Miss You More (A Joey McIntyre/Jordan Knight Fanfiction)

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The time between the tour and the cruise isn't but a couple of months and Amber's got a lot to do before they go to the boat.

First thing on her agenda is talking to her music execs about the album cover. Of course they have no problem with her wanting something different but Bradley is a different story.

"It's because of him isn't it Amber? What's he jealous? Is he the only one in your marriage allowed to keep an ex around?" Bradley's voice is cold and angry. "That's a great album cover. You shouldn't have to change it because Joe is insecure."

Amber can't believe he's being so rude. Bradley's always been such a nice guy. "Bradley, it's my decision to change the photo. I'm uncomfortable having my ex boyfriend on the cover of my album, an album that's all about my husband. I'm sorry if that upsets you. But my decision is final."

Bradley scoffs, "I'm sure it's Joe that made you feel uncomfortable about it. Because you didn't seem to feel uncomfortable at all when we were taking the photos. As a matter of fact you seemed to feel extremely comfortable with me at the time." Bradley takes a step closer to her and Amber takes a step back. Bradley continues to move closer to her until her back is against the wall and he's so close to her, his body touching hers. "It felt so natural, your arms wrapped around me. Feeling your skin against mine. God when your lips touched me I knew you still had feelings for me. You don't have to hide your feelings from me Amber. It can stay between you and I. Joe doesn't have to know anything." Bradley's lips graze her cheek, his fingers brush her hair back off her neck. He pushes his erection against her hip.

Amber gasps and begins to protest, but his lips crush hers, his tongue enters her mouth. She can't speak, but she attempts to push him away. His body pins her against the wall. His hand slides up her shirt and he roughly squeezes her breast. Amber's finally able to get her mouth away from his, "Brad, stop it. Get off of me right now. Bradley I said stop it." His mouth covers hers again, quieting her pleas. His hand slides down the front of her jeans and Amber begins to really panic. She can't believe he's doing this to her. And she's powerless to stop him.

His mouth moves off of hers again as he looks down while he's trying to undo her jeans. "Bradley what are you doing? Stop it. Please don't do this." He doesn't stop though. Amber starts crying and begging him, but it's like he doesn't hear her.

Just as she feels him start to unzip her jeans he's gone. The heaviness of his body is no longer pressing down on her. It takes her a few seconds to realize what's going on. Jordan is beating the shit out of Bradley and Andi and Donnie have a hold of Amber trying to make sure she's okay. "Amber! Amber talk to me. Are you okay? Did he hurt you?" Amber won't answer though. Donnie says "I think she's in shock or something."

Joe walks into the room when he hears all the commotion. "What the hell is going on in here?" He takes in the scene. Jordan hitting Bradley over and over again. His wife crying, her shirt pushed up, her jeans undone. Donnie and Andi trying to help her. Joe rushes over to his wife. "Hey babe, are you okay? What the hell happened?" She completely breaks down when she sees Joe. "Joe, I swear I told him to stop."

Joe turns and looks at Bradley. Jordan has stopped hitting him and is just holding onto him. Joe looks over at Jordan. "What the hell happened bro? Someone better tell me what the fuck is going on before I lose it."

"I walked in here looking for you and Amber. But instead I found this asshole trying to get Amber's pants off. I didn't ask any questions I just grabbed him and started hitting him." Joe's furious he wants to kill the bastard. "Call the cops. Have this fucker arrested."

"No. Let him go." Everyone looks at Amber. "Fire him, but let him go."

Joe turns back to her. "Amber what do you mean let him go? He attacked you. He needs to be in jail."

Amber fixes her jeans and her shirt. She wipes her face. "Yes he does but I don't want to go to court and all that. I don't want to tell a million people what happened today. Just get him out of here. Please." Joe's not at all happy about her decision, but he's definitely not going to argue with her. Joe takes Amber around the waist and turns to Jordan and Donnie, "Get that asshole out of here. Take his keys and ID and make sure he knows he better stay the fuck away from my wife and my family."

When Joe gets Amber alone in his office he checks her out. She looks okay and doesn't seem hurt. She's stopped crying as well. "Joe really I'm fine. Stop looking at me like that. He didn't get a chance to hurt me. Jordan stopped him in time. I'm fine, I promise." She knows he's not reassured. But he stops fussing over her, more or less.

"Amber stop saying you're fine. I don't believe you. But I'll leave it alone after you tell me what happened."

Amber sits down and tells him everything that was said before Bradley attacked her. Joe won't stop pacing. He wants to kill that asshole. "He did this because you wanted to change the album cover? He did this because of me."

"No Joe, he did this because he's sick. This is not your fault or because of you. This is because I hurt him and he was mad at me. Let's just put it behind us please. I'm fine, the baby is fine. And he's gone. He's not stupid enough to come back around."

Joe agrees to drop it. But only to make her happy. He'll never truly drop it. Not until that son of a bitch pays for what he did.