"Well I think I'll decide what I do with my wife. when I do it and where I do it. What I do to her, where I touch her, how I touch her is none of your concern" he said with a smirk he said pushing Vanessa into the seat of the limo roughly, and then Chuck could see as her wrap slid down the bruises, the fingerprints, and the scratches from his digging nails.

"Vanessa, do they have to air brush you whenever you get on set?" Chuck asked looking her in the eyes that had once held so much life but now held nothing at all.

"I would rather you not speak to my wife" Westley said to Chuck as he got in the limo.

"You know this city, use her" Chuck said, for a second between the door shutting he thought the slightest light in her eyes, the slightest spark.

Burnt Harvest

Chapter 2 : Ryan James Fox

Vanessa walked up the stairs, her eyes watering Westley looked at her unsympathetically. He slid behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist and buried his head in her neck where he bit down Vanessa bit her lip to keep from crying out. His hand reached up to her chest where he groped and fondled until the elevator got them up to their penthouse. Vanessa let the tears slide from her eyes as he threw her against the wall in the foyer she sunk to the floor as sobs escaped her.

"You don't want to wake up that precious little bastard of yours in the next room" Westley said grabbing her hair and pulling her up to him. Please was something she knew was no use when asking him. Westley kissed her lips she didn't kiss back. His other hand was now between her legs, he pinched her. She cried out in pain.

"Shh...you'll wake the baby" he told her biting her bottom lip.

"Westley can't we just take this to the room?" she asked him. He knew this was her submitting to his power and they went to the room.

Vanessa woke up the next morning Westley was passed out still on top of her. She crawled out from under him and walked into the private bathroom. Her back had a new bruise from where a small sitting chair had dug into her shoulder a bite mark on her neck and more around her arms. A few more bruises had formed on her legs. She grabbed a tight fitting shirt that went up to the elbows and skinny jeans with a pair of black flats.

Ryan was sleeping soundly in his bed, the noise from last night hadn't affected him a sigh of relief left Vanessa. She picked him up the five year old stirred a little but wrapped his arms around her neck. Vanessa walked into the elevator and hopped in the limo to Serena's house she walked in carrying the boy. His hair was just as dark as it had been when he was born, he luckily hadn't developed the honker his father had, however his eyes were just as dark. Like Coal.

Vanessa placed the sleeping child in the bed with a sleeping Serena.

"What time is it V?" Serena asked.

"It's six in the morning" Vanessa smiled.

"Who is this little teddy bear?" she smiled kissing the sleeping boy.

"Can you watch for a little while I have some photo shoots?" Vanessa asked her.

"Anytime I adore this bundle of prank pulling joy" Serena said.

"Thanks..." Vanessa said her eyes were getting tear filled again .

"I love you, V. If you ever find that you can get out of that marriage I will help you with everything I can" Serena said seriously.

"Thank you, S. I don't think I ever will" Vanessa said.

"Well I should probably go because they have to get the airbrushing done so I can look like a real model" Vanessa said kissing Ryan's forehead and walk heading downstairs.

Chuck was walking into the Bass Penthouse where Serena lived.

"Vanessa! Wait!" he called after her. Vanessa listened to him as she walked away from his call.

"Vanessa please let me help you" he said going after her.

"Leave me alone, Chuck." Vanessa told him getting in her limo. Chuck opened the door and got in as the driver started to drive.

"Vanessa I already made that mistake. I'm in love with you. Don't you understand that" Chuck said declaring his love for her.

"I feel sorry for you. I don't love you anymore. I have given up on men on love. The only male I will ever love is..." Vanessa stopped before letting Ryan's title of being her son leave her lips.

"Nessa, please I want to make you happy. Don't stay there Vanessa you are on the fast track to death. I don't want that to happen to you. " Chuck pleaded with her.

"Don't you know pleading doesn't work when someone is doing something you don't want them to do" she said.

Chuck grabbed her and kissed her full on the lips, she pushed him away and slapped him hard across the cheek.

"You'll slap me away but you won't even attempt to get him off of you when you hate him so" Chuck was practically crying.

"I'm sorry, Chuck. There really isn't anything I can do. You don't understand my situation." Vanessa told him getting out of the limo which was infront of the shoot location.

Chuck got out of the limo as well.

"Vanessa, I want to protect you. Just let me" he said.

"Protect me, you should have protected me from yourself" Vanessa told him angrily.

A/N : Sorry I know this has been long awaited from the asshole of an authoress. I apologize for the ridiculous wait but I don't have a lot of time to write. Sorry its short to.