Charles knew that he had to play it careful when it came to Elena, he couldn't let her suspect anything even though Pam had told her to clear off and not to both with him and Molly again he knew that she would come crawling back at some point and that's what happened one night at his own flat.

There was a knock on the door and he opened it up to see that his redheaded friend was standing there and he sighed before letting her into the flat and shutting the door behind her.

"What do you want, Elena?" he asked and turned to look at her before sliding his hands into the pockets of his jeans.

"I have nowhere else to go" she said and watched him for a moment.

"So you thought that you would just stop by my place and see if I would take you in?" he asked.

"I am having your child" she put her hand on her stomach that was now starting to show a little bit of roundness and Elena knew that he was a sucker when it came to something like this.

Charles let his eyes wander over her and then settled on her stomach that she was holding before he slowly walked over to where she was standing, he put his hand against hers and looked up at her face for a moment. "Do you know what we're having?" he asked her and watched her for a moment.

"I have a scan coming up and I want you to be there with me" Elena really wanted him to be there because if she's honest she was a little bit scared, she had wanted to show him that this was their child but now she was starting to grow a little bit scared of seeing it on screen.

Elena was the same height as Charles and not short like Molly who would fit just comfortably against him.

"You'll have to let me know what day it is and the time and I'll be there" he spoke softly to her and smile; he almost felt bad for her but he knew what she had done so now he was going to play her just as good as she played him and if the baby turned out to be here then he will make sure that he fights for the child with everything he has but for now he was going to make sure that he kept her sweet.

Charles moved his hand away from her stomach "Do you want anything to drink?" he asked before heading in the direction of his table where he had papers out and was looking over them.

"A cuppa might be good" she admitted before following him over to where the table was and looking at the documents "Busy night?"

"Something like that, just really updating all of my company documents; just making sure that Sam gets what he wants when he's eighteen" he nodded and headed into the kitchen which was closed off from the dining room area and got his phone out to look at Elena who was now snooping through his papers; a grin pulled at his lips because he knew she would go through it.

Elena then found something that she never thought she would find but that when Sam was born Robert had put a share of the company to him so that if someone tried to buy them out then it wouldn't be completely all gone and Sam being so young meant that it would have to be looked after by someone and that someone was... "Rebecca" she said softly and wanted to crumple the paper in her hands because not only was Molly a problem but now so was Rebecca especially when Darren had wanted all of the company.

He watched her before he then called out "I won't be too long, just got to boil the water, sorry about this"

"Take your time" Elena called back before she went back through the papers and knew that she had majorly screwed up. That Darren didn't have all of the company so now they were going to have to go after Rebecca for Sam's share and now they would be found out because Rebecca wouldn't keep quiet, she wouldn't keep this from Charles at all.

All of that planning had gone up the creek because there was no way that Rebecca would sell Sam's shares at all. Both Robert and Charles had been so fucking smart and now it had undone everything that she had done to get Darren what he wanted and there was nothing to stop him from lifting the lid on the whole thing.

"Actually I'm going to head out because I'm starting to get exhausted and I need sleep so I'll call you about the scan, yeah?" Elena put the document into her handbag before heading towards the door.

"Oh, really?" he put his phone back into his pocket and walked out the kitchen to see Elena leaving "Please do call me about the scan" Charles said with a nod before watching Elena pretty much run through that door. "Darren really won't be too please with you" he said and put his files away, it was amazing what a person can do with a bit of play acting but it was true, Sam had a very large share in the company which had grown when Robert had retired.

Elena made it to her car and she grabbed her phone out of it before quickly ringing Darren and saying "We have a problem, I've just found a document and you are not going to be happy, Charles' son owns half of the company, Robert had put some in his name when he was born and with Robert now retiring; his half goes to Sam so there for Charles and Sam are equal partners or at least at the moment Rebecca is looking after it for him so I know that she won't sell and it'll get back to Charles" she said all of that quickly before leaning back in her seat. "What are we going to do?" she then heard the line go dead "Hello?"

"Shit" she said and threw her phone into her bag and knew that all of this was going to be discovered.

Elena knew that her time was coming to an end and she wasn't sure what she was going to do.

Charles looked down at the parking bay and smiled before he grabbed his mobile out of his pocket and called the number "I think they will be heading your way, Becky.. please be careful, thank you for doing this and remember to call me as soon as someone gets in touch with you, thank you again and be careful, goodnight love" he said and then ended the call.

The last thing he wanted to do was get Rebecca involved but they needed to bring them down once and for all.

-.-

Charles got the phone call from Elena about the scan and he was sat in the waiting room and looking at the time, he remembered being here with Rebecca when they were having Sam and she put her hand on his thigh and told him that everything would be alright. It was then that they found out he was having a son and he probably cried at that news because just seeing their baby on the screen was enough to make anyone emotional but then to add on the news that they were having a son and it felt like a double whammy.

He had held her hand as she gave birth, even though she had squeezed it til he couldn't feel anything in it but he wouldn't have missed it for the world.

He came back around to the present when Elena put her hand on his and he smiled over at her before they were called in.

The nurse was really friendly and started talking through everything and then asked if Charles was the father.

"Yes" probably not, and he smiled at her before he came to Elena's side and Charles knew that this was being plain cruel to her, letting her think that this would mean they would end up as one big happy family but he needed to keep Elena on side for just a little bit longer.

The nurse put some gel on Elena's stomach and then started the scan and up on the screen was a baby and it took Charles by surprise at the emotion that he was starting to feel, he couldn't fake this at all because in the end of all of this there really was a baby in the mix.

"Do you want to know the sex?" The nurse asked and looked between the two of them.

Elena looked over at Charles and he nodded before she smiled and looked back at the nurse "Yes please"

"It's a girl, congratulations you are having a daughter"

Charles felt his heart give a mighty thump at that because if this was his child then he was going to have a daughter and a son and who wouldn't want that?

He left the room looking at the scan and for a moment he wanted to hold on to this because of the fact that he would have a daughter but there was also this aching feeling that Elena wasn't being that truthful about all of this and if the baby turned out not to be his then what would he really feel?

Sadness? Relief? Devastated? All of those together? He wasn't sure but he knew that they had to get it all sorted out one way or another.

He was about to say something to her but his mobile went off and he saw that it was Rebecca and now was the time to get it all sorted out once and for all. Charles answered the phone and started to act the part "Is he okay?" he asked in a rush before biting down on his lip "I'll be right there" he ended the call and looked over at Elena "It's Sam, we're going to have to go" he said.

Elena put the picture in her bag and headed out with him "Did Rebecca say what was going on?"

"Only that Sam was hurt and that I needed to get to the house quickly"

They left the clinic and headed in the direction of Rebecca's place before they parked outside and headed into the house, he hated using Sam as an excuse to get them here quickly but it was the only way they could both get here and now they were at the house with the door firmly shut did Elena come face to face with someone that had been trying to buy Sam's shares of the company.

"Felix" Elena said and her eyes widened at the thought that Charles might've played her.

"Miss Elena" he said and looked between all three of them before letting his eyes fall on Elena once more.

The redhead was starting to fume at the fact that they had lied to her that she turned her eyes to look at Charles "You said it was about Sam" she said angrily.

"I played you just like you played me all this time so why don't you get Darren on the phone and get him down here, now" Charles was angry and he wanted that jackass here in person.

"I don't know what you're talking about" Elena said and shook her head once. "I don't know who that even is"

"Don't play me anymore Elena, I know all about you and McClyde," he then took his phone out of his pocket and showed her the picture "game is over, you lost"

Elena looked at the picture and saw when she was happy with Darren and felt her throat tighten before she reached into her pocket and grabbed her phone out and gave him a call, he would be there as soon as he could be. Her eyes then settled on Charles "I didn't want to do this, you have to believe me"

Charles watched her for a moment and then said in a cool and calm voice "No, I really don't, not anymore"