I slap Liam across the face as hard as I can muster. I scream at him. I shove him backward with all the fury of the little fiery dragon that Seth had always said I was. He stands there and takes it, all of my anger, without a single word.

Once I've exhausted myself I finally look up at him and ask, "why, why would you do that? We said we were going to try and make it work between us, Liam. I told you I would end things with him. I told you-"

"You continuously lied to me. You were with him, Raegan. For fuck's sake you had sex with him! You slept with him, Raegan. You were rolling around the sheets with him like you weren't married and your son and husband weren't a few blocks down the street!"

"Oh that's fucking real rich coming from you, Liam!" He looks taken aback by that comment. "Oh what? Did you really think I'm that fucking oblivious? Did you think you could hire a woman who looks just like me a decade ago and I wouldn't have my suspicions?"

"Raegan, I honestly have no idea what you're talking about." But I can see the fear in his eyes thinking that I really do know.

"Don't lie to me, Liam. Don't fucking tell me you don't know what I'm talking about." I shake my head up at him. "All those late nights at work? All those 'business trips'? Business trips where I checked in and guess what? You weren't where you fucking said you were."

"How the hell do you know that?"

"I checked your credit card statements." His face blanches. "Yeah, real slick, Liam. You took her to where we go on our anniversaries? Seriously?"

"I- I-"

"Wanted to fuck someone other than me, yeah, I got that." I deadpanned.

"No, I wanted to feel that spark! I wanted to be with someone who wants to be with me!" He runs his hand through his hair and glares at me with his grey stare. "Sasha enjoys being with me, sleeping with me. Over the past year we've barely even-"

"A year? You've been sleeping with her for a year?" I shake my head at him unbelievably and then feel utterly disgusted. "You mean you've been having unprotected sex with me while sleeping with another woman?"

"Raegan." He steps towards me but I automatically step back. "Baby, I'm sorry."

"So it's fine for you to fuck someone else because I'm not giving it up enough? I'm here taking care of our son while you're just out getting your fucking dick wet?" I feel tears come to my eyes. "How dare you have Seth attacked like that when you're worse than me, Liam."

"It's completely different with you and Seth, Rae. You know that." I just glare at him wanting nothing more than to attack him again. "Listen, I just wanted him to back off. I didn't think they'd nearly kill him." My features automatically fall at that. He hadn't said that before.

"What did you just say?" His face pales and I know he'd let that last part accidentally slip out. "He almost died?"

"He's in the hospital." He admitted. "But he's fine, Rae. He's just banged up."

I immediately turn and run into the bedroom, away from my coward of a husband. I take out my suitcase from the closet and start packing my things immediately. I shove everything in as fast as I can, trying to see through the tears flowing down my face.

This is all of my fault. If I would've just left him alone, just been a good wife, this wouldn't have happened. Seth would be okay, he wouldn't be in the hospital. Sean had come and confront Liam. He told him what had happened but Liam had carefully left out the part where Seth was in the hospital when telling me. He'd just said that he'd gotten hurt not seriously fucking injured.

"Where are you going?" I hear Liam ask from the doorway.

"Where am I going? Are you fucking kidding me, Liam? Where the hell do you think I'm going?" I throw the last of my things in my suitcase and zip it up. "I need to go be with Seth. I'm going to Boston."

"No, you're not." He grabs ahold of my wrist. "Jamie has school, he needs you here. I need you here, Raegan. I love you."

"Yeah, you say that but you're the one who's been fucking his secretary for a year." I shake my head disgustedly at him.

"Rae, I want you to stay." He pleads desperately. "I want to make this work. We can make this work."

"You know you probably should've fucking thought about that before you had the love of my life beaten so badly he's in the hospital!" Liam drops my wrist automatically as if I'd physically wounded him.

"The love of your life?" His lips purse and his brow furrows in deep hurt. "Love of your life? Real nice."

"It's the truth, Liam. You know it." I threw the words at him like daggers.

"I should've never married you." He grit out angrily.

"Funny," I give him a look of utter disgust, "I was just thinking the same thing."

✩✩✩

After our altercation I'd called Liam's mother and told her I had a family emergency. I asked her if she could pick up Jamie and take care of him for the next week or so. She'd said yes, she had no problem. I'd told Liam to stay the fuck away from our son until his head was on straight.

I'm at the airport trying to get a ticket when I'm told my third credit card doesn't work. That bastard froze our accounts. I feel like I'm about to scream, well, that or cry. But then I feel a large body come up behind me.

"Here, I've got it." Sean, Seth's father, hands the woman a credit card, paying for my ticket.

"Thank you." I don't think about what I do next as I wrap my arms around him, hugging him close. He tenses for a moment before wrapping his arms around me and hugging me back.

"It's no problem, Raegan." I let go of him and look up at him, he looks like an older Seth. "You coming to see my son?" I nod. "Liam finally decided to do the right thing I see."

"I guess but he's frozen all of my accounts."

His jaw ticks angrily before he says, "you don't have to worry about that. I'll get you to Rhys and you can figure it out from there."

"Seth first, I have to see him first." He gives me a small smile and a nod. "How is he doing?"

"He's doing alright but he still looks pretty rough. Katie's been in touch with the doctors and me."

"What happened?"

"Let's talk about that while we wait for the plane." He said, looking around at the people around us.

  ✩✩✩

The flight was long and I'm exhausted physically and mentally. After learning exactly what Sean had walked in on my heart had squeezed painfully in my chest. I can't imagine seeing my son like that. I can't imagine seeing the love of my life like that.

Seth is a big guy, my giant, it would've taken a hell of a hit to take him out. Apparently, a hit to the back of the head to be exact. All of the other injuries too, I can't imagine the pain he's in. All because of me. It's all my fault.

"Stop that." Sean's voice says from the driver's seat beside me. "It's not your fault. Don't self-loathe."

How the hell did he know that's what I was thinking and doing? Instead I ask a different question, trying to change the topic. "So, you and Katie have been together for a while."

"Yes we have." He answered automatically. "Why do you mention that?"

"It's just curious to me that you haven't asked her to marry you yet. Are you going to?" He looks over at me quizzically before looking back at the road clearly in thought. "I'm just asking because you've been together for nearly eight years. Sorry if I'm prying. I don't mean to I'm just-"

"No, I uh," he interrupts as he looks out the windshield thoughtfully, looking a bit sad almost as he replies, "I love Katie, I really do, but there will only be one wife for me."

"Seth's mom." He nods. He doesn't have to say anything else because I know love like that just doesn't quit. The way I love Seth it wouldn't matter if he was alive or dead, I'd still love him until my very last breath.

Once we get to the hospital we don't say anything else. I just follow Sean until we get to Seth's room. Katie comes out once we get there and gives Sean the biggest smile I've ever seen. He smiles at her in much the same fashion and I understand now. He loves her, you can see it, but she hadn't been the one to capture his heart first.

"I told him you were on the way but I didn't tell him about you, Raegan." Katie said to me, finally being able to take her eyes off of Sean. He'd clearly been the person to capture her heart first, she adores him. "I wanted it to be a surprise."

"Well, go on." Sean says to me before hugging Katie.

I blow out a breath, bracing myself before opening the door. Once I open the door his green eyes fixate on me and I can't make my feet move fast enough to be by his side. I get to the bed and don't think twice before hoping on it. I go to give him a hug but he puts a hand on my chest, stopping me.

"Careful, broken ribs." His words have me sitting back and not doing what I was about to do. "Your husband is a real piece of work."

"He's not going to be my husband for much longer." And there's no question to that as I take in the purple, black, and blue bruises all over his beautiful face.

"Good." He grabs my hand and brings it up to his lips. "I'll take getting the absolute fuck beaten out of me if it means I get to be with you." That statement makes me feel absolutely terrible.

Tears spring to my eyes, "I'm so sorry, Seth. This is all my fault. This is-"

"Shh, stop that."

"But it is." I'm crying even harder now, thinking about how the man I love with everything in me almost died because of me. "I'm so fucking sorry, Seth. Just look at you. It's all my-"

"No, this is because I made the decision to sleep with a woman who is married. Not only is she married, she had a child with the guy. So, the guy got jealous and reacted. He did it in the most pussy ass way possible though, but yeah." He squeezes my hand inside of his. "He knew he couldn't take me one on one. Not many people can, Rae, so he had me jumped."

"I'm sorry."

"Don't be sorry, Rae. Just don't ever leave me again. Be with me. Stay with me."

"Okay, Seth, okay."