Scott smiled again, but he had to keep pushing the thoughts to the back of his mind about how adversely this could affect both of their lives. On one hand, he was a famous producer, musician and record boss, as well as now being a TV star. It could be the end of his career. That didn't worry him too much though, he had made his money already, and if the worst came to the worst, it wasn't like the metal fraternity would turn its back on him for something like this. Arianna on the other hand...she was just getting started. This could take away any chance she had of being as big a star as she deserved to be. As quickly as it arrived though, the thought was gone, as Arianna distracted him by climbing into his lap. He kissed her collarbone and planted another in the centre of her chest.

Scott nodded and grinned again. "Oh I definitely did. Those are gorgeous...just like you. So amazing and perfect." He kissed her again. Scott knew that she felt good about herself. She had never tried to hide it from him. Her confidence was one of the reasons he had first slept with her, and why it had continued for such a time since. It just amazed and hypnotised him every time. She had him in the palm of her hand, and he wondered often if she knew that. And he felt good about his own self too. And why wouldn't he? 429 women don't come to some ugly guy after all.

Scott looked up at her as she gave him a look of longing and desire. As she leaned in again he raised his arms up, caressing her smooth back and smiling. When she bit his lip, he chuckled a little, opening his eyes and staring lustfully into hers after her naughty act. When she leaned back in, he closed them again and kissed her, holding her close. "Arianna.." he started.

Scott smiled widely as Arianna relaxed into his lap and into his arms. He felt good that she felt good enough in his company to just completely relax and feel at home, and he hugged her for a few seconds, planting another soft kiss on her shoulder. As she kissed him again, he felt like nothing else mattered. It was obvious to anyone that these two were really taken with each other at that moment, and Scott liked the thought. "This is nice," he whispered. At that moment, he thought he heard a noise, but banished it from his mind, assuming it was just his secretary, even if it did sound like his door moved ever so slightly.

Just then, as if she had been electrocuted, Arianna leapt from Scott's lap in some sort of fear-led fit. He looked at her with an odd look in his eye as he saw her scramble for her clothes. It wasn't until he saw her cover her chest with her blouse that he lifted his eyes. And then he saw her. Standing there, right in front of him in the doorway, was Gia, his wife of five months, pregnant with their second child. At that very point, he would have expected to have panicked or tried to throw his clothing on and hide himself. But this was useless. He knew Gia had seen everything. This was far beyond excuses and telling her that she had gotten the wrong end of the stick.

All of the guilt came flowing back into him at that point. As Arianna scurried behind him, fearful almost, he looked at Gia, saw the pain and the hurt in her face, and it hit him life a knife plunging through his rib cage and into his heart. For a few seconds, he stared at Gia, his eyes pleading with her as if to tell her that he was sorry. Hoe could he have done this to her? He didn't know. At this exact point, the affair sounded like the worst idea he had ever had in his life. The pain he had now caused to the love of his life was unfathomable.

Scott didn't know what to say. He lifted his shirt, a tear flowing down his face, as he slipped it back over his shoulders. He half buttoned it back up, as he stood there, now too ashamed to even look at Gia. He put his hands on the desk and sat back on it a little, staring at the floor, afraid of what was about to come.

Scott remained stock still, as he looked over at Gia, waiting for what she was going to say. At that moment, she just looked shocked and deeply hurt, but he knew that there must be far more still to come from her. There was no way that she would just let this go, there was no way that a girl like Gia would just cry or run away, no, he knew full well that the storm was definitely still to come. And what was even worse was that he was more than aware that he fully deserved it. As he stood there in the moments immediately following his wife's bursting into the room, his thoughts turned to his guilt. He looked down at Gia's now swollen stomach, and his thoughts turned to his unborn child, his wife, Sophie, everything. He was almost struck by a wall of grief, was this really going to be the end of the family he had longed for for so long?

And beneath the sadness came the waves of disgust he felt towards himself at that very moment. He couldn't believe that he had done this, and it was like he was now suddenly seeing the light, like all of a sudden he was aware that he had been doing wrong for the past months. At the time, it had felt so right that he had managed to push the guilt and the conscience to the back of his mind, at least for long enough to sleep with Arianna. But now, now it all just felt so very wrong.

Scott looked up again as he sensed that Gia was stepping closer to him. He heard the sigh escape her lips, the first noise she had made since entering the room, and it almost broke his heart, as if Gia speaking suddenly made the reality of her being there set in. When she spoke, he had to bite his bottom lip to stop himself from bursting into tears, and as she questioned him over the reasons he had been staying at work, he actually toyed with the idea of lying to her. He didn't want to, but the survival part of his brain told him that to lie was the only way out of this situation, and that there was always the chance she would believe him. But the realist, the rational side of his brain, took over, telling him that if nothing else, Gia deserved the truth now. If that was all that he could give her, then she deserved to know the truth. He opened his mouth to speak, and felt his voice tremble. He knew this was going to be a struggle to even speak to her now. "Gi....I'-I'm sorry." It was all that he could say at first, and he wanted it to be enough , but not even the ridiculous portion of his brain that had told him to lie would have thought that feasible. He then stood up straight and tried to gather his thoughts. "It was never supposed to happen," he said slowly. "I know, it's not even an excuse, nothing excuses this, but it's the truth." He looked at her again, and immediately picked up the disdain that Gia had for him in her eyes. At the same time, he saw hurt, and he saw tears gather in her eyes. This is what he had done to her, he had hurt the woman who had given him everything he had ever dreamed of.

As he saw Gia's eyes flicker to where Arianna now stood behind him, he suddenly realised that the redhead had yet to leave the room. In all of the confusion and drama, he had almost forgotten that she was still there. He saw Gia glare at her, and he wanted to speak. None of this was Arianna's fault. She wasn't the one who was cheating on someone. Sure, she had known that Scott was married, or at least he assumed that she had. It had been almost an unwritten rule that neither of them mention his marriage, he assumed so that guilt wasn't a constant factor between them. He wanted to tell Gia to leave her alone, but how awful would that sound? That would surely be the end of his marriage if he did.

When she walked towards him, Scott braced himself for the hit he was sure was about to be delivered by his wife, but it never came. Instead, she just shoved him to the side, as if he no longer meant anything, and made a beeline for Arianna. As her open palm came down hard on Arianna's face, Scott felt terrible. He grabbed Gia by the upper arms gently but firmly and turned her towards him. "If you have to hit anyone, hit me." He looked at her, tears rolling down his face. "It's not her fault. Hit me Gia."

At that point, Scott knew how Gia hated him. After all they had been through, he had done the worst thing imaginable to her. And he could see every tiny bit of pain in her eyes.

Arianna stayed behind Scott, as if she was looking for protection from Gia, she knew what was about to come. Her eyes stayed locked on the floor, feeling disgusted with herself. Of course people were going to find out about this sooner or later, but Arianna chose not to believe that. It was only a matter of time until the press found out about all of this, and that's what Arianna feared most. She had never wanted to become a hated figure in the media, and it looked like her worst nightmare was soon going to come true. How would Jared respond to this? He had been so focused on their music lately, this would have been one giant kick in the teeth for him, she knew he'd feel completely betrayed by her. So many things flooded through her mind, what would her parents say? What would happen to her career now? Her dream was to make music and tour the world, and now it looked like things were over for her before they ever really truly began. She burst into tears, her hands on her head.

She saw Gia come towards her, pushing Scott aside, she froze, not knowing what to do. It was a little too late by then, as her fist met her face, Arianna fell back against the wall and held her swollen, sore cheek. The tears continued to fall, she deserved that and a lot more. Gia's words made her realise how terrible this situation was, she never truly realised how much pain she would cause, but it all seemed so clear to her now. With Gia pregnant at the same time too, she felt nothing but cheap and dirty, as well as completely selfish. She could have just gone for any single guy, but she had to go for something she couldn't have, and she was definitely paying the price for it now.

Arianna opened her mouth to speak, she couldn't, she knew nothing she could ever say would make this better, mixed with the pain in her face, it stopped her from getting any words out. Instead, she kept quiet and wiped the tears away from her face. She had a sick feeling in her stomach, knowing that this wouldn't even be the worst part of it all, she was in for a rough time these next few months. All of the names she was going to get called, all of the abuse that was going to get thrown at her, she had to mentally prepare herself for everything.

She could see Gia was far from finished with her, wanting to lash out at her and practically kill her. Once again, she wouldn't blame her, she wanted to even kill herself right now. Arianna knew it was best to get out of here before things got even worse, she quickly scurried around the side of the desk and headed for the door, running out of the room.

"Stop! Just stop lying to me, I'm sick of it! You've been lying to me since we got together! You lied to me when you said your meaningless vows, when you promised you'd never hurt me anymore-" She covered her face and let out a small, frustrated groan. "I can't believe this is happening to me again and I can't believe everyone was right about you. They said you would cheat, they said you didn't change but I didn't wanna believe them. I wanted it to all be a lie!" She looked down, her lip quivering a little. She didn't feel so big anymore, in fact she felt small. She felt like she was just nothing to him anymore and that now she would be alone with 2 kids, something she dreaded happening in the past. She felt like everything was falling apart and now her life was just ruined.

Gia wiped her eyes and sighed. Now that Arianna was gone, it was just her and Scott left in the office together. She could still smell her perfume she was wearing and when she glanced over at Scott, she could see the clearly visible lipstick marks on his chest and neck. It was like everything in the room made her hurt. She felt sick, really sick to her stomach and she didn't wanna be here anymore, it was all too much. Her head was starting to hurt and she didn't wanna be around people anymore. She could feel her old self slowly coming back, the Gia from her teen years. Whenever she was overwhelmed and upset, she had headaches and she sometimes got really quiet and had to move around a lot. She folded her arms and stared at Scott. "I'm not doing this here, I'm going home. You know where you're family lives? You're 6 month old daughter?" She turned and walked out of the room, deciding to take the stairs this time.

Gia had arrived to the house before him. She was glad because she needed a minute alone to collect her thoughts and calm herself. She got out of her truck and walked inside where she had left Sophie with Layla to watch after her. She walked upstairs to the nursery and saw Layla rocking Sophie back and forth, the sight alone made her smile a little. She looked up and saw Gia standing there and Gia gave her a little nod as to give her approval. "I think you should take Sophie to your house for a while. I'll pick her up when I'm finished here." Layla nodded and grabbed her baby bag and walked downstairs to her car and drove to her house with Sophie. Gia shook her head. How could anyone do something like that when they had a daughter as precious as Sophie?

She went into the bedroom and sat on the bed. Her feet had been hurting a little and she was also tired. She let out a loud sigh and held her head in her hands for a minute then sat up. Was it really about to end for them today? She had fought so hard to make this marriage work for 5 months and now it was just falling apart after a second confrontation. She just laid back on the bed and stared at the ceiling. "Let the battle begin.."

Gia heard his voice and she sat up. Her eyes looked tired and she had the expression of a lost little girl who had lost her puppy or something. She looked at him, trying to avoid his gaze now because it would only upset her more. She didn't know where to even start. She knew where this was gonna head to, an argument, and she really just wanted to have this all over with. Everything had finally seemed to be going great for them until today. She was also faced with another dilemma, she still had to tell him about Julian but to her it wasn't as important as getting to the bottom of this. She felt so betrayed and was starting to believe what others had said about her. The statements about her not being as pretty as she thought or as wonderful as some told her. It must have been true after, her husband was with someone else, someone whom she now thought was prettier than her. Maybe getting married and being settled down bored him. She was becoming a housewife now, she wasn't as spontaneous as when they first met, so maybe he was bored of her. She didn't have a clue where to start or what to say so the words just rolled off her tongue. "How long?" She said this is a quiet voice still not looking at him. He could tell her he was sorry all day long but it did nothing for her. He's said sorry too many times and she believed him before and now look where they were.

Gia listened to him and the words hit her like bricks. She had been out of the loop for 2 months, 2 whole months. She winced a little as he said it and then she opened her mouth to say something but she stopped herself. She just shook her head and stood up, walking over to him. She pushed him and there was a look of anger in her eyes now. It was crazy how quickly her mood changed. She was upset now. "2 months? You've been lying to me for 2 months? You are such a bastard I swear to god." She managed to punch him in his chest while another tear fell down her eye. "Why would you do this Scott? Don't say it was a dumb mistake and don't stand here and tell me it meant nothing because it obviously did or it wouldn't have been going on this long! You've been screwing her and that's-" She looked up at him. "That's why you haven't touched me at all isn't it? That's why you never acted the same to me, you changed because you were with her and you-you just didn't want me to find out at all did you?"

She whimpered a little punching him again. "2 months Scott! 2 months, and I even ASKED you about her before and you said she meant nothing to you but clearly that wasn't the case. You never had any meetings with clients at all did you? You were just sneaking off with her!" She grabbed his hand and put it on her stomach. "SHE should be one of two concerns! Sophie and Bailey don't deserve this at all! Did you think about that? While you were busy with her I've been here taking care of your family! I've been thinking that I wasn't doing enough to make you happy and all along you were happy. You were happy with her." She pushed his hand away. "I hope she was worth it and I hope you two are really happy together." She stepped back. "I'm starting to not regret the kiss that Julian gave me now.." She didn't mean for it to slip out but it did. She looked at Scott to see what his reaction would be now but it didn't matter to her, he was still at a way worse fault.

Gia was almost at a loss for words. "Stop, you're just lying to me again. You're right you are an idiot and you are wrong it wasn't just sex, it was more I can tell. The way you keep defending her, it's just sick. She's ruining our marriage and you wanna save her? Yes, she wasn't the only person who hurt me but she saw an opportunity and she used it to her advantage. I can't even look at you right now!" She turned her back from him and then heard him ask her to repeat what she had just said. What had she just said again? Oh right, she had just mentioned the whole Julian thing that happened in the office. She turned back around and slowly looked at him. "Julian kissed me but I pushed him away. Unlike you I controlled myself because I'm not attracted to him at all."

She knew that he probably didn't even hear what she had said, but it didn't matter. He could not turn this around on her and if he did Gia would be even more pissed off. "That's why I was coming to you, I was going to talk to you about it but you were busy.." She pushed a piece of her hair back behind her ear.

"You keep telling yourself that if it'll make you sleep at night Scott. Well you obviously haven't had much of a guilty conscious with this whole thing, no not until I caught you then you were sorry....disgusting." Gia shook her head. "Jesus Christ why aren't you understanding me? I didn't kiss him at all, the man kissed me! I pushed him away and came to you." She went over and sat on the edge of the bed. "This isn't about me though, this is about you and you're affair so don't try to turn this on me."