hitting and busting his lip. I go to punch him again but Amanda stands in the way, blocking my hand and forces me to pull back. He looks between us with creased eyebrows "and you can keep her" he sneers looking at Amanda who backs into me, trying to get away from him "I don't need your sloppy seconds, even though you stole mine" he says looking at Adeline and dabbing his now bloody