Christian was sitting in his office in Escala about to reply to one of Ana's flirty texts from work. He hadn't bothered to go into the office today, working from home instead. It was a few day after the wedding and he was reading Jade's first email from her honeymoon. It was short but it seemed the two of them were enjoying the first leg of their trip in New Zealand and they had sent two pictures of them on a stunning beach and up a mountain.

He was broken from his thoughts by Taylor running so fast into his office that he smacked into the doorframe. His breath was heavy and he had obviously sprinted through the apartment 'Elena- she's here- in the car park' Christian looked up sharply and Taylor continued through hitched breath 'you want me to block her?'. Christian thought for a second 'No, let her in. We need to have this conversation at some point'.

Christian was glancing casually over an email from Barney when Elena stormed into his office. She was wearing a tight black pencil skirt and a blue blouse that showed off a slight amount of cleavage. It was clear she had come straight from the business meetings, onto a plane and directly to here, her heels loud against the floor. Christian glanced up, seeing the look of fury on her face, and sat back in the large chair, tapping his fingers lightly.

'So, how was the business trip?' she was literally fuming with anger, her hands balled into fists. 'Christian don't play smart with me- you planned that wedding because you know I'd be away'. He raised an eyebrow 'actually Jade planned the date. I had nothing to do with it'.

Elena sighed exasperatedly 'and you didn't try and delay her at all did you?'. There was a pause and Christian decided to answer honesty 'No, I guess I didn't. Frankly though Elena I don't think it's my place to tell my child when she can get married'.

Elena hadn't missed the stress on the 'my child' part of Christians sentence and slammed her hands in his desk- though he didn't flinch at all 'are you forgetting that she is my daughter too! Christian you can't just pretend that I'm not her mother, that I'm not the one who gave birth to her'.

Christian watched her, slowly tapping his fingers on the table before he stood up, towering over Elena. His voice was cold and calm 'what you need to remember Elena is that it's irrelevant if you've given birth to Jade or not. What makes you a mother is looking after your child and being there for her. You haven't been there for anything- Jade has been through more than most people in their lifetimes- being abandoned by her mother is one of those things'.

Christian casually ran his hands through his hair 'you gave birth to Jade but I've been both sets of parents to her in the last 20 years. I'm the first to admit I might not have been the best parent to her but you know what Elena- at least I'm here for her, where I have been for her whole life'.

Elena opened her mouth to speak but Christian cut her off sharply 'look Elena, I have things to do and business to take care of. You'll leave this apartment now and if you want to speak to me or my daughter then you'll call or email first. The wedding was the happiest day of Jade's life and until she gets back from her honeymoon I don't want you contacting her'. Christian looks over Elena with coldness 'Taylor will show you out'.

Taylor had appeared in the doorway as if by telepathy and nodded at Christian, a slightly smug smile on his face as Elena swept from the room. Taylor followed her out all the way to the lifts. Even when she was in he sat and watched the security cameras until he saw that she had gone completely from the building.

Christian glanced up again and saw Taylor standing at the door with two tumblers of ice and whiskey 'She's gone, I watched the security cameras' Christian took one of the tumblers gratefully 'thanks. She'll be back at some point'. Taylor shrugged, taking some of his drink 'of course she will. I'm not going to bother reiterating my feelings about that woman but I think she'll wait a little while before coming back'

Christian told Ana what had happened with Elena, mostly because he knew it would lift her mood quite a lot. True to expectations, Ana had been unable to get rid of her smug smile for the rest of the night.

Jade glanced up at Luke from the bed where she was reading a book, curled up tightly under a blanket. Luke glanced over, smiling fondly 'you alright baby?' she mumbled a response sleepily and he laughed, sitting on the huge hotel bed next to her. 'You look shattered, I'm gonna go downstairs and sort out room service, the phone isn't working and you're tired, be nice to have a night in'.

She smiled and turned over slightly to face him 'and that's why I married you' he laughed and kissed her quickly 'I'll be back soon'. Luke left the room and Jade continued to read, feeling her arms going heavy and her eyes loosing focus before losing consciousness.

She came around within a few minutes and looked around groggily, checking wether Luke was back. He wasn't yet and Jade used her elbows to prop herself up, waiting for a few seconds for the dizziness to pass. As it did Luke came back in the room 'alright? I got some traditional Maori food- I don't know what any of it is but it sounded good'. He glanced over her quickly 'are you alright?' she smiled and nodded 'I'm fine'.

Over the next two weeks the newly married Sawyer's went to India and then spent a quiet restful week in the south of Italy. Jade kept it from Luke that she had fainted in the New Zealand hotel room, the two other times it happened over the Honeymoon she managed to hide it well enough that Luke didn't notice. Physically she was exhausted and had no idea what was actually wrong, though she was in denial that there was even a problem. Of course if she knew what was actually going on she would have been in the hospital weeks ago.