Fatal Attraction (Rewrite)

by Mariah April May

A husband so madly in love with his wife, he hides his true identity from her. Damon S, a doting husband at home, a criminal and a mobster Don outside. But his lies catch up to him. Elena finds out his true identity and hates him for his lies and his sins. How will he earn her love back because he is not ready to give her up, he'd rather die. Fatal Attraction rewrite. Review!

21. Elena's betrayal

Unedited and full of mistakes, please go easy on me..

Elena's betrayal

Chapter 20

If his employees at the company loved Elena an year ago for making him a washed out love sick puppy who barely noticed their screw ups they now hated her with passion. Gone were the days when he used to ignore mistakes.

Shawn shivered in fear as he informed about the miscalculations in payment transactions. "IT TOOK ME FUCKING SEVEN MEETINGS AND TWO MONTHS TO GET MAYOR'S DAMN SIGNATURE ON THOSE FUCKING PAPERS. I AM STUCK BETWEEN A BUNCH OF FUCKING IDIOTS OVER HERE" Damon shouted enraged.

"I will fix it up but it might take time…I just wanted an extension on the submission date…" Shwan replied shivering.

"No extension at all…GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE AND START WORKING ON IT" he shouted.

Shawn picked up the papers, nearly on verge of breakdown.

Closing the door behind him. Shawn pressed his lips "Asshole" he muttered as he started working on his task. He knew he would be in serious trouble if he didn't finish it by evening. These papers had to be faxed to their Phoenix office. He checked the papers again.

There had been serious changing in their work environment. Everyone was more serious now. A dead silence always filled the room when Damon Salvatore or Rose Brown passed. Rumors were, their project manager was signing off half of his shares to his wife making her almost thirty percent owner of their corporate company.

Woman had it so easy. He thought. All they had to do is marry a rich brat. Rumors were she threatened to leave him if he didn't sign off half of what he owned to her and in desperate move to make his wife stay he was signing off half of what he owned to her. How sad was that? Boss man had it all . Looks, Money and power. Yes, he knew exactly the illegal activities going on in his company. He found himself feeling pity for that man who shouted at him for being a idiot and will probably finish his career if he didn't finish and mailed these payment transaction bill. He pitied that man who looked like he didn't want to live anymore. Money, power and good looks. Yet, he had to buy himself love and family. Pathetic. Sad.

On the other hand, it could be his way to reduce income tax on his part of the shares. Again, he had a sharp mind. This could be all a ploy. Surely, this could be all gossip. He had seen Mrs. Salvatore once or twice in company parties. She was neurosurgeon or something , that's what he heard. Exceptionally beautiful though with a certain type of warmness that drew people to her. She didn't look like bitch who would sink that low for money. It was probably his boss's tactic to reduce income tax payment on his shares and his boss was being an asshole just because of an asshole.

Closing the door behind him with a bang. Damon made his way toward his room. Not that he expected her to be up waiting for him. It had been a week to their argument. He distanced himself from her. They shared one room and bed but it wasn't how it used to be.

She had the ability to wreck him and make him do anything she wanted. She was using his feelings for her in her advantage. Making the best out of situation. She said. Well, he will give her that. He will give her everything but he will make sure she regrets her decision. I am done. He said. He had told Rose that day.

"I am done , Rose…I am done fixing the problem between us" he said as in a cold tone.

The board of the company was informed. Formal matters were being handled by both their lawyers. Elena's lawyer was her best friend Caroline. She wasn't the Caroline he used to know. She wasn't bubbly or talkative as she used to be. Tyler's death had completely changed her. And he couldn't help but feel raw hatred for him in her eyes as she discussed the points of their contract. Afterwards she stayed with Elena for the day. But something was really off. It was like Caroline knew what he was or that his uncle was the one who got her fiancé killed.

Brushing his thoughts away he opened the door of his bedroom. As expecting she was asleep. Hair fanning over her pillow. He had thrown himself to work this week he barely talked to her. Taking off his coat. He eyed her again. She shifted in bed again slightly groaning. Still asleep.

He took a shower and changed into his flannel pajama pants and black sweatshirt. Running fingers through his wet hair he came out. His eyes shifted to Elena again. Fighting his temptations again. He picked up his iPad moving to his side of bed.

He mailed account details to Zach's accountant after rechecking them. Someone had tipped Zach off that someone was after them. They had to be extra careful. Last thing, he needed was to get caught up another mess when Elena's due date was drawing closer. His disagreements with his wife aside, he was still very much excited about his son. He couldn't wait to hold Dylan in his hands. Maybe, that's what he needed all along. A child to dot on.

She moaned as she shifted on bed. He felt himself harden. He stole a glance again. She looked so peaceful after robbing him off his peace. She shifted again. He tried to concentrate on work again. His eyes roamed over her again. She sighed in her sleep reminding him of all the times she sighed for him. "Fuck it" he said as he put his iPad on the side table. Wasn't that there deal anyway. She sold herself to him completely. He could treat her like a possession now.

Hovering above her sleeping figure he kissed her jaw.

Elena's eyes snapped open when she felt sloppy kisses on her jaw line. She shuddered "Wha…" she groaned in her sleep. "It's me" she heard him. She relaxed after a while. "I was sleeping" she complained.

"So…"

"I need you" he added.

She didn't even get to reply as his lips crashed on hers. There was nothing romantic about that. There was no love in his kiss at all. It was needy and angry. She kissed him with as much fervor but it didn't to go well with him because he pulled back. His lips trailed down her jaw to her neck. She knew he was using her now, just like he promised.

His lips trailed down to her fabric covered chest. Planting feathery kisses , his eyes shot up to hers. She had her lips pressed , a look of ecstasy on her face. She wanted him just as much.

Elena didn't mind him using her though. He played with the hem of her shirt before tearing it open. "Oh…" she moaned again when she felt his lips trailing up to her chest.

"I need you…I need you now" he whimpered as he kissed her neck. She groaned in approval as she threw her head back. He took off her bra and sucked on her left breast hungrily. They were sensitive now she whimpered in need as he paid the same amount of attention to other. She didn't even feel when he unbuttoned her shorts and as she was lost in his kisses. He took them off her. His hand lowered down to her core. "So wet" he moaned as he hovered over her again trailing down toward her core.

She let out a loud moan. He sticks his tongue inside her licking every ounce of wetness she was dripping just for him. Priorities she said. He remembered. This fueled his anger again. He wrapped her legs around his neck as he ate her. He growled when he felt her running her fingers through his hair moaning loudly for him. A possessive streak passed over him. She screamed as he continued nibbling,slurping and sucking and until she came. Her head fell back as she panted.

He smirked. She didn't have any time to recover when he rolled her on top of him. She rubbed against him like a cat in heat. He lowered her head to him so he could capture her lips again. He needed this. She had thrown his feelings to his face just a week ago. She had hurt him. He lost his everything to her. His mind, body and soul. She didn't care though. She had other priorities. His anger flared. His kiss became angry and desperate. Why was she being like this? Why was she being so detached?

With that on mind, he removed his pants. She sat on his lap, he made her straddle him. They couldn't go missionary now since obviously her slight swollen belly. Lowering her down on him, they let out a mutual moan. Elena wrapped her arms around him as he continued thrusting into her. He memorized it. The ecstatic look on her face. Her sighs. Those were enough to drive him insane.

She rode out her orgasm after a while signaling his. He collapsed on bed holding her close to his chest. She didn't make a move to separate which was fine with him. Bringing her closer he dipped his head in her hair.

Fake. Her love for him wasn't real. He reminded himself when she snuggled upto him . But he felt that peace again that only she could manage to provide him. His hold tightened as he closed his eyes.

"You're late again" she mumbled when she felt him rubbing her hand and kissing. This was getting repetitive now. Him coming home late at nights.

He chuckled. "Aha…so" he said as he rolled her on top of him.

"You don't get to ask me that question anymore baby…I don't need to pretend to be the good guy for you. I bought you now. I don't need to consider your fragile feelings anymore" he said while running his fingers through her long locks.

"because now I know you're gonna stay with me whether you like it or not" he added.

She felt humiliated. He had never spoken to her like that.

"If I knew what you really wanted from the start it would have been hell easier no?" he added stroking her cheek.

"I wouldn't have to lie and pretend to be a good guy for a year" he huffed. She pressed her lips in a thin line. " It's a win win situation though. You get to live a luxurious life. I get your body to entertain me and a good girl to raise my children"

"Entertainment? That's what I am to you" she asked, her voice cracking. She shook herself to release herself from his grip but his hold on her tightened.

"You sold yourself to me...you brought it own yourself" he replied, cold detached.

"Let me go"

"Make me" he replied smirking.

She gave in. He was right, she did brought it upon herself. He was bound to lash out at her. So, she let him win again.

He was late again. This was third night in the had been waiting for him to return when she heard loud music coming from their living room. Putting on her robe on her emerald green night gown. She made her way toward to living room.

She was not prepared for what she saw next. Loud music. Smoke everywhere. Lots of wine and guys dancing with women who are dressed in black. And in between them she spotted her husband immediately. Dancing with the flock of women.

"Okay…What the hell?" Rose appeared out of nowhere and then she groaned. "Oh no..not again"

"It's two years ago all over again" she groaned.

"Thirty one year old and still acts like a fucking teenager" she hissed as she moved forward.

"THERE…THERE SHE IS" her eyes darted back to Damon when he shouted.

Making his way through the crowd he walked toward where she was standing. Her eyes narrowed. A couple of girls following him.

"What the hell is this Damon?" she shouted.

"It's a party" he replied . She could smell alcohol in his breath.

"They needed a place to party and I told them I had the PERFECT place" he added laughing.

"Who are these?" Elena shouted.

"No…No..you don't get to ask that question anymore…I own you now…you don't ask me questions" he said firmly.

"She is fat" one of the girl said.

Rose scrunched her nose as she noticed insecurity flash over Elena's face.

Damon laughed."Oh..no..she is not fat…she is pregnant" he corrected as he stumbled toward her. "I knocked her up…I MADE her like this" he said proudly as he encircled his arms around her. She pushed him slightly.

"This is unacceptable Damon…Throw them out now" she shouted eyeing the girl behind him.

"Or what?" he challenged.

"You are gonna use the "I will leave you" card again…you can't use that anymore…" he added

Elena snarled.

"Ok…that's it. Buddy…you're high right now so you don't know the shit that's coming out of your mouth and ALL of you fuckheads…get out of my house before I take my gun out. OUT! OUT!" Rose shouted.

"Security! Throw them all out" she shouted.

Elena span around, hiding her tears. She walked back toward her room. Taking her robe off she jumped on her bed. She heard him enter the room. She stifled her sob. She couldn't see him with another woman, let alone a bunch of women.

She heard him undress. She shut her eyes. Her head was hurting again. These headaches were becoming more frequent. She felt him encircle his arm around pushing her closer to his chest.

"Let go"

"No" he refused.

"I wanna make love to you"

"but I don't want to" she whispered not trusting her voice.

"You don't really have a say in that" he replied with a chuckle. Lately, it's been like that. They were intimate almost every night. He started it and she never stopped him. Tonight was the only night she refused. Rejection hurt like a bitch. Rejection from her, hurt even more. That angered him because in his mind, she belonged to him now, completely. Wasn't that their deal?

"My head hurts" she replied almost crying.

His angry thoughts leaving , he made her turn around. Swollen brown tear brimmed eyes met concerned blue eyes. His cold resolve breaking. His every intention of hurting her disappearing as he saw pools of tears in her eyes. "I am sorry" he couldn't help but blurt as his eyes roamed over her tear stained face. You win again. He thought. Because he couldn't do that. She could hurt him all she want but he wouldn't do that. She was pregnant for goodness sake. He scolded himself.

At that point, he hated himself again. He had hidden his true self from her for an year. She forgave him. Didn't she? So what if she was with him for his money. So what if she wanted to make the best out of situation. She was right. She was all he had. She was still way better than him most of all she was gifting him with their child. She was blessing for him. He had no right to treat her like that.

He had been so busy lashing out at her. Ignoring her. That he didn't even think about it. "Do you want me to call a doctor?" he asked as he rose up.

"No…"

"Do you want me to give you a massage?" he asked as he scooted closer to her. She flinched. He rolled a bit back. She was uncomfortable.

"No…I am okay" she replied as she faced away.

She still felt his fingers on her forehead as he massaged her scalp. She closed her eyes.

Toy. That was all she was to him now. Wake her up at night and have sex with her anytime he wanted. Although his behavior was getting better with her. He still cared about her diet and her health. He wasn't like he use to be before but he was getting better. She knew what bothered him. She used the "I will leave you" card too much. He had been abandoned all his life. The idea of her abandoning him killed him. He was getting over it though. Somehow , he didn't keep grudges when it came to her.

It had been two weeks to their argument. It was a long process of transferring his shares to her. As soon as she would become the active share holder. She was putting her plan to action. She was losing her strength every day. She needed to be fast.

Her hair was falling off. Her vision was becoming blurry and her skin was becoming paler

She brushed her hair as she removed those thoughts from her head.

She checked her brush again. Ugh. Hair fall again. She walked over her closet. "I am going to pick you in an hour" he called an hour earlier. They had to go on function again. Couldn't he see she was heavily pregnant and she couldn't walk around much.

She was wearing her apricot chiffon tank dress. Her baby bump slightly visible. She was applying eye liner when her vision became hazy again. "Ugh!" she groaned as she blinked.

She took a step back. Her vision blurred. "Elena…ELENA!" she heard someone call her.

"huh…"

"Are you okay?" Rose asked.

"Yeah…I am fine…I just...Can I get a glass of water?" she said.

"Sure…" Rose replied as placed a hand behind her back and helped her to a chair.

"Stay here" she instructed as she left.

Elena hid her face in her palms. Her symptom were becoming serious. "Water" Rose handed her .

She smiled as she sipped from glass.

"Is everything okay Elena?" rose asked, a concerned look on her face.

"Yeah…just dizziness.. happens with pregnancy"

"You don't look too good" rose said examining her pale as sheet skin.

"I am fine…it's just a bit weakness"

"What's going on over here?" They got interrupted by Damon. "Elena…I told you we have a function to attend…Are you ready?" he said without so much as looking at her.

"She isn't feeling well" Rose replied.

"What? What's wrong baby?" his eyes shot up from his phone to her. Concern back on his face.

"I am okay…It's just…" she tried to shrug it off but a sudden pain pierced through her head. "Ahhhh…" she screamed.

"Elena!" Damon said, alarmed.

"Make it stop…Make it stop" she chanted as she gripped her hair.

"Baby…What's wrong? Rose…Tell Butch to take the car out now…We are goin to the hospital…Call anyone" he said , clearly panicked, disagreements aside, he was still hopelessly in love with her. Her pain was his pain.

Tears were rolling down in a stream from her eyes as she cried. He scooped her up in his arms as he made his way toward the parking of their house.

"I am okay" Elena brushed Damon's hands off as she rushed through the corridor.

"Elena…we are already here…what's the harm in going in there for one MRI scan" he said sprinted toward her.

She had been nearly shrieking in car from pain. As soon as they reached hospital, she started feeling better. It took him ages to convince her to get examined. Rose was with him the whole time providing him mutual support.

Elena was thoroughly examined. He sighed in relief when the doctor informed that the baby was completely safe.

"Migraines?" Dr Adam asked.

"Um…yeah" Elena answered with somewhat hesitation.

"Burred eyesight?"

"Umm…yeah that probably because of dizziness.."

"Did you ever have neurological disorder or any type of tumor treatment?" Dr Adam asked as he examined her eyes.

"Yes…she had been treated for benign brain tumor in subarachnoid space of her brain…caused by the car accident in very early age but it was left untreated for a long period so it was pretty serious" Rose informed.

Damon's mouth fell open. "What?" he looked astonished.

"Yeah but I got treated for it and I am okay now" Elena completed.

"You never told me that" he accused, horrified by the revelation.

"It was nothing" she assured him holding his hand.

"Benign tumors can be removed, and they seldom grow back. They don't spread to other parts of the body. However, benign tumors can press on sensitive areas of the brain and cause serious health problems and be fatal at times too. Let's suppose they had grown back. It will be really difficult to perform surgery on you since you're pregnant." Dr Adam explained.

She saw color drain from Damon's face.

"I am okay now…that was ten years ago...I had an MRI scan two weeks ago…I am totally okay" Elena comforted him holding his hand. But her assurances did nothing for him. They made him even more anxious.

"Never the less, I think you should get another MRI scan" Dr Adam said as he wrote on his prescription pad.

"and I will suggest you to a very good neurologist… Dr Hampton…very famous neurosurgeon" he added.

Elena smiled taking the prescription script stuffing it in her pocket. She got up almost falling on her knees again , had it not been Damon's tight grip on her arm.

"Imbalance problem…See…that's another bad symptom" Dr Adam said and Elena cursed under breath.

She left with Rose following her. He stood there. "If…let's say…(deep breath) it turns out she is…her tumors grew back…then…" he couldn't even say it. He was too scared to ask.

"It would be very difficult to handle. Obviously, she shouldn't carry baby in that state. The pregnancy will have to be terminated. (Damon flinched) because if we wait the symptoms will only worsen and tumors could turn malignant that means cancerous which are next to impossible to remove even with surgery and chemotherapy. It would be fatal to your wife without a doubt. Besides, the exertion from pregnancy might even shut off her brain…she will be alive but brain dead…" The doctor confirmed his worst thoughts.

"and…and…if we…if we terminate pregnancy. Will that be safe?" he asked in a broken voice.

"22 weeks far is not safe but modern techniques will assure her life. Obviously,the situation will have to be considered very seriously since the baby is now starting to develop brain activity" doctor added.

"Oh…No…" he said covering his face.

"I know the situation sounds serious but nothing is confirmed yet. Mrs Salvatore did say she had performed a MRI and there wasn't anything in reports. Trust me, tumors don't develop overnight. It takes them ages to actually make you feel their presence" Doctor added, seeing the defeated look on the man's face.

" but all the symptoms"

"could just be due to pregnancy" doctor completed.

He nodded. "I will arrange a MRI scan in an hour…" Dr Adam added.

"Okay…"

And here he was now begging her again. "I am okay…this is useless" she shook her head as she paced forward.

"Elena…baby…please…Let's be safe on this one. I know you're okay…let's just confirm it…okay?" Damon pleaded.

"I am tired. I wanna go home please" she whined.

"We will…just after this…It will only take ten minutes" he begged.

Rose watched them argue from a distance. Their bad ass boss pleading his wife to go through an MRI scan. The man that could manage to make people shiver by his mere stare. She watched him hold her knuckles pleading.

"I wanna go home"

"It's just to confirm that you're okay…I know you're okay. I just need to confirm for my own peace of mind" he requested.

"Damon! Stop irritating me" she said as she brushed his hands away.

"Elena…baby. That guy has a degree in this sort of thing. If he thinks you should get another MRI scan…he is probably right! Please baby…Please for me" he said as he cupped her face.

She rolled her eyes. "Elena?"

They both spun around.

"Dad" Elena said with a smile as she rushed toward Grayson. She embraced her father. "Dad…What are you doing here?"

"It's a hospital and I am a doctor" her father answered rolling his eyes but smiling.

"You work for MF Hospital" Elena informed him.

"I was just here on a conference…What are you doing here? Are you okay?" he said as he examined his daughter. He eyed Damon who walked toward them, a formal smile plastered on his face.

"What's with these people? First Caroline now Grayson" he thought when Grayson gave him the stink eye again.

"Hello Gray" he greeted.

Grayson flinched. A criminal was addressing him. He couldn't already sleep at nights knowing his daughter was living with a famous mobster. A Don. But Matt had assured her security. He encircled his arms around his daughter protectively as he forced a smile at him.

"Hello"

"Just a regular check up" Elena answered his question.

"Where are you living?"

"With Rick and Jenna…" he answered.

Elena pulled away from her father. She noticed his father eye Damon, dangerously as if warning him away from her with his eyes.

"Good…you're here Gray. You can help me now. She had been shrieking in pain half an hour ago complaining about her migraine. Dr Adam advised her to get an MRI scan but she won't go through it. Please talk some sense into your daughter" Damon complained, an annoyed look on his way.

" You're telling on me? " Elena said narrowing her eyes.

He pressed his lips but let out a dry chuckle.

" Dad…tell him. I am okay. I am doctor and I know these things" Elena said looking at her father.

Grayson glared at Damon. "Don't worry about her…I am here now. Elena…I am staying with Rick and Jenna. Do you wanna come with me? It will also give me time to examine you before I leave. Jeremy will also visit you would get to meet him too." Her dad offered.

She looked at Damon and saw the instant disapproval to her father's plan in his eyes. They might not be on good terms now but he still needed her by his side. And especially after tonight. When the doctor just told him there was a possibility he could lose…no he wouldn't go there. He needed her tonight.

"I…Umm…Damon?"

"Damon will be fine…he will probably glad he would get one night without you talking his ear off" her father joked in a cold tone.

"Sure…" Elena agreed as she looked at her father.

"I…but…Elena…We had a thing…to do"

"Reschedule" Grayson said flat faced.

"and Elena doesn't have her night stuff" he came up with another brilliant excuse.

"She will share Jenna's"

"Oh…Um…Okay" he said reluctantly, his eyes shot up to Elena, arguing her to look at him. When she didn't he looked away.

"Should I pick you up tomorrow?" he asked.

"There would be no need of that…I will drop her off myself" Grayson replied.

"Hmm…okay" he nodded; somewhat annoyed that Elena wasn't even trying.

It was awkward now. What should he do now? Should he kiss her goodbye. Hug her? With the way Grayson was glaring at him he felt like her prom date, ready to be lectured by her father.

She made a move toward him. "Don't worry about me…I am fine…you should probably go to that function…I will call you" she said as she encircled her arms around his waist. He circled his arms around her shoulders hugging her close before dropping a kiss on top of her head.

A loud cough interrupted them.

"Call me" he waved when they parted.

She smiled at him. He tried to smile back. She span around following her father toward the exit.

"Thankyou for picking me up dad…"

"I was around the corner anyway" her father answered as he drove toward Alaric's house.

"You didn't tell mum yet, Right?"

"I don't want her to die of a heart attack" her father chuckled.

"Seven billion people in world and you had to find a mobster" he added in a grave tone. "he isn't what he seems like. There is more to the surface" Elena defended.

"I don't like that obsessed look on his face" her father replied as he scrunched his nose in disgust. "concerned about you like he actually cares. It's his fault that you're sick like this anyway" he added.

"It's not Damon's fault that I have tumor" she snapped.

"I…I didn't mean it like that" her father defended as he parked his car.

"Please…dad…I am already too stressed…I don't want go through this again" she muttered annoyed.

Her dad nodded as he parked the car in front of Rick's house. He jumped out and walked toward her side , holding the door open for her. He helped her out of the car.

Damon watched as Grayson helped Elena inside the house. "Really…like we don't have anything better to do then stalk your wife?" Rose groaned.

"I am just checking if she reached home safe" he defended himself.

"Damon…we have hell of work to do…"

"I am staying here"

"You're losing your sanity"

"Someone can attack her...I am not risking it" he said as he shook his head.

"We will send Sage"

"Sage isn't good enough"

"Ugh! Fine…you stay here…I am going home…Butch…stay with this nuthead" she instructed.

Butch grunted showing his approval. Damon rolled his eyes as Rose left.

Ordering Butch to watch over Elena and inform him of any irregular activity he made his way to his other only family member. His brother. It's been awhile now. Last he met was on his wedding. It's been almost nine months to his wedding. Also, he still hasn't told Stefan about Elena's pregnancy. He got to inform Stefan that Stefan was going to be an uncle soon.

He used the spare keys , entering his brother's apartment. "Stefan?" he called out.

His apartment was empty. Lights were shut out. He clearly wasn't home. "just my luck" he said as he walked toward the fridge. He could help himself with a beer.

His eyes darted to a hairbrush placed on the side table near the couch. He smiled. Filled with hair just like Elena's. She got so annoyed every time she brushed her hair. "If I am not careful I will lose them all soon" she nearly cried once.

"Hair or not…you will still be beautiful" he assured her even when he was hurt by her behavior a week ago.

Baby bro finally got himself a girl. He was glad. He threw the bear can in the bin. "Ugh…Washroom" he said as he walked toward washroom. After freshening up, he moved to wash his hands. He spotted lavender moisturizer Elena loved to use.

He smirked. He loved its fragrance. God, she wasn't even gone for an hour and he already missed her. His eyes darted to other toiletries. Not that he had a habit of snooping around especially like that but everything was so familiar here. Even the shampoo. Elena's shampoo. He picked it up. The price sticker on the back of it was in Italian. He stiffened.

He walked out of washroom and moved toward Stefan's bedroom. He opened one of the closets. Elena's dresses hung neatly. He remembered them. He bought them for her.

"This doesn't make any sense" he whispered as he searched for clues.

He opened a drawer. He found passports. He opened one. "Stefan Williams". His heart dropped when he read the other one. "Elena Williams".

She didn't get kidnapped. She came back willingly. With his brother. Stefan took her away from him. God, he had been such a fool. It was like a hard blow on his face most part of his brain shut down.

Deceived again…he had to be himself now take matters to his hands

He picked up the passports and stuffed it into his blazer's pocket. He turned off the lights and left everything like they were before he came.

"They are obviously fake because Elena is my wife…but I don't see how he didn't get held up at airport for false documentation" Damon said as he paced letting the man on the table examine.

"Yes, they are fake and not even bit expertly made…They should have easily been detected for false documents" Ken, the old grey haired man answered. He was head security officer at their city's airport. He was also one of them.

"I am sure…someone on the inside helped them clear security clearance" Ken added.

"Someone from staff?"

"No…legal department…They didn't get held up at both ports so surely Mr. Williams had someone with really strong connections who made sure they reach safely here without any interruptions"

"Hmm.." he said as he paced around the room. Things started to click.

"There wasn't too much guard around here Damon…something isn't right" Rose's voice echoed in his ears.

"They used me to lure you here…They want to arrest you. You have to get out of here" Elena's voice followed. It didn't make sense. If Elena came willingly why did she save him then.

"You tried to snatch my family from me" Damon growled at him. "You could have hurt her…"

"Damon! Damon! He didn't force me to go…" she interjected.

She had blurted out. Didn't she? But what about that call then. He shook his head. Something defiantly was wrong. His first instinct. Get his wife and run away back to Italy until things clear up. He stuffed his hand in his pocket and took out his phone, hitting speed dial. He needed to talk to her right about fucking now.

"Hello…" A grave manly voice greeted him.

He knew that voice. He had heard that before …where …he forced his intellect while the man kept repeating his "hello's" …oh no …this is it … That was the voice of the same person who called him back when he was frantically searching for Elena. The voice of the person who claimed to kidnap Elena.

"Uhh…Rick?" he guessed, nearly growling.

"Yeah…Damon…She is with Gray right now. I will tell her to call you back"

"Hmm...sure" he said as he hung up.

He fell back on the chair. Dropping his head in his hands. "Oh Fuck…"

"Are…Are you okay? ?" Ken asked, a bit scared of his sudden glum mood.

"Get out of here"

"Sure…Sir" he said almost relieved to be dismissed.

Someone was scheming against him. His brother and his wife were in on it. His only family wanted him gone. They hated him, didn't they? But why? Because other then loving them and keeping them both safe, he haven't done anything. Then why? Because you're not worth it. His mind answered for him. It didn't matter. They weren't getting rid of him though. Heavy thinking ..mind sinking ….he didn't even realized it was late night now…building empty off souls except one in the discard which unfortunately was his own With a heavy heart he picked up his phone and called Enzo.

"It's two in the night" Enzo answered also groaning.

"I want you to mail me Elena's phone records in an hour…hurry up"

"Damon…buddy…really?You're taking this stalking thing to another level…you will be beating Edward the glittering vampire in that department soon" Enzo groaned.

"Enzo…Take my order seriously if you don't want bullets in your head tomorrow" he growled as he hung up.

"Matthew Donavan…22 calls in last week" he read.

She even called him an hour ago. They were still in contact. Frequently. "Some long calls" he chuckled dryly. His heart sinking. She had called Stefan and Caroline too. A lot of times. Now he knew why Caroline gave him the stink eye. She knew about him. Something told him Grayson Gilbert knew too. This couldn't be just coincidence that he just happened to be there.

His suspensions proved correct as he noticed a call to Grayson Gilbert right after her check up time. He smirked. Matt Donavan had somehow convinced his Elena to team up against him. Not that he didn't expect it.

She must have never forgiven him from what he did to Jeremy. She clearly still hated him. She had pretended to be fine with him just for the time being. Ok. So she didn't love him but she still wanted his things. His money. That's why she demanded, he sign off his shares to her. So , when he is locked up. She could still live a luxurious life that she was used to by now.

"You're in enemy team now huh Elena" he whispered.

He shut the laptop and placed it on the side table glancing at the empty bed. He collapsed on the bed, dejected, swollen with emotions and realizations of his fate. She had crushed him officially and he couldn't even hate her because she was his soul.

He felt unwanted, worthless and isolated. It was one thing to be attacked by enemies. But this felt different. He was betrayed by his own wife. His own wife and his own brother wanted him on the electric chair, dead or locked up. The love of his life, the one woman he loved so much he lost himself, the mother of his baby, she wanted him dead. She was scheming against him.

It was like she ripped out his heart. The blank, emotionless expression swept over his face as the realization of the moment gradually seeped in. The fear seemed to rise behind his eyes. Like a caged animal, he laid there. Paralyzed by the tragic feeling of isolation, he closed his eyes as he felt the water creep out of his eyes.

Getting up abruptly, he picked up the lamp Elena bought an year ago for their bedroom and threw it on the wall. He pulled down the curtains, smashed her dresser's mirror. He destroyed everything that came into his hand.

His bedroom door bust open. She stood there. Mouth open. The girl that would clearly be the death of him. Literally.

"Damon?" Elena squeaked as she rushed toward him.

At this point he was on his knees on the cold floor shaking in both fear and rage. "Oh My gosh" she exclaimed as he examined his blood stained fists. "OH my GOD …are you insane?"

"Is it because I went with dad…ugh?" she asked with anger in her eyes.

He bit his lip, glaring at her.

"Get up…there is glass all over the floor" she said as she dragged him up. Guiding him to bed. She instructed him to stay put. She went toward the closet, only to come back with a first aid box. "Really…you have to work on your anger issues" she scolded as she dipped the cotton in antiseptic.

"Don't worry…I didn't come alone. I saw Butch outside the house…I told him to take me back here" she said as she pressed the cotton on his knuckle. He hissed, reflexively.

"I couldn't sleep there…I missed you" she added, lovingly as she tended his wounds.

"but what the hell is this? Normal people call but No…everything have to be super dramatic with you" she said rolling her eyes as she cleaned his wounds. She picked up a bandage wrapping it around his bloody knuckle.

"Look at all the mess you made" she said glaring at him.

He didn't reply even once. Somehow, all the anger evaporated.

"I love you" he managed to choke.

She looked up at him. Guilt visible in her eyes.

"I love you too but no way in hell is this acceptable..." she said rolling her eyes.

Lies. All Lies. She didn't love him.

"you broke my lamp" she said as she eyed the broken lamp on floor.

And you broke my heart. He thought.

"You are so clingy sometimes" she complained as she pushed him on bed.

She crawled on top of him and he didn't stop her. She captured his lips in a kiss and he nearly broke. She clung to him like her life depended on it. She was so good at pretending. She should get a freaking Oscar. Matt Donovan had trained her well.

Sudden rage filled through his blood. No. He wasn't going to give up. Matt Donovan doesn't know who he is dealing with. A plan formed in his mind as he kissed her back with as much zeal. His grip on her tightened. She was his and Dylan was his. He wasn't going to lose everything when he was this close to what he always yearned for. With those thoughts, he flipped them around, earning a yelp from her. Their lips met again.

"Kylie Lip Kit? What the heck is that?" he asked as Elena dragged him to another store. " It's the stuff you broke yesterday" she said rolling her eyes.

"I already said sorry" he replied.

"You broke my SEPHORA Air brush foundation and my Tarte Double Detox Facial Mask kit…and ohh look at that tarte cleansing gel…I have been looking for one of those for months" she said as she picked out things Damon had no idea about from shelf.

"Just buy whatever you want…I am waiting" he groaned.

"Just give me five minutes" she said as she scanned through shelf. Cosmetics store was Elena's heaven anyway. He smiled. "Waterproof Mascara…Uh…I might need one of those…these days I am always crying" she rambled.

He rolled his eyes. She had somehow convinced him to take her out even though she wasn't feeling well. She emotionally blackmailed him and now they were in the mall. She had been cheerful today. Probably because she thought she will get rid of him soon. No…That's not going to happen. He thought.

Elena noticed he wasn't very much responsive today. He smiled at her. But there some sort of panic and darkness in his eyes. She had freaked outlast night. She had arrived expecting him to be sleeping only to find herself a very unhinged Damon. Something was terribly wrong. She managed to calm him down but the way he held on to her lastnight scared her. As if he was scared to let her go. Must be the reaction of the check up yesterday.

She talked nonstop. She managed to make him smile once or twice but those smiles didn't reach his eyes. "Magenta or Red" she said as she showed him lip gloss.

"Your choice" he shrugged.

"What do you like?"

"Buy both of them" he sighed.

She made a face but beamed afterwards. He smiled back slightly. His eyes gave away his sadness though. "Are you okay?" she cupped one side of his face. He lent in to her touch. "Of course…you're here now…I am okay"

"You have been so … quiet" she said as they moved toward counter.

He shrugged. He paid the cashier using his old credit. The money that he earned by working his butt off.

She kept talking about everything that came to her mind. He did response but not much. As they reached parking with Butch and Jake behind them, his phone beeped. Holding the door open for her, he helped her in. He picked up his phone once she was in.

"Hello…" His eyes darted to Elena. She was pretending to be absorbed elsewhere but he knew she was listening.

"Yeah…at the warehouse near the east side…drop all the deliveries there, I am on my way" he said as he hung up.

"Baby…I have to go…I will meet you at dinner" he said as he pecked her lips.

"Who is gonna drop me home?" she asked.

"Butch will"

"And you?"

"Rose is sending another car…I have some important delivery to receive" he said.

"Okay…Take Care…Baby" she replied, smiling sweetly, making his heart melt.

" I will…I love you" he said as he kissed her temple. "Take her home" he ordered Butch. "Yes sir…"

"Love you too" Elena replied biting her lip. He smiled. "Thank you for buying me my stuff" she added.

"Only the best for my wifey" he replied smirking.

"Bye…"

As the car drove away and he saw her pick up her phone. He knew who she was calling. Matt Donovan was going to get the surprise of his life for turning his wife against him.

Matt stopped in front of the large warehouse. He had Rick, Ed and Arthur as backup. He wasn't here to arrest. He was just here to inspect and stop any illegal activity. He had backup five kilometers away just in case. Elena had informed him, Damon was here on some consignment. Probably illegal. Matt huffed.

"Should I come too?" Rick asked, reluctantly. "No…I don't want him to think your involved too…just call for backup if I don't come out after twenty minutes" Matt said as he jumped out of the car with Ed and Arthur ,his juniors following him.

"Officer Matthew Donovan…I have search warrant to check this warehouse…I would also want to talk to in charge here"

"Here I am" A female voice boomed.

A short haired, tall girl appeared. He recognized her at once. "Rose Brown"

"You have some nerve to show up after what you did" Rose hissed.

Matt smirked. "We received information that there is some sort of illegal activity going on over here…We are here to inspect…" he said mechanically.

"Ohh…We know exactly who informed you…We have been actually waiting for you…Please...come in" she gestured toward entrance.

Matt's eyes narrowed. Did they figure it out? No…that's impossible. That love struck asshole trusted Elena blindly.

He followed Rose inside with Ed and Arthur hot on his heels. Guns ready. "No move Brown or I'll shoot" he warned.

"Wouldn't dream" she replied smirking.

"Welcome buddy" a loud cheerful voice greeted him. "Took you long enough…although I saw she informed you the second she thought I was out of earshot"

"What?...I mean who are you talking about?" Matt asked, as his hand twitched toward his gun. The sinister smile on his enemy's face brought shiver down his spine. "My beautiful wife…" he answered. Matt broke into cold sweat. "Wha…?"

"You see Matt, a few days ago, I went to visit my baby bro. Imagine my surprise when I found out my wife's stuff in his apartment. Now…If I didn't know any better…I would think she is cheating on me but come on look at me...I searched my brother's apartment and I found these…" he said as he threw an envelope at his feet.

Matt picked it up. "passports and tickets…"

"Elena was never kidnapped…she came here with my brother…and you helped her with her false documentation so she wouldn't get spotted by my men…then you made me think my wife was kidnapped"

He stopped. "A whole week…I suffered a whole week…"

"Then you lure us back here using Elena as bait" Rose interjected.

"It doesn't stop here…you brainwashed my wife against me…you turned my own wife against me…you planted my own wife as your spy on me in my house"

"Damon…I can ex…"

"The time for explaining is long gone Matt. Now, Elena, I can forgive. Because she is my wife and I am batshit crazy in love with her. But unfortunately you, I can't forgive" Damon said fake pouting.

"Don't bother to call backup Matt" Rose added.

"Already bought them…" she added.

He felt cold metal on the back of his skull. Arthur had his gun pointed at him. "How does it feel to be betrayed by one of your own?"

"Imagine the pain I felt when I found out you turned my Elena against me" he whispered, eyes blazing.

"Elena will never forgive you"

"Elena will never know" he answered.

"It makes sense now you know. I always wondered why she changed. Because…my Elena loved me…and suddenly she changed. She told me she had priorities…she stopped caring about me. She stopped loving me. I…I can't have that. She is all I have…" he said as he pointed his gun at Matt's skull.

"Damon…you shouldn't do this…I…If you kill me…she will never love you…she would never love a killer"

"She would never know…" he whispered as his finger lingered toward trigger. "but no…I am not gonna kill you…yet"

"Boys…Bring that other idiot in too…" he called out.

"Matt…I wanted to leave it all behind you know? She was fixing me. But you just had to butt in…You brought this own yourself…since you like playing games so much I have a game for you" he said as he paced toward the end of room.

"Rose…will you do the honor?"

Rose snickered. They were back in old times. "and you should be glad we are the ones finishing you off…you have no idea what Zach was planning for you" Rose added.

"Turn around" she said as she snatched Matt's gun.

Matt's heart dropped at the sight in front of him. His sister stood before him, tied to a pillar. A gun pointed to her temple. "Vickie" he shouted.

"Funny story…she works for one of my men uhh Enzo…did you know that?" he asked as he moved forward. "It's a pity she would have to die because her brother couldn't keep his schemes to himself" Rose added.

Vickie shook her head violently. "Please…please…leave her…anything…kill me instead" Matt begged.

"That's not it Matt…Look at that" Rose said as she pointed at a person tied to chair. He narrowed his eyes to focus and he nearly shrieked. "dad…"

"Family reunion…how nice?" Enzo commented.

"So this is the guy who wanted to lock us all up" Bonnie added.

"Is everything set up?" Damon asked.

"Yup" Enzo nodded.

Bonnie signaled two guards behind him.

The two wrestler-like guards put the rope around his wrists and feet. Eventually his feet left the ground and they tied the rope off. He felt his elbow and shoulder joints parting company and a terrible pain started that increased in intensity. He shouted in pain. Matt fell on floor panting and crying in pain. Some guards attacked him with kicks and punches. He cried and begged for mercy.

"Enough…" Damon's voice boomed.

"This building is gonna blow up in about ten minutes Matt…If I were you I would probably get out of here" he added.

"I really didn't want to do this but you started it. They don't call us mobsters for nothing. They don't call me Don for nothing Matt…You should have known better" he said as if scolding him.

"Please…Damon…my sister…my dad…"

"Hey…we are all going out…I won't stop you from saving them" Damon said as if it was obvious. "I know family is important"

"All the best" he added before spinning on his heels.

Matt watched them walk off toward the exit he couldn't find courage enough to move. every part of his body hurt as his eyes closed. And Just when he thought this was the end he felt someone pick him up.

Caroline was shivering in fear as Sage held her against the wall. Stefan's wrist locked behind him by Enzo. "Stop fighting it baby Salvatore…your brother won't like it if I beat the shit out of you" he added.

Enzo had caught them both lurking around the warehouse after Rose and Damon left. Enzo had of course, saved Matt and his family members before the blast on Damon's order.

They just wanted to warn Matt, not actually kill him. Enzo knew why. Elena would never forgive Damon if he went through with original plan. Matt was shaken enough for life time. And now Matt was off Zach's radar had wanted Matt dead the minute he found out Matt was the one who kidnapped Elena. Not that he cared about Elena but coming after one of them was coming after all of them.

Since now to Zach, Matt and his family members died in blast. Matt should be thankful to them.

Dragging them inside their pretend building. He locked them both up. Caroline had already called Elena to their dismay. She had informed Elena about everything that went in there. Damon was in deep shit.

Enzo sighed as he came out of the basement.

Bonnie's smiling face greeted him.

"How is officer Fuckhead?" he asked.

Bonnie had transferred Matt to hospital. Of course, they had people in med department too. They were now treating Matt with no questions asked.

"Still passed out"

"Well…he shouldn't have messed with us…"

"I am just glad it's over now" Bonnie said as she hugged him. Enzo smiled as he circled his arms around her. Something in the back of his mind told him it was far from over.

Damon took a deep breath as he entered. As expected she was waiting to grill him. Her eyes red and puffy. "Where are they?" she shouted. "What no hello?". He replied. "Where is Matt? What did you do to him?" she shouted. "Calm down baby…he is fine" he replied icily.

"What the fuck is wrong with you?" she shouted. He shook his head letting out a dry chuckle. "How can you do this to him?"

"Worried about your ex" he asked,smirking.

"He tried to snatch you from me…he tried to snatch my family…he wanted to lock me up…he should be glad I let him live" Damon replied.

"and you were on his side the whole time…" he said as he took a step toward her. "You think it would be easy like that to lock me up and push me out of your life…"

"Damon…"

"I gave you an out a month ago and you said you couldn't live without me…Was that a lie? Is this all a joke to you?" he growled and she winced. That didn't stop him.

"you were spying on me for him…you cheated me…you betrayed me" he whispered and she took a step back, the sinister look in his eyes were scaring her.

"They should give you a fucking Oscar for being so convincing" he said as he trapped her between his arms, his fists against the wall, blocking anytype of exit.

"It wasn't like that"

"So you didn't go willingly with my brother and stayed with him for a week and then pretended you got kidnapped…" he asked, his eyes glowered.

"Damon…"

"ANSWER ME" he shouted and she flinched.

"Yes…"

"Why?"

"I…"

"Didn't I promise that I would leave everything for you then why? Why did you do this to me?" he shouted as he gripped her shoulders. His nails digging into her.

"Damon…you're hurting me"

"And what about all the times you hurt me? Do you know how I felt when I found the house empty...I didn't sleep, I starve myself for a week…I cried…I fucking cried while YOU STAYED HERE WITH YOUR EX SCHEMING AGAINST ME" he shouted.

Tears streamed down her cheeks as she sobbed. "I left because you killed TYLER" she shouted back.

He shook his head. "No…NO…I didn't…I tried to save his sorry ass for you…I didn't kill him…I wouldn't harm anyone you love…" he whispered menacingly.

"Then who?"

"Zach did…" Rose answered from behind.

Elena gasped. Damon hands fell to his sides. She fell on her knees. She sighed. "I knew it…I told Care over and over again but I needed to be sure…" she mumbled and then her head shot up "Caroline…where is Caroline? I was talking to her and then suddenly she hangs up on me and now I can't reach her…Don't you dare say you don't know" she looked up.

"I won't …She is at my building locked up along with my brother" he spat.

"Let them go"

"You don't give me orders Elena" he hissed."Do you have any idea what Zach would have done to all four of you if he even got a whiff of what you were all upto? Scheming against me is scheming against us all. That would have earned you death sentence had it not been me to protect you all" he said as he glared, now on his knees too

"I was trying to protect you" she whispered.

"by locking me up or sending me straight to electric chair?" he asked, sarcastically.

She flinched. "No..NO…Of course not…I would never ever do that…Matt promised he would save you if I helped him…I just wanted us out of here Damon" she shook her head violently.

"There is NO OUT Elena…get it through your head" Rose growled.

"Damon…I didn't mean to harm you or anyone…I just wanted us out of here…out of this mess…I don't want my Dylan to grow up in this…I don't want us to live like this… in your dark world" she begged crying.

"Why are you always crying?" he said annoyed as he wiped her tear stained cheeks. This was unfair.

"I am sorry…I'm sorry…You know I can never hurt you…I love you…I did everything just to save you" she said as she circled her arms around his shoulders.

He bit his lip. When she cried like that, he melted. Not that he ever had a chance to resist. He circled his arms around her too and brought her closer. "Ok…Its okay…Don't cry" he said as he patted her hair.

"If something happened to you I would die" she said as she sniffed.

"No...baby...Don't say that"

"I can't imagine my life without you...I dont know what I would do without you" she said as she broke into heart wrenching sobs.

"You would never find out baby...I am here...I will never leave you"

"Please let them go…Care and Stef…Please…" she begged.

"I won't lay a single finger on them but promise me this is the end of secrets between us…you have no idea the danger you put all four of you in by scheming against us. I forgive you because I know you were tricked by that fuckhead" he said.

"I promise…I promise…no secrets"

"ok…Stop crying now…I wasn't going to harm then in the worst place…just shake them up to never mess with us again…" he said as he scooped her in his arms. She clung to him like her life dependent on it.

Good, because she was the only thing that had stopped him from losing his sanity when he realized Matt Donovan had schemed against him. Elena was officially a traitor because of Matt. They had no tolerance for traitors. Elena was probably the first of those to survive. That too because he loved her crazily enough to let this one slide. But he would have to keep strict eye on her.

She murmured apologies to him . He accepted. He had to hide this particular episode from Zach and Voltaire though. They wouldn't tolerate this. His wife involved with a cop to get them all locked up for good wasn't something Zach would not let slide in any case.

He placed her on bed and crawled on top of her. By now , she should know that they were dangerous. And in order to survive she had to keep her head down and just go with the flow. There was no out.

It's been one month to that particular accident. Things were going like they planned. Matt Donavan wasn't bothering them anymore. He would know if Matt Donavan starts scheming again. He was strictly monitored by them.

Elena was 26 week far and her baby bump was more visible now. Her neurological check up was done by her own father. Grayson assured him she was okay. But he still had doubts.

Elena was weaker now. She couldn't walk much. She had vision problems. Her skin was paler now. She had dark circles under her eyes . The baby was completely healthy though. There was nothing wrong with her pregnancy according to their doctor.

"It's just exertion from pregnancy" she assured him when he raised his suspensions.

He paced around the room as Elena packed his bags. He was talking to Voltaire again. "Klaus Michelson couldn't have picked more wrong timing…yes…I will talk to Shane about this. Yes, he is working for that Mexican group now that too in our territory. He has got it coming for him. I am personally going to deal with him for good…yes…ok" he said as he hung up.

Elena was frowning as she zipped close his bags. "Elenaa?" he said as stood behind her. "I don't want to talk about this" she said.

"Elena…it's just until Dylan's birth. I promised you didn't I? Just trust me" he said as he kissed her neck.

"I don't want Dylan to grow up in this…I don't want him to become" she trailed off.

"Like me" he completed a look of hurt on his face.

"Damon…I love you…you had all the reasons that made you this person but now you have me and Dylan…you don't have to do this" she whispered.

"I have to…I can't just leave it like that…I know that you're disturbed that I am still involved in this but if they caught even whiff of my plans…they will kill us both. We have to be very careful" he said as he spun her around.

She nodded. There was something in her eyes though. She was hiding something. "Something on your mind?"

"No.."

"Elena…"

"You're getting late"

"Yeah…" he said as he leaned in and captured her lips into a searing kiss. There was something really wrong with that kiss. It looked like she was saying good bye.

"Hey…it's just three days" he whispered against her mouth.

"Aha.." she sniffed.

"I love you" she whispered against his mouth.

"I would die if you didn't" he whispered back. "I love you too…crazily, illogically and obsessively"

He bent on his knees circling his arms around her waist. "And you too…" he whispered to her swollen belly.

"Ok…while I am gone. Don't bug your mum too much…She is really emotional these days…don't keep her awake too much with the constant kicking and all…I know…I know…you can't help it…that's the only activity that you can do right now but keep it down okay" he kissed her bump twice before he rose up back on his feet. Cupping the back of her neck he kissed her again.

"Can I drop you off?" she requested.

"More time with you…Can I ever deny myself that"

"Good bye" she whispered as he kissed her one last time. "Don't cry…it's just three days" he whispered rolling his eyes.

"I am sorry…I am just too emotional these days…"

"Call Bonnie…She will keep you busy till I am back" he said.

"Okay…"

"Bye Baby"

"Bye…"

He walked away once looking back. She wasn't even hiding her tears anymore. He rolled his eyes. She wiped away her tears as she waved.

He was going though airport security system like every time. The Airport Baggage checker beeped loudly snapping him out of his thoughts. "What the hell?"

"We will need you to step aside" One of the security guard said coming toward him.

"That's not my bag…"

"This isn't?"

"yeah it is but…" his eyes roamed over the bag.

"Hands behind your back..." he said.

He held his head in his hands as police confirmed it was his bag that contained 4 grams of cocaine. He had no doubts as to who did it. Elena's tears brimmed eyes filled his mind. That guilty look. How couldn't he figure it out? Elena had set him up. She had placed cocaine in his bag to get him caught at airport security. The trick that he used on Klaus reversed on him. Un-fucking-believable! Even after every fucking thing he did for her. Even after forgiving her for the last time she manipulated him. She still set him up.

They cuffed his hands behind his back. "You will be going in for five years or better once I am through with you" Matt Donovan's menacing voice boomed.

He shook his head. Matt had just earned himself death sentence. Elena had betrayed him yet again. Even after he promised her he would leave it all behind. He didn't particularly told her when. But it was possibility someday after Dylan's birth.

Cameras flashed violently as they brought him out of the room. They had successfully framed him. They had used the love of his life against him. They had exploited his weakness.

Elena was standing near the exit of airport wrapped up in Stefan's arms and he flinched as he saw his brother holding his wife while she was crying hysterically.

"WHY?" he shouted.

"After everything I did for you. Why?" he said as he passed her. She hid her face in Stefan's chest probably crying.

"a 2nd degree felony with possible punishment of 2-6 years and fine of up to $10,000" He caught one reporter saying.

"Sir please remain silent" one of the security officer barked.

"I am sorry" she said as she looked at him.

"You will be" he whispered.

"Damon…Damon…Don't worry…We talked to our lawyers…They are on their way" He heard Rose say.

Elena was shivering. Had it not been his brother holding her she would have fallen on her knees. She was crying violently as if she was subjected to inhumane torture. His heart dropped. Why was she crying like that when she was the one who framed him?

"Take him away" He heard Matt's voice.

"Are you okay?" Caroline's voice snapped Elena out of her trance.

"No" she replied coldly.

"It was the right thing to do"

"I only did it to save him…I don't give a damn about the right thing or the wrong thing at this point"

"Matt did promise his life didn't he? It's only a matter of months before Zach and all the likes of him are locked down for good" Caroline patted her.

"I had to betray him after everything we have been through"

"Elena…Please…It's only a matter of months…He will be out in no time" Caroline said as she circled her arms around her shaking friend.

"I just miss him too much…I don't think I will be able to live without him"

Matt checked the signed papers handed by Elena to him which granted him permission to check all the accounts and transactions that happened in last month. It was now a piece of cake to uncover the illegal activities that happened at Salvatore and Smith co.

Damon didn't even have to be involved. Elena was the sole share owner since Damon had transferred his shares to her last month. He was just an employee at the company now. Matt changed the record. Now, according to papers, Damon had been held the status of employee from last six months. This was cheating he knew.

But, he promised his friend her husband's freedom in return didn't he. Now he just had to keep Damon locked up until he could get rid of Zach. Damon was Zach's right hand. Keeping his right hand locked in would make everything much easier.

There was still issue of the crime they had framed Damon for. One year max would be his penalty if his felony was proved. The procedure could take ages. He knew it would be easy to remove records of his felony once he was done with Zach. Matt just hoped everything went with the plan.

One month ago

(Before the arrest :P)

"Tressie! Can you please pass me the onion powder…it's in that cabinet near the counter?" Elena said as she rubbed the chicken inside and out with spice mixture. "Yes Ma'am" Tressie replied as she handed Elena the box. "Thank you…" she replied as she anxiously looked at the clock on the kitchen wall.

"They should be here by now" Elena mumbled. Damon had promised her Caroline and Stefan were safe. He called Enzo in front of her and ordered him to bring Caroline and Stefan here. She didn't press him much about how Matt was doing. She knew he was hurt by her deception. And who wouldn't? She tried to set him matter how pure her intentions were. This was still a betrayal. She promised herself she would make it up to him. With those thoughts she started working on the dinner she was making for her husband, her best friend Caroline and her brother in law Stefan.

"Let me go" Stefan growled at Enzo who was trying to untie him. "That's what I am trying to do…"Enzo replied ,annoyed by his struggle.

"What will you do to us?" Caroline asked, afraid of the answer.

"Taking you to Boss's house"

"More like his slaughter base" Sage teased.

Color faded from Caroline's face. Stefan's hissed. "Sage! This is Don's brother" Enzo warned. "I am just messing with them"

"Don't call me his brother…He is no brother of mine…I am not related that low life inhumane criminal" Stefan spat as he rubbed his recently released knuckles. Enzo recently light behavior changed. Taking the gun out of his back pocket, he pointed it to Stefan's skull. "Say that again" He seethed. Caroline= shouted in fear. "Please…Please…Don't" Caroline begged.

"Listen up cunt! I don't think you understand the seriousness of the situation just yet. You and this whore were caught snooping around our base. Now by normal rule, we should have been throwing your dead bodies' downtown by now but for some reason "Your" brother wants us to keep this particular episode a secret and deliver you and your whore safely to him"

"I don't need his mercy…he destroyed my life" Stefan spat. He wasn't afraid. He knew by now Enzo won't harm him. "On the contrary, I think you destroyed his life. HE took the FALL for you all those years ago. Without so much as thinking he accepted your crime as his and gave himself up to cops for a life time imprisonment."

"I got him out"

"For your personal benefit again. You wanted him to get rid of Zach with you. But Zach found out and your plan backfired and your poor father had to pay for that." Enzo said harshly. He had this enough. Years and years of watching his best friend treated like shit by his brother.

"He BETRAYED me Enzo…" Stefan shouted.

"Yes, because Zach had him cornered and they were planning to kill you next. He stayed because of you. Don't forget that YOU got to live the life you dream of while he stayed behind in the world he despised from the start."

Stefan shook his head. "What? No comeback?" Enzo sneered. "See these people over here that are shivering by my mere presence…and look at you. All bold and confident. The reason, you can find the strength to talk back at me is the fact that you know I can't even harm a single hair on your head because of your brother" Enzo growled.

"If you say one word against our Boss again so help me God! Stefan! I will thrash you within an inch of your life until you beg me to kill you" Enzo added, hissing.

Stefan gulped. He wasn't afraid. He knew they were empty threats. Sadly, Enzo was right. He knew no one could touch him as long as his brother was alive. He knew it all along but he still hated Damon with passion. Elena was right. She had told him that Damon did refuse to run away until and unless he was safe. He had flat out refused to build his white picket fence ending on Stefan's dead body. At that time, Stefan had laughed at her and told her those were just his lines to impress her. Now, he knew she had been right all along.

He hung his head in shame as Enzo pushed him toward the exit.

"What are you doing?" Elena got startled by Damon's voice.

"Making dinner" she replied, smiling.

"No! NO! NO! You're not supposed to be working" he said as he took the spatula from her. "Where is the kitchen staff?" he asked her.

"I dismissed them…I don't need kitchen staff" she said as she took the spatula back from him. There she was. The girl that he fell for. The aggressively self dependent girl. "You're weak and really really ill and besides its my night to do the cooking" he said as he picked her up and dropped her lightly on the counter.

"Ugh! So what are we making?"

"Salisbury Steak"

"Salisb...what?" he asked, raising his eyebrow.

Elena laughed. "Help me down" she said in between giggles.

"Nope…I'll handle it. What are YouTube tutorials for?" he said rolling his eyes.

"You can't find this on YouTube! This is my family's secret recipe..." she said laughing.

"Found it…your mum posted a tutorial on YouTube an year ago of this recipe. Guess this recipe isn't secret anymore" he said as he scanned his iPad.

"Whaa..?"

Elena trailed off when the main door opened. Enzo entered with Stefan and Caroline following behind him. "Thank God! You're here" she murmured as she jumped lightly on her feet, running toward them. She caught Stefan in a bear hug, sighing in relief. Pulling away, she rushed to Caroline. Caroline started crying. She knew she was safe now. Her best friend won't let anything happen to them.

"You're okay…you're okay…you're safe" Elena murmured to her friend. "We saw…We saw him…The…The warehouse…blast…Matt was …." Caroline tried to speak within heavy sobbing. The cold look on Damon's face was back as he remembered the events that happened early.

"He is fine…he is okay…" Elena assured her, nodding.

"I am taking her to our room…She is scared and…" she spoke to him. His face softened. She looked like she was asking for his approval. "Okay" he replied. Caroline didn't look at him. The mere thought of him scared her. "Caroline! Don't be scared…you're safe here" Damon said firmly, voice void of all emotion. Caroline shivered. His assurance only scared her more. Clinging to her best friend, Elena guided her to her bedroom.

Caroline sat still on bed. Looking down at the hot chocolate milk cup Elena just brought her. She was thinking about the conversation they just had. While Caroline had freaked out and told her about the whole blast incident. Elena remained calm.

"We have to get out of here like now. Elena he is very dangerous. Ok! Maybe he didn't kill Matt yet but what's to say his deranged mind could burst any moment. Any moment now, he could have us all killed." Caroline blabbed.

"He wont"

"Why are you so sure? He already killed Tyler" Caroline seethed.

"He didn't …Zach did" Elena replied instantly.

"Zach…as in Zach Salvatore?" Caroline asked.

"Yes…the very Zach. Caroline he is the devil himself. Rose told me that Zach and Tyler had some kind of feud over a contract. Zach wanted some illegal contracts passed by the mayor while Tyler resisted. They offered him huge amount to bribe him but Tyler stood unaffected. Damon tried to save him over and over again for me but once we were in Italy…Zach ordered Enzo to kill him. Damon didn't have anything to do with this" Elena explained.

Caroline remained silent, absorbing information she just received. She felt someone wipe away her tears. "I can't imagine the pain you must be feeling right now…I am sorry Care"

Caroline didn't reply. "I promise you that none of these people will ever interfere in your life again.I am so sorry for what you suffered today…" Elena hugged her friend.

"This is it right. There is no out for any of us. You're stuck with him and I am stuck with the fact that I know my fiance's killers and yet I can't do anything about it" Caroline sobbed in frustration.

"because clearly after today's episode I doubt Matt will ever work on this case again" she added.

Elena flinched. "Just waste of time" Caroline muttered. "I wanna go home" she demanded.

"Sure but I made dinner" Elena said nodding. Caroline gritted her teeth but then took a deep breath. "Elena…honey…I know that none of this is your fault. I totally understand your need to defend that…that monster but I…I have had enough for a day…I just wanna go home" Caroline said as she looked up.

"Okay…" Elena replied looking down.

Caroline got up, starightning her shirt. "Take care of yourself and don't forget to take your meds…I have already lost the love of my life…I don't wanna lose you too" Caroline said as she gave her friend one hug before parting.

"I know...Take Care..." Elena nodded, smiling. "Where is she going?" Rose asked once they were out.

"Home…"

"Is Damon…" Rose asked, unsure.

"Damon will be fine" Elena replied firmly.

Elena guided Caroline to the exit. Elena waved her good bye once Caroline stopped the cab.

Stefan was sitting on the roof looking at the sky. He never noticed when Damon sat beside him. "Looking at stars is so over rated" Damon chuckled.

He handed Stefan a plate with a fork and spoon. Eating under the sky like they use to when they were children.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Stefan finally asked, taking a bite.

"Wouldn't make a difference…I still didn't want you involved in this mess…you had a promising future…" Damon replied shrugging.

"All this time I hated you" Stefan whispered.

"You didn't hate me…you were just mad at me…siblings fight…no big deal" Damon replied.

"Why? Why did you do all that for me?" he asked.

"You were my only family that time…my brother…I could still never forgive myself for leaving you all those years ago when I ran away…you depended on me and I let you down" Damon said biting his lower lip looking ahead.

"I am sorry for ruining your life" Stefan whispered.

"Don't be sorry…It wasn't all suffering and sadness. I have the power…I have huge houses…bank balance...I love the rush and the thrill…and now I have Elena too…I wouldn't have all this if all that never happened" he said smirking.

"and do you know…I am gonna be a father soon" he said smiling widely. Stefan smiled back. "Yeah…I am glad for you …you would make a great father…I mean after all you did for me…What was his name again?umm…Dylan…right? Elena was really excited she kept talking about all your plans…" he replied.

He bit his lower lip. "There something I need to tell you"

"Stefan…I…Elena and I are planning to move away from all this mess…"

"You two are planning to run away" Stefan said his eyes narrowing.

"It's not gonna be easy…because you and I both know how difficult it is to escape this world…I wont be able to protect you anymore"

"I think I can handle myself now" Stefan said smirking.

"I have made some arrangements for you to move out of here too…I don't want to risk it…"

"Damon! I can take care of myself"

"For my peace of mind"

"You havent changed a bit . Have you?"

"I did change a lot…since Elena"

"I noticed…she makes you a better person…I am glad you have her"

"Me too…"

"Just promise me…you will do right by her?"

"Of course …I will…always"

Elena inhaled as he circled his arms around her and brought her closer to his couldn't help but sigh in relief. Her fingers trailed down his chest in a loving manner. "Why did you go with them?" he finally asked.

"I just…That night Kevin attacked me" she didn't even complete when she heard him snarl. "I got attacked by Kol too" he added. She shivered. "What?"

"Kol attacked me…he had some people ready. As soon as the bar closed.I managed to beat them all. But he had other people too just waiting outside for his signal. That's when Rose came in and safe my ass." He completed

"She kept tabs on us" Elena asked.

"Yeah…smart move though"

"Why did you leave?" he asked again, she could sense hurt and sadness in his tone.

"I…I…I guess I got scared. I still had my doubts about you. And when Care told me about Tyler…I…just couldn't stay…"

"I didn't do it" he said interrupting her.

"I trust you" she replied.

"Doesn't seem like it" he chuckled dryly. Elena looked at him. Yes, he was hurt by her leaving him. "When I came back and you weren't there…I lost my mind…I have never been that scared in my life…" he said looking at ceiling, wincing as he remembered.

"I am sorry…I didn't want to leave"

"But you did"

"This all new to me Damon. I got attacked by Kevin. Stefan and Caroline were there. Then when Stefan and Care told me about Tyler. I just snapped. I…somewhere in my heart I knew you weren't involved with Tyler's murder but I had to be sure…I will regret it every day. I should have stayed. I shouldn't have put you through that" she explained.

"But I promise you now. I promise to stay with you no matter what. I will never ever leave you" she said earnestly. A small tinge of guilt in the back of her mind as she remembered her health condition. Yes, she would have to tell him that too. Soon.

"It wouldn't make a difference" He said as he turned to her. Elena's eyes narrowed. "You would have came back…We are real…when its real you can't walk away"

He bit his lower lip as he turned to stroke her hair. "Thank you for giving me another chance" she murmured.

"Do I have a choice? You have the ability to make me do anything…you drive me crazy" he completed as he traced her lower lip with his thumb.

"So how did talk with Stefan go?" she asked.

"I told him about us…our plans…I told him that I can't do this anymore. I am more than just his elder brother now. I have my family to protect too now" he whispered in her hair.

"We will figure it out…We will get away from all will get through this."

"It's not as easy as it seems Elena…you have no idea the type of people I…I work with"

"Let's not talk about it. Let's just take every moment as it comes. We will deal with everything when the time comes" she said as she snuggled to him.

He kissed the top of her head. "You will have to come with me to my office tomorrow"

"What for?"

"We will need your final signatures on the transfer papers" He said. He felt her stiffen. He smirked. "I…I don't need it anymore"

"Elenaa"

"Damon…It was actually for…"

"I don't want to hear it. You are right. The stuff that I do…every time I go out there is a possibility that I might never return and I want you to be safe." He said in a calm tone. "It's for my own peace of mind" he added when Elena opened her mouth to protest.

"I didn't think my life had a purpose before you came into it Elena. I…You're giving me our child and everything I give you in return is meaningless and , you are my life now" He added cupping her face. She closed her eyes in great reprieve.

Wasn't he just perfect. He forgave her again and again. She couldn't stand the idea of being separated from him . At that moment she promised herself to love the man in front her recklessly and madly until she took her last breath.

Elena's stomach grumbled loudly. How is this possible? She just ate. She chided her stomach and rolled over on her bed. It's been one week since they made up. This time she wasn't planning ahead. One step at a time. She was aware that Damon was still working for Zach. She ignored that fact. She knew she would have to bring it up soon. Because there was no way in hell she would allow her son to be involved in this mess but they just had been through a lot and she just wanted some time drama free.

Her stomach grumbled again interrupting her thoughts. She pulled off her covers, leaving her sleeping husband behind, she got out of bed and tip toed down the stairs to the kitchen.

She wondered to herself, if they had pop tarts. Or chocolates . Her mouth watered at the thought of chocolates ; that would pliant crunch under her teeth, and the flavors would dance on her taste buds. She knew they had it somewhere near top shelf. Yes, top shelf. She tried to reach it on her tip toes and just missed. She gritted her teeth in frustration. And just when she thought she reached ,her hand touched the glass plates she had placed an hour ago, with aloud sound they crashed on ground making her jump and squeal.

"For the love of God…Elena…What are you trying to do? Kill yourself" she heard a harsh male voice from behind her.

"step away now…you're not even wearing your slippers" he groaned. "I was hungry"

"but you just ate"

"an hour ago" she said as if he just offended her and in a way he just did.

"I will clean it up" she added when she saw him eye the broken plates on the floor. "That was my favorite dinner set" he whined.

"It's just a few plates" she spat.

He huffed as took out the gloves from the drawer and picked up big shards. "there are still tiny pieces" Elena pointed out. "Give me a bread" he asked. She rose her eyebrows but pressed the bread to the floor. Elena handed him damp paper towels. He wiped the floor with them , making sure it was clean. So, here he was a Don, a mobster, wiping off kitchen's floor so his wife wouldn't hurt herself.

"You and your cleaning disorders"

"You call it disorder…I call it not being a slob" he growled.

"Besides…you are always running bare feet…I am only making sure you won't hurt yourself" he said in sleepy tone. He was really grumpy whenever someone interrupted his sleep time.

Once, he was done. He motioned her to follow him. She pouted and looked at the chocolate box placed on the top shelf. He grumbled and with ease she might add reach out and get the chocolate box for her.

"And Doritos…" she pointed.

He rolled his eyes as he reached out and picked it and handed it to her. "Now…can we go" he said yawning.

"Okay"

Sitting on bed, she opened the bag of Doritos and started crunching on chips, loudly. She eyed Damon. He was still sleeping soundly. A sudden rose inside. She couldn't sleep because she was hungry and she was hungry because of his child. Hence making it his fault that she couldn't sleep. That son of bitch, sleeping soundly after robbing her off her sleep. She chewed loudly. If she couldn't sleep she wouldn't let him sleep either.

She repeated the same action over and over again until she noticed his jaw clenching. Elena smirked. She was getting to him. This wasn't anything personal. Her pregnancy hormones had a mind of their own.

She chewed loudly. The expression on his face changed. He looked irritated. His eyes shot open. Sleep deprived warm blue eyes glared at her. "I am sorry…Am I bothering you?" she asked, innocently.

He sighed as if trying to calm himself down. "No…" he shut his eyes again. The crunch sound disturbed him again. "Really? Elena"

"What?"

"I haven't slept two night straight because of you…Can you please keep it down?"

"I can't sleep because your kid wont let me sleep…he is either hungry or kicking or making me vomit…I am having as much sleepless nights as you are" she spat back.

"but you get to have your beauty sleep during the day while I can't"

"Are you calling me lazy ass?"

"I never said that…"

"It's not my fault I sleep all day. He exhausts me" she said.

"I know baby…I know that for him to grow…"he trailed off when she scowled.

"Now you're calling me fat"

"Whaaa? When did I said that…" he looked shocked.

"You said the baby is growing which is actually your code words for Elena you're fat."

"Oh God" he sighed.

"I know…that I am not attractive anymore. I mean I use to look like a coke bottle and now I look like a coke can…I am not pretty anymore…you should just leave me…I won't judge you if you file for divorce…I'm a mess" she whined as she threw Doritos bag on the carpet.

"How did it turn from keeping your crunching down to filing for divorce?" he asked, alarmed.

"See! I make a big deal out of everything. I am a horrible person" she said as she hugged her knees. "Oh God…Oh God…" he groaned lightly as he rose up, sitting. Her prego hormones had kicked in again.

"Come're my bundle of insecurities" he mumbled as he circled his arms around her.

"I am acting crazy, aint I?" she asked once she calmed down.

"You have no idea" he said as he chuckled.

"I can't sleep" she mumbled.

"I am up now…" he said as he tried to stifle his yawning.

"You should sleep…you have work tomorrow"

"Nope…I am up now…What do you wanna do?"

"Just talk until I am sleepy"

For the next hour they talked about all sort of non sense. From Elena's childhood stories to Damon's brief college experiences. They discussed about everything. From their mutual dislike about certain celebrity to a TV show Elena liked.

"so then the elder brother falls in love with the doppelganger too…just like 145 years ago but she was with the younger brother but then the hybrid comes and he needs the doppelganger for the sacrifice" she explained a TV show and he listened intently. He just loved when she talked.

"I don't get it…why did the hybrid need doppelganger again?" he asked. He wasn't into Teen Drama much but his wife even at the age of twenty six acted like a teenager when it came to TV shows.

"For the sacrifice to make himself a full hybrid" she told him as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. "Wasn't he an original vampire?"

"Yes but he is hybrid as well"

"Just skip the drama and tell me the end... who wins?"

"Hybrid does"

"Say what?"

"The doppelganger survives because the elder vampire brother gives her his blood" she added.

"I don't get it. If it was that easy to keep her alive…then what was all the hype about?" he asked growing impatient with the concept of story.

"By drinking a vampire's blood she would become a vampire herself and she didn't wanted to become a vampire" Elena explained.

"No…No...No…Elena…You have got it wrong…See…as much as I know...you become a vampire when a vampire bites you"

"It's not that simple in the show. In the show, the human had to drink vampire blood and then die having the blood in system and once he wakes up he had to feed on human blood to complete transition" she explained the methodology.

His nose scrunched up in confusion. "Human blood then die then vampire blood" he repeated.

"No No…It's vampire blood then die then human blood" she corrected.

"Fuck!This is confusing" he whined as he stretched his legs on bed. "Damon don't say the F word…the baby can hear you"

"He can?" he asked, surprised.

"Yes…everytime you talk he kicks and when you stop talking he kicks even more hence the reason I can't sleep" she explained.

He smiled , amused. His hand sneaked to her swollen belly. "I can feel him" he said in somewhat awe.

"You think it's adorable isn't it?" Elena asked.

"Of course" he said still dazed.

"I thought too but the charm wore off after the 25th time he kicked in like last six hours" Elena said rolling her eyes.

" He is just bored" Damon defended.

"I am sorry I can't provide him an Xbox inside me"

"These kicks are tiny and harmless…stop whining"

"Dad to the rescue…Is this how its gonna be? You and Dylan are gonna team up against me?" Elena asked narrowing her eyes.

"Someone has to save him from all your nagging" Damon said as he toyed with her hand as if already picturing the scenes in his head, smirking.

Elena pressed her lips to his forehead. He sighed in great reprieve. They kept talking the next hour. It was almost three. Damon was trying his best to stay awake and listen to Elena talk about some woman from her college he didn't give a damn about but he had to listen because well he promised .

"and then she acted like such a b-i-t-c-h because I didn't let her copy my assignment I mean can you believe that?"

"No baby I cannot believe that" he just repeated whatever she said, not even bothering to listen. He could kill for an hour sleep at this point.

"I told Care…(she stopped changing the topic) anyway…I did all the work on that assignment. No, I refuse to hand over my work just like that…" Elena rambled.

"Damon…Damon…are you even listening to me?" she shook him.

"Yeah baby…"

"What did I just say?"

"uh…That bitch sorry B-i-t-c-h stole your idea for research paper" he guessed.

"huh…yeah and you know she didn't even come to our wedding even after I sent her invitation and she RSVP'd that she will be coming…" she talked. He tried to open his sleepy eyes. "Aha…"

It was after four thirty when Elena started yawning and eventually dozed off. "Thank God" he murmured in relief as he too closed his eyes.

"You look like you didn't sleep at all" Rose said as he yawned again going through files.

"I didn't. Dylan keeps kicking Lena and Lena can't sleep so I stayed up all night until she fell asleep. I didn't even get to sleep four hours" Damon said as he rubbed his redden sleep deprived eyes.

"It's too hard to be pregnant. Thank God! I don't have to deal with that mess" Rose huffed.

"It's not hard. Its fun" he felt a little offended by Rose calling his child "mess". Thank God, Elena wasn't like that.

"Easy for you to say…you don't have to carry it"

"Him" Damon corrected.

Rose chuckled. "Already over protective"

A knock on the door pooped their bubble. Chris, one of his men, entered with a grave look on his face. "Sir…We have a situation"

A cold look returned on his face. He raised his eyebrows arguing him to continue. "The Mexican group attacked our site…they injured a lot of our men…They also took the latest delivery by Rocco."

"That fucking son of a whore" Rose hissed.

Damon shook his head furiously. "Shit". "What do we do now?" Rose asked him. "We go for kill" he replied.

He wiped his hands clean, making sure he looked presentable. Damon knew Elena didn't approve. Yes, she had not brought this subject on because he was aware she didn't want to push him just yet. She was taking it slow this time.

But that didn't mean she would agree to his life style. He checked his hands again, sure there wasn't a blood stain on his hands and suit. "Elena Baby" he called as he entered.

"In here" Elena's voice came from the kitchen.

"Baby…not again" he whined as he made his way toward kitchen. As soon as he laid his eyes on her, he exhaled in content. Seeing her just did magic for him. She beamed at him. Her eyes shone when she saw him.

He walked over toward her pecking her lips first. "We have Emily, Tressie and bunch of other girls here for help. Dr Adam specifically said you are not supposed to get up from bed…"

"I was getting bored"

"Elena! Must you always go against everything I say" he said annoyed.

"I made your favorite dish" Elena bribed him cupping his face , a scheme so he wouldn't further scold her.

He pressed his lips. "Fine…I will save the lecture for later"

She giggled. "Go get changed" she pushed him slightly. "Yes Ma'am" he replied as he spun around his heel right after he planted a kiss on her cheek.

"How about this one?" she said as she showed him a dress.

"It will look beautiful with you Baby" he replied without taking his eyes off his ipad screen. "How about this green one?" Elena said. "Very pretty Baby" he replied.

As he worked, Elena skimmed through her closet. His eyes only shot to her when she groaned. "Baby…you okay?" he asked, concerned.

"Nothing would fit me…Like I said…Use to be coca cola bottle and now a coca cola can." She said furiously. He smirked as she went on about how her life was miserable because she had terrible hair and her dresses won't fit her.

He never liked talkative women but when she talked he loved it. She was very passionate. Emotions just flowed out of her like that. There wasn't any lying or any scheming in her. She was so pure.

"Look at this…Look at this" she turned around, showing him her hips. "I am huge…I am like a…"

"shark" he completed and regretted it immediately when her eyes flared.

"Did you just called me shark?" she spat.

"Oh Fuck…I mean F-U-C-K…I didn't mean it…I didn't mean it" he said as he got up. "Don't come close or I will end up KILLING you" Elena growled.

"You're perfect babe…you're perfect…I didn't mean it…" he said as he moved toward her.

"You're amazing and you're perfect. You're not fat; you're pregnant. You're beautiful. You have no idea that how much the thought of you being pregnant with my child turns me on. You're perfection baby" he blabbed whatever came to his mind.

"You say these things and make it impossible for me to hate you" she seethed.

She spun around.

Just six hours ago, he had gone to the east side of the city and had gotten rid of his rival gang. He had knocked out four of them without using any weapon. Just six hours ago, they were on their knees begging for forgiveness while he made life and death decisions for them. Just six hours ago, he bid his rival gang members final warning and threw them out of their territory but not before thoroughly beating the life out of them and now here he was, pleading his wifey to forgive him for his mistake.

"Elena…Baby…Oh come on…I said I am sorry" he said as he followed her.

"I don't want to talk to you ever"

"Baby…please"

"Don't baby me…you called me fat"

"I did not"

"You called me a shark when you know how insecure I am these days about my appearance"

"Baby…I was just completing your sentence…I didn't mean it"

"No…Stay away from me…"

This riled him. He didn't like it when she said that. A sick part of him loved it when she got angry. It kind of turned him on. He snapped. Then, out of nowhere, he leaned forward and kissed her. It was hot and fast, pouring of the rage ,passion, longing and love . She tried to push him away,she obviously was still angry . But she caved in soon when she wrapped her arms around his neck bringing him closer kissing him furiously.

Pressing her against the wall, he leans to reclaim her lips. She kissed him back with as much zeal, fight long forgotten.

"Take your clothes off," he whispered. "Let me see you."

"Do it for me"

"Nope…It's sexier when you do it"

She slowly unbuttoned her shirt. She wasn't showing off like she used to do before she got pregnant. She wasn't very confident anymore. Any insecurity she had, disappeared when she looked at him. He looked like he wanted to eat her. She smirked. She loved the affect she had on him. It was like he could only see her. She felt the same for him. She never wanted someone like she wanted him. She never loved someone like she loved him.

And who wouldnt. Elena thought. He was perfection. Her hand played with the hem of his sweat shirt before she took it off him. Trailing her fingers down his contoured chest. She kissed his neck. She sucked on his pulse point, biting at one point, marking him as hers. He moaned. He loved it when she got possessive on him like that.

"Now take it off," he instructed, his husky voice filled with urgent long ing as he looked down at her pants.

She looked down. She wasn't as beautiful as she was before. Why would he still look at her like if he didn't have her he would die? "Look at me." His finger gently stroked the side her cheek. She looked the way he was holding her and gazing at her, it filled her with warmth and longing for him.

He stroked a hand up and down her leg, making her yearn for him. He placed his mouth around her breasts and kissed panted, as she ran her fingers through his hair. His lips trailed up to her throat and then to her lips. Without stop kissing,they led eachother to bed. He pressed her on the mattress, hovering above her.

Every fibre in her body frizzled when he kissed down her throat to her stomach to her core. And then his tongue was circling it, playing with her clit. Teasing groaned, running her fingers through his hair. Kissing, licking, stroking, she finally came.

"My turn" Elena growled as she rolled on top of him.

As her lips trailed down his chest, he stopped breathing for a second before exhaling. She could feel his heart racing smiled as she trailed down to his stomach, planting butterfly kisses.

He sighed and groaned as her hand slid down his pants, unbuckling them. Her fingers gently stroked his shaft. He loved the feel of her soft skin against his hardness. Her hand moved up and down, more confident with each stroke, with every groan of pleasure he emitted.

She moved down and placed her lips around his shaft. She licked his hard length, from his balls to his tip. He lost control and withered when she tightened her lips and kissed and sucked his shaft. He unclenched and clenched his fists as Elena paced the rhythm.

"Baby…Baby…I'm.." he tried to warn her but it was too late.

She felt him stiffen and quiver as he came onto her mouth, pulsing with each spurt. "Shit" he groaned and threw his head back.

"I…I tried to warn you"

"No trouble" she said as she was on top of him again, smiling like a vixen.

"I want you now" she added, circling her hips around him.

"No…I think I am done" he pretended to shot her down.

"What? but I want you" Elena said pouting.

"I wanted you too last night but you shot me down…this is payback…now get off me" He said, smirking.

She knew where this was going. "I know what you want…you want me to beg"

"Yes…Beg"

"Please…Please" she tried. He rolled his eyes. "You can do way better then that"

"I want you here right now. I want you so bad" she said almost desperately.

"Not good enough" he refused as he shook his head.

Elena gritted her teeth. She tried to move but he held her firmly so she wouldn't get any sort of friction. "If you don't screw right now…I will find someone else who will" she threatened.

His eyes widened in reaction. He knew she was just playing with him. Teasing him just like he was teasing her but the image of her with someone, anyone , was enough to drive him mad. Lifting her hips up he slammed himself inside her.

"And you think I will let him live…No.." he said as he moved rapidly inside her.

She moaned in reaction. Her eyes closed. "You fit against me so perfectly like…like you were made just for me…I waited for you too damn long…baby…you're perfection that I am gonna keep" he moaned in her ear bending her down to him as he slammed inside her.

"Oh my god, that feels so good baby!" she whispered in his ear.

Elena's mouth found his, nibbling his lower lip. He dug his nails into her skin, making her writhe and create a tantalizing friction between the two. She gasped raw passion was enough to drive her over the edge with him following behind her.

They held each other half dazed, in a euphoric state, panting hard before he fell back on bed pulling her to his chest.

"That was…"

"amazing" she completed.

After round two and round three. They were completely spent. It was nine in the morning when she woke didn't need to wake him up. It was weekend. She smiled as she brushed his hair of his face.

He shifted in bed toward her, still turned toward him, gazing at him. Her fingers traced his face. She smiled. How did she get so lucky? She moved closer, kissing his forehead. "I love you" she murmured to him. Sudden thought of her health saddened her. What if she didn't make it? Will he be okay? Was her decision right?

She debated in her mind. She could not just drop on him the news of her health. She knew he was very sensitive when it came to her. She would tell him slowly. She would mentally prepare him. In case she didn't make it, he needed to be strong again ,like he had been throughout his life. He needed to be strong for their baby. She would make sure he is out of his world before her due date. But slowly. She had to be really careful now. It was already a big deal that he forgave her. Her fate should have been death for betrayal. She knew how mafia worked. She was only safe because he loved her illogically.

She traced his face slowly. He sighed in his sleep. This was his body's reaction to her. She smiled warmly at him.

The slight buzz of her phone popped her bubble. She picked her phone. She nearly squeaked once she saw the message.

"Damon…Damon…Wake up" she shook him furiously.

"Wha…Baby…We just…we just slept" he groaned. Elena's eyes narrowed. "Get up now". "What is it?" he asked rubbing his eyes. "April's getting married" she shouted in excitement. "Oh….Great! Congratulations…now let me sleep" he said as he hid his face in the crook of his elbow. "No…We are calling her now to congratulate her" Elena ordered.

"Baby…Baby…Can't we do it like after lunch?" he asked, yawning. "Nope…Come on…She wants to Skype now" she said as she took out her iPad from the left drawer of her bedside table.

"Who the hell is she?" he asked, annoyed. In his defense, he got total six hour sleep in last two days.

"April Young…The girl I use to babysit…You met her on our wedding"

"I met a lot of people on our wedding from your side I can't remember each and every one of them" he groaned.

"She was the one with red halter dress"

He narrowed his eyes. "Yes…Elena! That helped a lot"

"Wear your shirt" she said throwing his button down to him. "Ohh…possessive much?" he asked, smirking as he wore it. Elena rolled her eyes. "She is calling" Elena smiled as she touched the touch screen,accepting the call.

"Lenaaaa!" The girl screamed. "Hey!" Elena waved in excitement. "Did I wake you up? Of course ! I did but I just couldn't wait. Can you believe it he proposed? OH I AM SO EXCITED"

"April! Breathe" Elena advised.

"Ohh.." she inhaled. " Oh! Hi! Damon!" she waved at a very annoyed Damon. He waved back.

Elena elbowed him. He looked at her wearily before he gave April a tight lipped smile. "Congratulations" he muttered. "Thank you…Oh I am so excited…You two must come like a week before wedding…I know your prego but it's in September which is like a month after your due date…"

"Of course" Elena said , a little uncertainty in her voice. "I have so much to tell you" April blabbered excitedly. He glared at Elena. She wouldn't possibly expect him to sit through her friend's non sense blabber. Elena glared back. "Oh! Are you two busy?" April asked, noticing their exchange. "Of course not…we will love to hear" Elena said smiling. Damon stifled a groan.

He had to hear senseless chat between his girl and her friend. Once Elena's attention diverted to April's love story completely. He took out his iPad. "Might as well work" he whispered.

"It's just we fight…we still have issues" April explained her problems to Elena. "April…I for once know that communication is really important to avoid fights" Elena gave her useful advice. "Of course…Miranda told me to talk to you about us since she says you and Damon rarely fight…Not like you were ever the one who fought…but every couple have disagreements how do you overcome them?"

"Compromise April…you have to compromise on every step" Elena said with a sigh. "You have to adjust with your partner " she explained. Damon head shot to her. Since when did she compromise and adjust. It was the other way around with them."And how do you overcome a conflict?"

"Resolving conflict requires knowing, accepting, and adjusting to your differences" she replied like some sort of expert in marriage counseling.

"Wrong…" he interjected smirking. He knew how they worked their disagreements and conflicts.

"Don't do anything she said just fuck each other's brains out…works like magic…" he added. He watched Elena turn from pink to deep shade of red. "Secret to a happy marriage…balance the fighting with screwing" he added.

"Do you even hear the obscenity that is coming out of your mouth?" Elena growled at him.

"Exhibit A" he said looking at April before yanking her to him. A yelp escaped her mouth before he crashed his lips on hers. Every thought escaped her when his tongue traced her lower lip begging for entrance. She melted into him when Damon's fingers tangled into her hair , tongues met for the briefest moment before he pulled back. Elena gasped for air, a dazed look on her face.

April's wide eyes welcomed her. "Okay! Thank you for the demo…Damon…I think I found my solution" she said after a second.

"You should probably hang up now you really don't want to see what happen next"

"Oh…um..okay…I will call you later Lena…Bye" And with a pop she disappeared. "You…" Elena growled. "That will teach you to never wake me up again if the reason for waking me up isn't sex" he replied smirking.

"You are gonna regret when I am done with you" Elena growled as she straddled him, crashing her lips on his.

Weekend passed and Damon was back to his dark world. Not that he was off "duties" during weekends. They had perfectly good treaty with the Mexican gang but they kept messing in his territory.

He just received news that they had set up their base at eastern part of his city. After receiving orders to finish them off from Zach, he sent Enzo and his guards to their base. Needless to say they returned successful. Not only they demolished their base but also brought one of them alive to him.

"Who is your Boss?" Damon asked gripping the blonde man's chin. He shook his head. "I asked who sent you?" he growled. That man shook his head. He took a deep breath. Trying to control his anger. "Tie him up from upside down." Enzo smirked. It was always fun when they played with their prey first. Once he was tied upside down. Damon watched as Enzo thrashed their captive.

"Fucking tell us who sent you before I end up killing you" Enzo hissed.

The man shook his head furiously crying with pain. Enough. Damon rolled his sleeves. He really didn't want to do this.

"I didn't even take a shower…I have that fuckhead's blood all over me" he said as he checked his sleeves. "For a minute I thought you would kill him" Rose said as she opened the main door. He shook his couldn' just couldn't. "Elena should be at her doctor's appointment Don't worry" she said rolling her eyes as they entered.

He sighed in relief. He really didn't want her to see him like this. He needed to take a shower fast before Elena comes back. He rushed toward his bedroom. "Hi!" Elena's voice startled him. He stiffened.

"Uh.."

"You're early" she said in her usual chipper tone. "Uhh…I…" he said his back to her. He felt her hand on his bicep. She turned him around to face her. Her eyes widened as she saw the blood spots on his sleeves. Her eyes blazed as she realization dawned upon her. The playful mode disappearing as her eyes examined him. No. No. No. He screamed in his mind as slight disgust filled her eyes. She bit her lower up. He didn't care if the entire world hated him .He wanted nothing but pure and raw love for him in those doe eyes.

She spun around. "Baby…Elena.." he called after her but she had already left the room.

Elena was facing away from him. In their nine and half months of marriage this was the first time she was sleeping facing away from him. She loved cuddling with him. She demanded it from him. Even in between all their fights she never faced away from him. The bed felt oddly cold today. When he heard her sniff as she stiffened a sob. Damon turned to her side. It's not like she didn't know then why was she acting like this. So cold and detached. When he wrapped his arm around her she stiffened.

"Is this how it's gonna be…I will keep pretending that you aren't this…this monster and you will keep being this…whatever you are" she said. He didn't reply as he stroked her hair. "Look at me…Would you honestly want your son to grow up in such a toxic world? You can't be glorified example of violence and expect our Dylan to be a good person. " she asked, a fire in her eyes as she turned to face him.

He looked away. Of course he didn't. "I am just gonna say this once Damon. Children always copy their unless you want your son to be honest, peaceful and good person you should be that way first."

"I accept you the way you are. I will stay with you no matter think about it…Please" she murmured slowly this time as she hid her face in his chest.

Elena did give him a lot to think about. She was back to normal in the morning. Back to pretending she didn't know anything he did. He appreciated her effort though. She didn't want to pressure him. She kissed him good bye with fervor in morning before he left. She told him she loved him.

The loud buzz of his phone ruined the moment again. Work was hectic these days. Their constant brawls with their rival gang was driving him particular unknown number had been calling him all day. "Hello". "So we finally speak again" A cold voice greeted him. "Fucking Michelson…I fucking knew you had something to do with this"

"Mexicans really love me especially after Augustine found out that I also happened to be a part of Zach's base before. Now you know how they managed to attack the coast warehouse." Klaus replied.

"Anyway enough chitchat…Mr. Augustine wants to strike a deal with you. Voltaire's guns shipment contract "

"Fuck yourself"

"I wouldn't do that if I were you. Unlike you I don't have any weaknesses now" he sing-song.

"Wouldn't want precious Elena to get hurt? Would we?"

"I will fucking track you down and kill you just like I killed the other two fuckheads" he threatened.

"Yeah before that…I have a very interesting guest with me right now…A relative of yours...something tells me you will agree to everything I say after he requests…" Klaus sneered.

Shit. Stefan. His eyes narrowed. But how the fuck did Klaus found out. A loud ear piercing scream boomed. He could hear people beating that person Klaus claimed as his "relative".

"Please…Please…Let me go" he could hear a familiar voice beg. Jeremy's voice. "Shit" he muttered.

"Klaus I swear to God…"

"I would be extra nice to me if I were you…Seeing as I am holding your brother in law captive here…" Klaus sneered. "Can't guard them all can you?" he added. "Anyway…I will call in about six hours…Toddles" Klaus added as he hung up.

This was bad .Really bad. Of course, he never thought about that. The people that meant to him were Stefan and Elena. They were his only weakness. But Elena's loved ones. He never counted . He had to act fast. Picking up his gun from the lower drawer of his desk. He hid it inside his denim jeans. He picked up his phone calling Rose. "Yeah..we have a problem"

Things turned out from bad to worse as soon as he told Elena about he promised. No more secrets. "No…Nooo! JEREMY" she shouted in rage and desperation. "I will get him back baby" he assured. "Please…Damon…Please…I would die if something happened to my brother" she begged him. To his complete surprise, she didn't blame him this time. She didn't blame him that it was his fault her brother was in danger.

Seeing Elena hurting, hurt him. "You do know that giving him this contract…you're actually submitting to him. He will win this round and we will be the laugh of town" Enzo growled.

"I don't fucking care"

"Damon…We have the upper hand don't ruin this. We will find Elena's brother. Just give me some time" Enzo said firmly.

"I can't risk it…Jeremy is Elena's life line. She has been crying ever since I told her…I can't subject her to more pain and anxiety. She is already very weak…Just draft Klaus these papers" Damon ordered.

"You're ruining everything for that girl" Enzo growled in frustration.

"Watch your tongue Enzo. Firstly, That girl is MY wife…so you better show some respect and secondly I don't appreciate anyone talking back to me so unless you don't want me to end your pathetic life…Do as I fucking order" he growled.

Hours after Damon fulfilled Klaus's demand, they received a call. Jeremy was at local hospital badly injured. For Elena it was one of the toughest day of her life. It was hard to see Jeremy suffer. Her mum had cried her eyes out. Her dad was worried sick as to who would harm their son like that. "There is a bit internal bleeding but we are trying" A doctor informed after a while. This was all her fault. Elena thought. Her husband's enemies were now hurting her loved ones. She wouldn't allow that. She broke into sobs when she saw Jeremy wither in pain from the glass window.

For Damon it was the hardest. The guilt that Jeremy was hurt because of him killed him from inside. As he watched Elena break into sobs he felt something breaking inside him . He would do whatever is in his power to make her stop feeling this way. To make her stop hurting. Watching someone you love so much suffer is not just painful. It took everything out of him. He was so distraught over her suffering that he actually felt physical pain.

"I want them to pay for hurting my brother…I want to kill them" she murmured crying when he reached for her to hide her in his arms.

Elena felt someone shaking her. She peeked through her half closed eyes. "Baby…Baby wake up" Damon said softly in her ear. "Wha…Everything okay? Werent you staying with Jer tonight?Is he okay?" she asked, worriedly. "Everything is fine…I…Come with me…I have to show you something". She rubbed her eyes. He handed her silk gown. She wore it, running fingers through her hair. "What is it?" she asked. "Just come" he said as he led her to their living room. "I…I…only did this for you" he whispered. Elena looked puzzled. Suddenly two really bruised bodies fell on her feet. She yelped taking a step back hiding behind Damon. "Please…Please…We are sorry…Please..Leave us" they begged her.

"What the…Why…What's goin?" .She panted as she looked at Damon. "You said you wanted to punish the people who hurt Jeremy. You wanted to kill them…Well here they are" he said in a cold tone as he glared at them. Elena saw the monster in him.

She noticed his captive's extreme bruised faces. "Thank you Bonnie…You will be rewarded for your services.." he dismissed the dark skinned girl.

"Anytime Boss" she smirked. Her gun pointing to the two men kneeling infront of her, hands tied behind their back. Her breath rate quickened.

Elena had a thunder stricken expression on her face. "what is going on here?"

"These are the two fuckheads" he stopped once kicking one of them on face. Elena yelped. "who hurt Jer…who made you cry…I got them for you…now there fate lies in your hands" he stopped ,looking at her with eyes filled with adoration and love. She gulped. "If you want I will make sure they suffer before I finish their sad and pathetic lives" he added coldly looking back at them.

"No.."

"Elena…" he said looking at her alarmed. "What…Wh..Why?Why would you do this?" she asked, shivering. "Baby! Calm down! You said you wanted them to get hurt just like they hurt your brother…I am just doing what you wanted me to do" he said grasping her by her shoulders. "No..I don't..I don't want this..Please let them go" she begged. "Baby…you don't have to feel guilty…they are just trash…criminals…killing them doesn't count as a bad thing" he explained. "It does…It does count as a bad thing…Please let them go" she begged holding his knuckle.

"Please…Please..Let us go…Mrs Salvatore…please" one of them begged her.

"How fucking dare you talk to my wife?" Damon glared. "Please Don't" Elena begged, tears leaking from her eyes. "Just let them go. I forgive them" she said rapidly.

"Why would you forgive them? They hurt your brother…Don't you want revenge"

"No…I don't…then their wont be any difference between us and them. I can't sink as low as they did…I forgive them…please let them go…They aren't worth it" she begged.

Damon stayed silent for a while. "Rough them up and then throw them out of my territory" he ordered. "Come with me" he ordered Elena dragging her by her hand.

"Why did you do that? You just had to make me look like a idiot in front of everyone?" he said looking at her. "Why did you DO that? I didn't LITERALLY meant what I said two days back?" she said, horrified. "They made you cry. They DON'T deserve to live. They are just scum that should be washed from the surface of earth. Need I remind you that they were from my rival gang?" he spat. She winced.

"Damon…Why did you do that?"

"Because…Because it's my fault that Jeremy is hurt. It's all my fault. Now, everyone is targeting your family to hurt you in order to hurt me. Killing them both would have sent the world a message to never mess with you ever again."

"Stop blaming yourself. This was bound to happen. See! What I meant when I said your world was toxic? Just for a second imagine if someone ever did that to Dylan…" she was rudely interrupted by a sharp hiss coming from Damon's mouth. "I would stub their eyeballs out if anyone so much as looked at my son the wrong way"

Elena shivered. He looked downright dangerous and unhinged right now. "Damon…again with the violent threats…! What is the MATTER with you?" she hissed."Elena…you are really naïve and innocent. This world is ruthless and for us to survive we have to be ruthless as well" he said cupping her face. She backed away.

"In what world is that logical? Killing someone because they hurt me is completely sick and cruel…" she said glaring at him. The hatred in her eyes riled him.

"Well that's me then. I am completely sick and cruel. I don't mess around when it comes to you. I can KILL for you and I can DIE for you. That's how much I love you" he growled taking a step toward her.

"but I don't want you to DIE for me…I want you to LIVE for me…for us. Damon! You don't have to prove your love for me by this…I am already yours. I am not leaving. I know that you did that because you think the incident with Jeremy would scare me and I will start looking for opportunity to get away from you again. By this you want to prove that you're powerful enough to keep all dangerous at bay." She stopped.

He bit his lower lip looking down, ashamed. She could read him. "and yes…I was angry at you in the start because my family got dragged in your mess…but it wasn't like I didn't expect it. And that's why I want you to leave this world behind us. Let's just go…like we originally planned. Please…" she said getting closer.

"It's not that easy Elena"

"I am not asking you to leave all this right now…but think about it. Please…for me" she begged burying her head in his chest, circling her arms around his waist.

She was naïve. She didn't understand that leaving their world wasn't easy. He had so many enemies. Leaving everything would mean giving up power. But he needed power to keep his family safe. And he was sure Zach wouldn't let him go too. Feeling Elena's feathery kisses on his chest, he closed his eyes. He would have to think this really through before he made the next move

Jeremy was still very sick. The only good part of this situation was she finally got to spend some time with him after such a long time. Jeremy was glad she was here taking care of him. He begged her to forgive him for leaving her in a tough situation. She told him to not worry about that. What mattered were the moments they had now.

"I am gonna go get juice…Do you need anything?" she asked, Jeremy. "No...I am ok…Where is Anna?" he asked in a sleepy tone. "Mum took her home…she is okay" Elena assured him. Sage and Jake stood there at a distance watching the siblings interact.

"How are you feeling now?" Jeremy asked. Grayson had told him about Elena's condition minus the part that it was fatal. Elena didn't want anyone to know just now when they were already worried about Jeremy.

"Just a bit dizziness…I am okay" she said stroking his hair.

When she made the move to leave hospital room Sage followed her. Of course, they were under strict orders to not leave Elena alone even for a second. "Bonnie is outside...I will take her with me. You stay here" Elena ordered her. Sage nodded.

As soon as she went outside she bumped into someone. Elena's eyes widened as she saw the person. Before she could talk, he stuffed a hand to her mouth and yanked her to the nearest room.

"Matt! Let me go" she growled pushing his hand off her mouth. "Nice to meet you too" he said smirking.

"You have to get out of here before someone sees you" Elena said worriedly. "Not even one call…I thought we were friends" Matt said. "It was for your own good. I…I…He wont like it if he finds out I am still talking to you…just get out of here Matt"

"Oh! I am not going anywhere…Do you know what your husband did to me? He nearly killed me and my family"Matt growled. "but he didn't…so just leave that and get out of here…" Elena replied. "Yes…that's also what HE said. He threatened to kill me and my family if I don't leave this city by the end of the month"

Elena gasped. Of course, she didn't expect any less than Damon. He was always thorough with his work. "Don't worry I will talk to him…I will convince him to let you stay"

"and let's say you managed to convince him. Zach would kill me and my family since I dared to mess with him. I am dead either way" Matt said letting out a dry chuckle.

"Matt…I…I.." she was searching for words.

"You have to help me Elena…You have to help me put them in jail…this is the only way I can save my family" Matt said holding her knuckles.

"I…but…I can't…I can't betray Damon again…I am sorry I can't" Elena said shaking her head as she pulled her hands back. She was about to leave when Matt came in front of her blocking her exit. "I still have the video footage of the day he tried to "save" you. If I hand that in to my superiors they will put him on electric chair before you know it" Matt growled.

"That was fake…All those people are safe…they were wearing bullet proof jackets and none of them were headshot" Elena pointed out.

"yeah but who would believe you?" Matt said, smirking.

"Are you blackmailing me?" Elena's eyes widened.

"Call it whatever you want"

"Matt…please don't make me do this"

"I am still willing to save Damon for you…He remains safe. I promise you his life Elena in return for your help" Matt said earnestly.

"Matt…Matt…Please…Please…Don't make me do this. If you ever loved me for even a second you wont make me do this"

"If I didn't love you I would have never given you a choice…It's upto you. Help me put them behind or I will hand that footage to my superiors" Matt said as he spun on his heels leaving Elena in a mess of confusions and fear.

When Stefan came to visit Jeremy. Elena was a mess. She cried on his shoulder telling him how much she was scared. "I will help you" he blurted out. He could never deny her anything. No matter how sick that sounded he still had deep feelings for her. "Tell Matt we will help him" Stefan made the decision for her. "Going behind his back is wrong Elena but I know Matt. He is ruthless when it comes down to his duties. He would hand in the footage of Damon and we will lose Damon forever…I wont let that happen…Don't worry…I am with you in this…I won't allow anyone to harm my brother" Stefan assured her in a determined tone.

It was difficult to act like everything was okay when she knew everything was far from that. She had fever again today. Damon was very worried. He would find her in a corner, crying with her head in her hands. Her headaches were getting worse. She had serious imbalance problems. "Just call dad" she said when he was about to take her to hospital.

He watched as Grayson examined Elena. A grave expression on his face. His eyes flashing as he checked Elena's skull. "It's stiff over here" he said with a pained expression on his face. "Did you do the tests I prescribed you". "Yeah…the…the reports are in the left drawer…I was about to visit Dr Hampton tomorrow" she whispered.

Damon nodded as he went toward the cabinet and took out a file. Grayson almost snatched it from him. Studying it his lips formed a tight line. "I need to discuss this with my team and for the time being use these medicines" Grayson said as he handed another prescription.

"Thank you Dad" Elena let out a weak smile. "Don't mention it hon" he said kissing the top of her head. Damon followed him out of the room. "Please tell me she is okay?" Damon said, his mind wandering to worst conclusions. "It's…just…Her pregnancy is little tough because her body isn't very strong" Grayson said. No matter what Damon was, he deserved to know. Elena had warned him against it. She said he was very over protective when it came to her and knowing that her disease was fatal might drive him over the edge. But Grayson thought dropping it on him in the last moment was wrong.

"She will be fine right…It's not fatal?" he asked shaking.

Grayson couldn't manage to lie. Not when the man in front of him looked like that. Like his world depended on this answer. But he nodded. Damon sighed in relief. Lately, Elena's condition was driving him insane. Grayson immediately felt guilty for giving him false hope when he himself didn't believe that. No matter who Damon Salvatore was, he loved his daughter insanely and madly.

Seeing Damon was out of the room. Elena took out his iPad. Scanning through his iPad she found a folder. His company accounts. She sent the zip folder to Matt. Locking it she placed it back on his side table.

He looked at the transfer history. Someone had transferred the accounts folder from his iPad to them. "ROSE…" he shouted. "Did you transfer the accounts folder from my iPad to you?"

"No…"

He stiffened. "Who touched my iPad?" he shouted. From the corner of his eye he saw Elena wince. That was unusual. "Someone from the cleaning crew?" Rose said. "Emily…Penny…Ken" she shouted. "Did any of you touched Damon's iPad?" she asked. "They aren't gonna answer like that" Sage said looking at them menacingly. Elena squirmed uncomfortably. "We didn't do anything"

"I will get it out of them" Jack said eyeing them dangerously.

"Damon…"Elena squeaked.

"Not in front of her" he said cutting the tension. He really didn't want to make her uncomfortable. Not when she was so vulnerable. But something about her made him suspicious. She was hiding something

Damon stood there. Waiting for Zach to come back from his meeting. He needed to man up and talk to Zach about this. "Damon! What a surprise! To what do I owe this pleasure?" Zach said taking his seat.

"These are this year's output…We still have issues with the Mexican gang but I will finish them soon" Damon briefed as he handed files to Zach. "Excellent…you could have just mailed them. No need to come here for just this" Zach said putting the files away. Running away was not an option. He had to confront it. The danger himself. His boss.

"Actually…I wanted to talk too" Damon said mustering all his courage.

"I am listening"

"Zach…I can't do this anymore…I want out" Damon blurted.

"What?"

"nine years…I worked for you for nine years without ever once complaining…I did everything you told me, no question asked but I can't do this anymore"

"Do you even know what you are saying right now?" Zach growled. "and it's not like I didn't repay you…you got the power and money…You have everything here"

"There is more than power and money to life and it's not like I am betraying you or anything…I won't say anything about us to another soul…your secrets are safe with me and I don't plan on working for another gang too…I want to go back to Rimini with my family…" Damon said.

"Why would you wanna leave all this behind? You have power here Damon…You get everything you want here…I know you Damon…you love the power and rush…Don't be like this…" Zach bribed him.

"Zach…I told you. Your secrets are safe with me…I would never betray you. My loyalties are to you completely. I promised you my loyalties on the day you let Stefan go and ever since then I worked for you and did everything you wanted but please…I can't do this anymore…I have a child on the way…My…My son…I don't want him to know about this side of me…I wanna leave this behind…Please…" Damon said softly. He choose his words carefully. He didn't want to set Zach off when the problem could be solved that easily.

"You are right you did give me nine years of best service" Zach admitted getting up.

"Fine…I will let you go…" Was this real? Was he dreaming? He was finally free. "On one condition" Zach completed. Of course not. "What?" Damon almost spat. "Get rid of the Mexican group here first…you're free after that…"

"You have got yourself a deal"

"This is cocaine…you have to put it in his bag. They will hold him at Airport security and I will arrest him. The process of investigation will go for months giving us enough time to arrest Zach and the likes of him" Matt said as he handed Elena a bag.

"These allegations will be removed from his record right?" Elena asked.

"Like they never existed" Matt smiled. Elena didn't smile back. "Elena! I know that you're mad at me for literally forcing you to…" "Just don't Matt" Elena replied rudely.

"Guys! Hurry up!" Caroline said as she looked outside the window. Elena had come here to visit Matt in Caroline's house on the pretense of visiting Caroline. She had lied again to Damon. She hated it.

"He is here…Matt go hide in the store room" Caroline barked. She was only on board because Zach would be going to jail. That's what she wanted all along

"When are you going to tell her that Zach is letting you go?" Rose asked Damon.

"After I am done with the Mexican gang. It's a surprise for her…" he said smirking.

"Are you sure about this?"

"I have never been so sure about anything my entire life" He replied. He was going to put this life behind him for good. Just in two months he will have Dylan in his arms. A new life with Elena in Rimini. He couldn't wait anymore.

Klaus has attacked Zach's territory in Italy. Damon obviously had to go. In order to move on to his new life he had to get rid of fucking Klaus Michelson. There was something about Elena that bothered him. She was hiding something.

"Good bye" she whispered as he kissed her one last time. "Don't cry…it's just three days" he whispered rolling his eyes.

"I am sorry…I am just too emotional these days…"

"Call Bonnie…She will keep you busy till I am back" he said.

"Okay…"

"Bye Baby"

He walked away once looking back. She wasn't even hiding her tears anymore. He rolled his eyes. She wiped away her tears as she waved.

They cuffed his hands behind his back. "You will be going in for five years or better once I am through with you" Matt Donovan's menacing voice boomed.

He shook his head. Matt had just earned himself death sentence. Elena had betrayed him yet again. Even after he promised her he would leave it all behind. He didn't particularly told her when. But it was possibility someday after Dylan's birth.

Cameras flashed violently as they brought him out of the room. They had successfully framed him. They had used the love of his life against him. They had exploited his weakness.

Elena was standing near the exit of airport wrapped up in Stefan's arms and he flinched as he saw his brother holding his wife while she was crying hysterically.

"WHY?" he shouted.

"After everything I did for you. Why?" he said as he passed her. She hid her face in Stefan's chest probably crying.

"a 2nd degree felony with possible punishment of 2-6 years and fine of up to $10,000" He caught one reporter saying.

"Sir please remain silent" one of the security officer barked.

"I am sorry" she said as she looked at him.

"You will be" he whispered.

Two months later

"Hey Dylan! I know that you miss your dad…you miss his voice…I miss him too a lot. He refused to meet me. Matt says I can't go again and again. This will make it suspicious. Your dad is mad at me but he loves me a lot…to the point of insanity I know he will forgive me once I tell him why I did this…If I make it…atleast I will know he has you in case I don't make it. I hope I get to hold you in my arms." She said as she wiped her tears .

She had caused a stir in underworld. Matt had turned the world upside down. Zach was arrested twice but he got himself bailed. With Elena's approval signatures Matt got in the company's accounts. A lot of secrets were revealed. Zach was in trouble. Even Voltaire got arrested once for illegal weapon smuggling but again bailed due to his connections.

She was under strict security in Caroline's house. She had made hell a lot of enemies. Matt was working very hard to find something solid to put Zach in bars for the rest of his life.

Damon was still under investigation period. Matt had made it as slow as possible. Bonnie was arrested too last week. Enzo had called and threatened Elena for her betrayal but Stefan handled it.

Elena's c section surgery was planned 2 weeks before her actual due date. So she could have enough time before Dr Hampton performed Partial Removal Craniotomy. Her tumors were still benign but they were at risk of becoming malignant any minute now. If first surgery was successful then she would have full skull based surgery. That is if she survived having Dylan.

Caroline and Stefan were on her side all the time. Her mum was dealing with Anna. She knew her mum still didn't know about her tumor. Her father was as secretive as she was.

She had given all the legal power she held of her part or share of the company to Stefan. She and Stefan were at high risk from getting killed by mafia now but Stefan was brave now. He too wanted to get rid of criminals once and for all. Matt had provided them tough security at Caroline's house.

The only positive side of the situation was the fact that she forced Caroline and Stefan to go out on dates. They had magical understanding and chemistry. Working together in tough situation had somehow brought them close. Caroline was still mourning Tyler but she was finally ready to move on. Stefan seemed to be smitten by her every day. Everything was going according to their plan.

"That fucking Matt Donavan came here again…He is making it hell a lot difficult for us" Zach shouted in rage.

Matt had raided his southern base and another two warehouses. He was in tough situation now. He had managed to get himself out of mess but it wasn't going to last long. He still couldn't believe Matt managed to get access to company's record using that fucking whore Damon's wife. The thought of her enraged him.

"It's been two months since Damon is in there…" Rose reminded him. "You promised you will get him out as soon as attention divereted from him"

"His bitch of a wife and his wife's buddy is making it difficult to bail him out" Zach shouted. "I swear Damon is gonna pay for this"

"It's not his fault. Elena betrayed him as well" Rose defended Damon.

"I am gonna KILL that fuckhead"

"You are not" Voltaire finally spoke.

"Haven't you heard. Nothing is more dangerous than a wounded and cornered animal…you did say he refuse to meet that bitch…poor Salvatore so hurt by the betrayal of the wife he loved so obsessively…the funny thing about obsession is…it drives you insane"

"Yes…"

"So we let him do our dirty work…get him out…He will kill her for us…" Voltaire smirked in the dark.

"and once he kills her…we will blame it all on him" he whispered to himself making sure Rose doesn't hear him.

Matt was on his way to Elena's house. He noticed a car had been continuously following him from behind. He took a sharp turn to lose the car that had been trailing. That's when a huge Toyota truck rammed into his side. His car rolled over several times, breaking glass of his windshield. His head made contact with the cement ground not a moment later.

He closed his eyes as the pain took over every part of him.

Once Matt was out of the way laying in hospital injured and knocked out. There was no one blocking Damon's bail. It took three days max to get him out. Damon knew he would get out. They had strong connections. He had refused to meet Elena the only two times she requested to meet him.

He knew she wanted to talk about divorce. If she wanted to get rid of him she got another thing coming for her. A girl like her would never want to be bound to a criminal. He knew he was acting illogical. She could easily divorce him using a lawyer but it felt like not meeting her would prevent the inevitable. He wondered days in his cell why she did this to him. After all he did for her. The image of her in Stefan's arms haunted him. Why was Stefan there? Obviously he was in it too. Was this their plan?

He asked himself why she did this to him. She betrayed him. She backstabbed him. She promised she would never leave him. Well, that went out of the window. Incident with Jeremy must have scared her. She didn't know that he was about to leave everything behind for her. She didn't trust him enough to take care of her. She preferred her family and her own safety over his love. His love wasn't enough for her. It wrecked him. At first he thought he would die. But he survived . He decided to confront her about this.

He would get her back. She was his. She had promised him that she belonged to him no matter what. So even if some part of him hated her he was still in love with her insanely and he was going to keep her whether she loved him or not.

"Damon…Where to?" Rose asked. She handed him the wine glass.

"Where is Elena?" he asked finally. He haven't spoken the whole way. She knew Damon knew she wasn't home. Still didn't stop his eyes from wandering searching for her when they entered their he expected her to jump out of any corner of the house and greet him like she use to.

Rose took a deep breath. "She packed her bags and left with Stefan and the blonde bitch" Rose informed.

He shook his head. And Rose repeated"She left Damon". The very thought tore his insides

"She is living with him now...I think they are together now" The wine glass in his hand broke from his tight grip.

"Together? But she is mine...She is MINE" he shouted.