I went in only to be met with over a hundred horrified faces and each of them had their phones in their hands. Whoever sent this video, sent it to everyone here.

I furiously looked around for Bryan. There was so much commotion that it was difficult to focus at anything at all. I spotted light blue and I turned towards it. There she was, Charlotte, standing with Cassandra's support. She had tears running down her mascara-stained cheeks as she sobbed. When she saw me, she looked away. I followed her line of sight and found her looking at the culprit behind this scandalous video.

"You lying piece of shit!", I yelled as I charged straight at him.

I heard Charlotte cry,"Adrian, please stop. Don't hurt him!"

I would have listened to her but not today. Not now. I had known Bryan for over more than a decade but not once in all this time, had I ever hit him but what he did today, made me forget who he was, who I was. Everything just felt like a lie and in a blind rage I punched him, square in the face.

He wasn't ready for the impact which made him fall over the recently installed glass panelling, which came down with him. He looked at me, shocked as if this wasn't the reaction he expected.

"Adrian don't do this. This will become ugly.", He warned me.

"It's already ugly.", I said as I held him by his collar but when I tried to punch him again, he deflected it and pushed me back with a hard blow on my chest. That was it. We broke into a frenzy of rage, flinging punches at each other. I felt a force pull me back, away from him but I continued to fight against it but I could only fight for so long. Soon enough, this force pulled me and Bryan away from each other.

I looked back at him. His blond hair was in a mess and blood trickled out of his nose, and down his face. Someone yelled to get first aid and another yelled that the party was over and for everyone to leave but I didn't look back or anywhere else. My eyes were fixed at this man whom I thought I knew even better than I knew myself but today he not just broke me trust but also my heart with it.

I heaved, gasping for breath and then I turned around to look at the girl I grew up with. After everything she had been through, handling her career and being a single mom, I admired her but today, I didn't recognise her anymore.

"Did you lie yesterday to go on a date with Bryan?", I demanded from Charlotte.

She swallowed but said nothing.

"I asked you a question.", I hissed.

"Hmm.", she said as she nodded her head.

"Why? Of all the people in this world, why him? Are you not done getting hurt?"

She defended Bryan," He's a good man."

"You don't have to tell me how he is. I know him from much before you. He is stupid and irresponsible. Did you even once think about Kevin or were you so selfish that you forgot you had a son?"

"I remember very well. And Bryan is not irresponsible!", she countered.

"Is that why everyone who came to this party was gifted with your sex tape?", I said with more disgust than I could imagine," And still you are defending him?"

"It wasn't his fault."

"I have slept with more women than there are days in an year. Yet, not one leaked sex tape. If it isn't his fault, whose was it?"

"I don't know! But it's not his."

"How can you be so sure and for fuck's sake, can you stop defending him!"

"I can't.", she said, not meeting my eyes.

"Why not?"

"Be...cause...because I love him.", she stammered.

Bryan turned his head towards her, looking shocked as she gave him a weak smile. He was about to say something but before I could, I slapped my hand against the wall causing them to look back at me.

"Oh sorry, did I ruin your moment? Well guess what, you don't get to have one. I..."

"All the guests are gone!", I heard a triumphant voice from behind.

"And the tape?", dad, who was standing between me and Bryan asked.

"Well, everyone was stopped at the door. They had to delete the video from their files before they could leave and oh, I did give every single one of them a Christmas hamper before they left. It was..."

Charlotte interrupted Vanessa, saying, "Did you tell anyone?"

"What?", Vanessa frowned. Charlotte sighed,"About me and...Bryan."

"Heavens no! You are really asking me that?", Vanessa demanded.

"You were the only who knew.", Bryan said.

That's when the last string broke.

I felt a growing heaviness in my chest and it suffocated me, making breathing harder by the second.

Though I knew the answer, I wanted to hear it. I asked Vanessa,"You knew?"

She looked at me momentarily before her eyes began to water, "I warned her to tell you."

"Couldn't you have told me?"

"It wasn't my secret to tell.", she said, staring at the floor.

"It wasn't your father's secret to tell either, the fact that your sister was sleeping with your boyfriend."

"That's different.", she stated.

"How? It has different characters but it's exactly the same story. You told me the other day, you don't want to be a hypocrite. Guess what, Vanessa, you are already one."

"Adrian I..."

"Please don't! I don't want to fight with you. Not because I can't but because it will be pointless. If my own sister and best friend can lie to me, why can't you, right?", I said and then turned towards my sister, "As for the two of you, I don't think I even know you anymore."

"You wanted a Merry Christmas, mom and dad? I hope you'll have fun.", I told my parents.

"You're not leaving!", Dad said.

"I am. I can't spend a second under the same roof as the person who'd lie to me like that. If Charlotte wanted to continue repeating her mistakes, like the last time she fell in love and married a man she barely knew, devastating this family, please tell her to stay away from me. I can't handle that again. Plus I don't have a best friend...anymore.", I said, looking back at Bryan bitterly before I walked away from all of them.

I stopped in front of the Christmas tree I helped decorate and then looked back at Charlotte, "You know what? You missed the tree decoration right? Well, don't worry, you can do it all over again.", I , smirked before I gripped onto the tree.

"Adrian,no!!!", They cried in unison before I pushed the nine feet tall tree onto the ground.

"Merry Fucking Christmas!", I said as the decorations scattered all over the floor and I stormed out of the house, crushing under my feet, the star on top of the tree.

"Hello, Steven.",I said.

"Hey, Merry Christmas."

"To you too. I am so sorry to disturb you in the middle of the night but did you find who leaked the video?"

"I am still trying.", He said. I could still hear him typing something on his computer.

"How long does it take to track down an IP address?", I asked rather desperately.

"Hey, I am trying."

"Sorry. I just...it just ruined a lot of things tonight, so I want you to find out who it is as fast as you can.", I sighed.

I heard him hit a button and then take in sharp breath.

"What happened?", I asked.

"Vanessa, I think I need to fly down to New York."

"What? What's wrong?"

"I can't hack into this from out here."

"You hacked into the Hudson Enterprises main server from London."

"I did but that was different. Whoever has leaked this is a very good hacker or is backed by one. I'll need your phone to find out exactly."

"Why would somebody do this?"

"I have heard that a lot of people hack into other's accounts or dig into private details for some sort of a screwed up revenge."

"From Charlotte? She's like an angel.", I sighed.

"I'll reach 27th morning. Just look out for your friend."

"I will.", I said as I cut the call.

I had decided to leave today morning but I thought I better stay. I went downstairs and held the tree upright. It was Christmas tomorrow and there was no way anyone was going to ruin it.

I began putting back on the tree, the mini-santas and the coloured bells as I thought to myself, was Charlotte even this person's target?

I better find out soon.