Leila winced as Brax put the ice pack on her red cheek; "Sorry" he whispered "Has he done this before?"

"Do I look like a battered wife?" Leila didn't mean to snap. "Sorry, no Geoffrey's never so much as raised his voice to me before now" her voice had softened a little.

Brax continued to hold the ice pack on Leila's face, he was sitting uncomfortably close. Leila quickly took the ice pack off him to avoid anything happening. Brax stood up quickly when he realised what Leila was doing. As Leila tried to think of something to say to break the silence, then that's when she saw it, on the kitchen table was a flyer for a cage fight. "What's this, I didn't have you down as a fan" Leila said as she picked the flyer up to get a better look.

"I was thinking about taking part actually" Brax said as he took the flyer off her.

"What, you can't be serious. I've been to these things they're brutal" Leila exclaimed.

"I think I can handle it" Brax grinned, Leila wasn't too sure.

"Why would you want to fight in this anyway?" she wondered.

"I haven't got a choice thanks to Heath and your husband I owe Leah 25 grand" Brax explained. Leila wasn't sure what to say. She didn't condone violence, especially not the kind you get paid for. But Leila couldn't help thinking money wasn't the only thing Brax was doing this for. She kept her mouth shut though; the last thing she wanted was to argue with him.

"I'd better go" Leila smiled as she read a message on her phone, it was from Geoffrey.

"What your going back there after this?" Brax was shocked that Leila had already forgiven him.

"What choice have I got, it's my home" Leila smiled as she handed Brax the ice pack back.

"You could stay here tonight and let him stew" Brax suggested, Leila's eyes widened "I could sleep n the couch" he added quickly

"Look, its really sweet of you but we both know if I stay here tonight none of us will be sleeping on the couch" Leila grinned as she grabbed her bag and keys. "Thanks by the way" she said as she closed the door behind her.

-X-

Geoffrey couldn't believe what he had done; he certainly wasn't expecting Leila to be coming home that night. So you can imagine his surprise when she came through the front door. Leila headed straight into the bedroom and didn't even speak to Geoffrey. She just got changed into her red silk night slip and got into bed.

Geoffrey knew better than to go into the bedroom, so he slept in the spare bedroom.

Leila hardly slept that night, she was thinking about what happened with Geoffrey, running straight to Brax, Brax's cage fight. Even tough Leila had all these things going round in her head the one thing she couldn't shake was what she had seen on that CCTV camera earlier that night. As much as she hated to admit it she knew she would have to speak to Geoffrey about it sooner it later. But before she did, she would have to go and see Brax to get that copy he had promised her.

-X-

Brax woke suddenly to a knock at the door. Who the hell was knocking at this time in the morning he thought to himself as he shuffled through the house to answer it. Standing there was Leila, she was dressed in a knee length yellow summer dress and gold high heel sandals, and her hair was down and straight and was being held off her face by a pair of Chanel sunglasses. Even first thing in the morning this woman still managed to look hot. Brax thought to himself as he opened the door a little wider allowing Leila to come in.

"I came for that copy of the CCTV footage" she smiled as she turned to face him. Brax reached onto the table and gave her the disk.

"There you go" he handed her the disk. Leila took it a put it in her handbag "Are you going to tell me who it is?" Brax wondered curiously.

"Probably not" Leila replied as she bit her lip; before she could say anything else Brax put his hand behind the back of her head and kissed her. Leila kissed him back for a few seconds before pulling away "I'm sorry I can't" Leila pulled away and ran away quickly, as much as she wanted to take it further, Leila wasn't about to destroy her marriage to become Darryl Braxton's distraction. Leila knew how he still felt about Charlie. Brax watched curiously as Leila left.

-X-

Leila waited patiently at the wharf for the person she had invited to meet her. She smiled as she saw him approach. He still had the same sulky attitude.

"This better be good" he spat as he got closer.

"Alex is that anyway to speak to your step-mother" Leila replied with a smile. Alex frowned at the cockiness of the blond "Someone has been doing things he shouldn't be" Leila added flashing him her copy of the CCTV footage.

"What's that?" Alex now looked nervous.

"This Alex is a copy of the CCTV footage of the night Angelo's caught fire. And there is some extremely incriminating evidence of you and a match, care to explain?" Leila said firmly.

"I did it because I was jealous ok" Alex snapped, Leila looked confused.

"I don't understand" she replied.

"He gives you everything you want, and stops at nothing to get it" Leila was still confused, what did Alex mean.

"I don't understand, what has this got to do with Angelo's?" Leila questioned.

"Haven't you seen what he plans to do with the place? Dad wants to buy it so you can turn it into a dance studio" Leila's eyes widened as Alex explained.

"So you thought you would burn it to the ground rather than him give it to me, for god sake Alex I nearly died so did Brax" Leila was now fuming with her stepson.

"I didn't mean for anyone to get hurt. It was after closing I thought everyone had gone home" Lela could see Alex meant it. He genuinely didn't mean for anyone to get hurt "Please don't tell dad" he pleaded.

"I won't tell him, but you are going to" Leila said calmly "He needs to hear this from you Alex, like I said CCTV caught it all. It won't be long until the police work out it was you"

Alex dropped his head like a naughty school boy and nodded, he knew Leila was right. It would be best if the truth came from him and not some police officer.

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Coming up-

Leila and Geoffrey go to Brax's cage fight!

After he is badly beaten Leila sneaks out to see him, will she give in to temptation?

Leila pay's Leah back, how will Brax react?