Complicated {s.c x reader}

I don't think I've ever seen a man so scared in his life then when Sam and I came face to face with James Martin. A fire blazed in Sam's eyes, turning them cold and gray.

Although James definitely had a right to be furious at me, he shouldn't have placed Sam in such an awful position. Did he realize how this would affect Sam's family? Or destroy the reputation of all the hard work I've done over the years?

"Oh...Y/N," James starts to back away slowly, the cup he dropped on the floor now shattered into a million pieces of sharp glass, "Hi!" He breathes out a wide smile.

"Hi? Really? That's what the hell you're going to say to me?" I raise my voice, glad the cafe was stranded of any workers. 

"I-I can explain...why I gave the video to them. Y-You see, I...uhm..." He fades out, his eyes now darting from door to door trying to find an escape route.

"Do you realize what you've done? You've jeopardized the relationships of my family! Not only that, you've practically demolished the name of the most hard working woman there is!" Sam yells, pointing in James's face.

"All for some phony article title! James, I know I should've broken things off with you a long time ago, and truly, I'm sorry for stringing you along, but this is WAY out of line! We're through, James." I shake my head in disbelief and clench my fists.  

"It's not my fault you were in love with Sam the whole time we were dating!" James spits back, making me wince.

"I know! You have every right to be angry at ME! You don't have any right to rake Sam's name, family, and reputation through the dirt." I stand my ground. The air in the room thickens with tension.

"I'm sorry, okay?" James says angrily, clenching his jaw, "I was really angry, and...jealous. Ever since you told me Sam was your ex, I knew I had something to be worried about. And for you to cheat on me while we were dating-"

"What?! I never cheated on you!" I shout. James suddenly stops fighting back. His face drains of color and I see his muscles go limp.

"But...you said in the video, you 'ruined everything' and that you want to be with Sam." James shakes his head with regret.

"I said I want to be with him. I never, ever cheated on you." My chest heaves with heavy breaths and the room goes silent.

"Oh, god." James mutters breathily, "I'm sorry." 

"I want you to know something, James. I'm sorry...for objectifying you, and for not being honest. That was a really shitty thing for me to do," I then turn to Sam, "But I would never influence someone to break off a marriage or cheat on their partner. I'm not that type of person the media is trying to cut me out to be. And now that I've told you the truth...I think you should tell them, too, James."

He stands staring at his feet, clearly embarrassed and full of shame. Although a part of me wants to clock him right in the jaw, I don't need another "scandal" getting out. 

"Okay." He whispers.

"Y/N and I are together now, but I want you to make it very clear to the media that if anyone tries to mess with me, my daughter, or Y/N again, there's hell to pay," He steps closer to James with a menacing look in his eyes, "And you'll be paying it dearly, my friend." His tone nearly scares me, and I think the message is through quite clearly to James.

I turn to leave with Sam, ignoring the pleading eyes of my ex-boyfriend.

"Wait, Y/N, please." 

I give a dull look to James, my heart still beating rapidly.

"We didn't work out, I know. But please, will you forgive me?" He pleads, his chin trembling.