She walked up the ramp, turning around to walk backwards the last few steps while she took a last look at her defeated opponent in the ring. She didn't laugh or mock or anything. She just stared with cold eyes. She preferred being a heel. It suited her perfectly. She didn't have to interact with the fans or smile at them. She could just be herself. The fans had dubbed her "the coldhearted one" long ago.
Walking backstage she immetiately noticed Dean, Seth and Roman there. She knew Seth and Roman were up for a tag match right after and apparently Dean had decided to follow his friends to the gorilla. Why on earth he ran around shirtless was beyond her but she figured he as always tried to lure in one of the female workers. It wouldn't be the first time he had tried that silly tactic.
"Good match, Diana," Dean said.
She quickly looked over at him.
"Thanks," she said while continuing to walk away.
"I don't get it. It's like I'm nothing to her," Dean mumbled.
"Get over yourself. Not everyone wants you," Seth said.
"I was gonna wish you both good luck but now it only goes for Roman," Dean said childish.
After a quick shower and a change of clothes, Diana left the locker room again just to walk straight out to the sight of Dean leaning up against the wall with his arms crossed across from the door.
"Can we talk?" He asked.
"Sure," she answered and just looked at him, waiting for him to go on.
"In private," he added.
"We can't go in there. There are other women," she said as she pointed to the door behind her.
"Follow me," he said.
With a little sigh that she wasn't even sure he heard, she followed him down the hallway until he finally opened a door and they both stepped inside.
"Must be nice to be so far up on the top to get your own locker room while the rest of us have to share," she said.
He let the comment slide. He could have said so many harsh things back in return, and normally he would have, but he knew now was not the time. When he didn't say anything at all, she finally turned around and looked at him.
"What do you want?" She asked resignedly.
"I'm trying to figure you out and I just can't. I thought all you women were the same but you don't act like the other girls around here," he answered.
"How am I supposed to act?" She asked.
"Like you actually want me," the words came out before he could stop them.
He bit his lip, knowing he had said a wrong and very stupid thing. She let out a high laugh in disbelief.
"But I don't want you," she said.
"Everyone wants me," he said, his tone dropping darker.
She shook her head.
"Are you even listening to yourself right now?" She asked.
"You sure seemed to want me last night," he said.
"I did at the time but it wasn't what I had expected," she said.
"What? Don't tell me it wasn't good because you sure could moan," he said.
"It was alright. It just wasn't great," she said.
His eyes turned angry. Never in his life had he been shot down like that. Before he could rip her head off, she continued.
"Did it ever cross your mind why all of the sudden I wanted to try you out?" She asked.
"Ehm... no," he said.
"The other girls talked about you in the locker room. They led on that you were doing certain things to them in bed," she said.
"Like what?" He asked.
"Like hurting them. And you started out really good but then you suddenly stopped and held back and it just went downhill from there," she answered.
He closed in on her, pushing her shoulders. For each push she took a step backwards.
"You want me to hurt you, huh?" He asked. "Why don't you show me what you got?"
He kept pushing her, making her go further into the room. It wasn't until her back connected with the wall in the other end that she finally lashed out. Both hands ran across his chest fast, nails digging hard into his skin. He hissed at the pain and took a step backwards before looking down to see blood running from all eight gashes.
He ran his hand over his chest, smearing the blood out on it, before turning his suddenly very dark eyes at her again.
"You're just a fucking lioness, aren't you? You think you can take down a prey better than me?" He growled.
His hand went around her throat and he slammed her back up against the wall. He squeezed tight, wanting to scare and dominate her, show her that no one got away with hurting him like that, but to his surprise her lips curled up into a little smile.
"Oh, so this is what you want?" He said lowly.
Her tongue came out to wet her lips and he felt his dick twitch in his pants.
"For fuck's sake!" He growled lowly and quickly let go as they both heard the door to the locker room open.
Roman and Seth's cheering voices died out the moment they saw them standing there.
"What's going on here?" Roman asked.
"Dean wanted to talk. Are we done here, Dean, or do you have more to say?" She said.
He waved his hand in the air to let her know she could leave. He had no words left in him right in that moment. She walked across the room and left them all in there.
"Did we just walk in on some kinky shit?" Seth asked.
"No, we just talked," Dean asked.
"Yeah, sure looks like talking. Must be some really hard words to make them cut deep like that," Seth chuckled and pointed at Dean's chest.
Later that evening Dean was brought out of his thoughts by a knock on his hotel door. He walked over and opened to find Diana there. He hadn't expected her to show up but he more than welcomed it after what had happened in the locker room. After letting her in, they just stared at each other for a few seconds.
"So, you want me to hurt you?" He finally asked.
"If you think you got it in you," she answered.
"If I think...? Lioness, I can hurt you in ways you've never been hurt before," he said confidently.
He reached up to touch her throat, his thumb gently running over it.
"How far are you willing to let me go?" He asked.
"Why don't you try and find out?" She asked back.
"I'll go as far as you want. Stop me when I reach your breaking point, okay?" He said.
She nodded and without warning he grabbed her throat tight and started squeezing. He backed her up against the wall, squeezing tighter and tighter as he stared her down. She gasped for air for a while and he knew that any time now, she would cut him off. But she didn't. Instead her entire world went black.