A/N: Thank you Girl on Fire, dashinginconverse and Dashings Destinty for reviewing the previous chapter. I know it took me a while to update this story, but hopefully you will enjoy the new chapter - some "secrets" are going to be revealed and there is a little surprise. I'm sorry for the spelling and grammar mistakes. As you know English isn't my first language.


Chapter Four - Keep Bleeding

The frustration was present in Katie's body. It was present in every single gesture she did and in every word she pronounced. She was frustrated with herself for not standing up and to impose her will; she was frustrated with herself for putting aside her beliefs.

By the second time in a row, the former Diva ended up agreeing with Wade's plans and to go further with them as much as she found them unpleasant. She would welcome his friends and try not to contaminate everyone with her sour mood. None of the tasks was easy to fulfill and to be truthful the English woman didn't mind being a bad hostess - once upon a time it bothered her. After all, she wanted to get the farthest away possible from those people, not to be friendly with them.

Taking a seat in front of the dressing table, Katie took a look at her image. The usual white features were paler even with the makeup; the long and curly hair fell to her shoulders. She wasn't looking her best, but she wasn't looking awful either.

She noticed the dress was a little tight. It had been a while since she worked out, so it wasn't supposed to be a surprise. However, not only the dress had been bought the previous month as through the last months it was the first time she noticed that her body had changed.

Maybe if she got fat Wade would finally let her go. Of course she wasn't expecting Wade to be so superficial and even with extra pounds on her, he would keep fighting for their wedding. He just didn't know when to quit.

A knock on the door echoed through the bedroom. The woman didn't need to take a glance at the door to know who was standing there. Every fifteen minutes he came to check on her - was he trying to make sure she wouldn't jump out of the window and to run away from the disagreeable dinner she cooked?

- Are you ready? - Wade asked after opening the door. His eyes fell on the woman that was staring at herself in the mirror.

She was looking flawless. To his eyes she always looked perfect. However, Wade wasn't going to praise her elegance because Katie would despise his commentaries. His praise didn't mean anything nowadays.

- Just a few more seconds. - She wouldn't hurry up because people were downstairs. Katie would take her time and it was better if Wade didn't try to rush her.

The happy married couple act wasn't going to work with the German-born English woman. During a couple of hours she would have to smile and to act as she was the perfect wife; as she and Wade shared a blessed union.

Katie closed her eyes. The night was going to be a disaster.

When she opened the eyelids, her light eyes found an unexpected image. A figure was standing behind her; a dark figure was being reflected by the mirror. The raven haired woman turned her face around. Astonishingly no one was inside the room. The figure had vanished in the air and she was alone. Certainly her eyes were playing tricks on her. The figure she saw brief seconds couldn't be real.

The night hadn't started yet and she already was being tormented by hallucinations. Perhaps it was a sign to make up an excuse and not to appear at the dinner. If she was feeling unwell no one, not even Wade, could obligate her to attend the get-together in her own house. Her sickness could even obligate the guests to leave sooner.

As pleasant as the plan sounded, the married woman wouldn't go on with it. She went through a trouble period and her marital problems with Wade weren't a very well hidden secret. She had to get out of the bathroom and to show she was a strong woman and nothing would take her down - it evidently was a lie; she had been taken down and she was still catching the pieces of the fall.

Her fingers pulled the dressing table's drawer, but not before glancing over her shoulder to be one hundred percent sure that Wade wouldn't come in once again. She took out of it a bottle of pills. They were prescribed seven months ago to help her to go through day after day without breaking down.

The pills weren't certainly going to make everything alright from a moment to another. They wouldn't heal the scars inside her mind. However, they helped her to cooperate with the deep marks left inside her body.

Rising up from the chair, Katie sauntered out of the master bedroom. She could listen to voices and the bell was ringing. She was clueless about how many people Wade invited. His circle of close friends was always larger than she expected.


- This house is absolutely gorgeous. - Similar remarks had been whispered by his friends and work colleagues since they reached the house that night. All of them had been appreciated. All, but this one.

The familiar voice caught Wade off guard. He twisted his body to make sure his senses weren't fooling him, as he dearly hoped so. Unfortunately, his wish wasn't granted and Kelly Blank was in fact inside the kitchen.

- What are you doing here? - The question slipped from his mouth when he recovered from the shock. Her presence was a surprise - a huge surprise. He didn't invite the blonde woman and it didn't cross his mind she could be in his home.

- You know I wouldn't miss this dinner for nothing in the world - she exclaimed smiling. Kelly slowly sauntered to Wade's side. Each step she gave, she was closer of Wade's body. - I came with Justin. He is such a nice guy.

He would murder Justin from bringing her. It was a fact that his friend didn't know the truth - and he could never know. The South-African and Kelly had been dating for a year; however, last time he heard, they weren't a couple anymore. His sources weren't reliable.

Seeing her closer, Wade gave a few steps behind. He wanted this woman far away from him. He didn't want to breathe the same air as she.

- I don't think he knows. He doesn't suspect anything. - If he knew, she certainly wouldn't be here and their relationship would over. Wade knew he would lose a friend, but it was better than have Justin angry at him than Kelly inside his house. - It has been a while since we spoke.

Step after step, Wade found himself trapped between Kelly and the kitchen counter. Her perfume reached his nostrils - the same scent that once he had learned to like, but now it was disgusting.

This situation was getting pathetic. How the hell did she trap him? He should have pushed her away instead of giving steps behind to create a distance between them that she always shorted.

- You shouldn't have come - Wade pronounced. He found his hands grabbing her arms before she had an opportunity to wrap them around his neck.

If someone saw them together…

- I hope I'm not interrupting anything. - The tension inside the kitchen increased when Katie's voice echoed through it.

It was hard to believe Wade invited her to come. Nevertheless, her husband always found ways to surprise, and disappoint, her.

She didn't care if it was visible that her light blue eyes were sending daggers in the other woman's direction. This woman didn't have the right to put the feet in her house. After all the damages she did, Kelly should be ashamed of showing her face.

It was too hurtful to realize her feelings for Wade were back to the surface. All the work burying them had been worthless. Since their love night that she was feeling her heart beating faster for someone who didn't deserve her. Catching her husband and Kelly alone in the kitchen made her feel jealous - a feeling she didn't appreciate.

While Kelly was smiling as they were old friends, the English man seemed a kid that had been caught skipping classes by his parents. Whatever was going on in the kitchen - in her kitchen - it wasn't supposed to be seen by her eyes.

- Katarina, you are looking great. - The WWE Diva wrapped her arms around Katie's body. The older woman raised her plucked eyebrow. Did this home-wrecker just hug her? Breaking apart, the young blonde was staring at the married woman with a victorious grin on her face. - Someone put some weight on.

The fair-skin woman forced a smile to show up. She didn't feel bad about a few pounds before, but now that this woman declared out loud that she gained them, Katie felt a bump inside her chest. Whilst she was bit uncomfortable in her dress, Kelly was looking fabulous inside a dress that fitted every curve of her body. It wasn't easy not to feel obsessed with her body.

And Wade was standing right there. Could it be more embarrassing? Katie would love to slap that woman to remove the plastic smile from her face. However, she didn't want anyone to know how she hurt her; she didn't want them to know that the other woman stole her husband.

- Justin is waiting for me.

As soon as the Florida native disappeared by the door, Wade spoke. Katie had to know he had nothing to do with the woman's presence. When he saw her in the kitchen, he was caught off guard. The English man would never allow that woman to put her feet in their new house.

- Katie, I don't know what she is doing here. I didn't invite her.

- This isn't the moment to speak about her. - It was never the moment to confront the past. Katie avoided it as much as possible. - If you actually loved me and wanted a second chance this woman wouldn't be in our house. You told me and convinced me that it was all over between you.

Wade would never understand the kind pain she was put through every time she confronted Kelly, every time she saw the other woman. It was hard to live together with her husband knowing he was the one to blame for her lose, however, it was even harder to deal with Kelly. She never showed signs of remorse and when the truth was unfold she took the chance to mock her. Until then, Katie hadn't seen how much the other woman disliked her.

- This was the first time I spoke with her in months - Wade exclaimed in his defense. It wasn't a lie, as Katie was probably thinking. He couldn't avoid seeing his past-lover because they worked together. Nonetheless, he didn't have to be polite or even change a word with her. The foolish affair took from him one of the most important people in his life.

- It didn't seem so. - The hurt woman turned her back without wishing to listen to another word. A picture was more worthy than millions words. Her eyes had seen them together and Wade couldn't twist the truth.

Katie passed by Kelly without believe she listened to her and Wade's conversation. She didn't meet her boyfriend as she told. The nerve the woman had. Haven't she done too many damages already?

This time he wouldn't let her go. Wade followed Katie, but before he could leave the kitchen Kelly was once again at his front. The two were face-to-face to Wade's dismay.

- Someone is angry. Your wife should chill down. - Whilst this woman was around, Katie wouldn't calm down.

- It would be better to everyone if you just left.

- I can't leave my beloved Wade alone. - She placed her hand on top of his chest. The gesture brought to the surface a frustrated man.

He wrapped his fingers around the woman's wrist with more strength than he intended. She was a playing a dangerous game and he wasn't going to be part of it. Kelly may have fooled him once, but she undoubtedly wasn't going to fool him again.

- Whatever happened between us is over. I want you out of life and if I see you near Katie again, I won't be gentle to you. - The words slipped out from his mouth before he thought twice about them. The dark-haired man never thought he would threaten a woman.

- Whatever happened between us? I thought we were fucking each other behind your wife's and my boyfriend's back. - The plastic smile etched across her face vanished. The game had just become more dangerous. - You didn't care about her when it happened. Or did you? Not once you told me that it was all over because of your stupid wife. If she hadn't found us, do you think we would be over by now?

- Get out of my house.

Wade turned his body and walked away without taking a glance behind. He didn't want to see her again. She wasn't the only to blame for the situation, but Kelly fed him with lies. He could never be with a woman as she after learning the truth about her; after realizing he still loved Katie and always had.

Kelly stood behind, her fists clenched. A torrent of wrath seized her. He would regret the way he treated her. For all these months, she kept her mouth shut, but tonight everything would be different. Wade's and Katie's marriage was going to end.

She moved her feet to walk out from the kitchen when her eyes caught a glimpse of the backdoor open. It was closed when she first entered in the room and neither Wade nor Kate opened it. Curious, Kelly moved near the door.

A figure - the same Katie saw in the bedroom hours before - appeared in the door glass. The blonde Diva felt shocked when noticed that it was walking to her. She twisted her body only to see that she was the only person in the kitchen.

She shook her head. Her imagination was playing tricks. It was better to return to the living room and to try to have Wade all for herself once again. Their conversation wasn't over. If he didn't want everyone to know the kind of man he is, Wade better to pay her attention or she would steal from him what rested of his broken marriage.

Before she left the space, one hand covered her mouth and then Kelly found herself being dragged to the backyard. The door slammed without making a sound at the same time that droplets of blood spotted the clean floor.


The night didn't go as Wade expected. Of course his friends showed up and most felt enchanted by the house. However, the night was a catastrophe because of Kelly. If she hadn't appeared maybe it wouldn't have turned in a total disaster.

Wade ran his fingers through his short hair. For love of God, Katie spent the rest of the night sending dirty looks at him and didn't mind smiling not even once. More than once someone asked him if she was feeling okay.

- It is cold outside. - An unknown voice intruded Wade's thoughts. Twisting his body, he saw an older woman standing right beside him. He didn't feel her approaching.

- Excuse me? - Who was this woman and why was she speaking with him? At this moment he wasn't feeling like being polite with anyone.

- It is cold outside, Mr. Barrett - she repeated, adding Wade's last name. Her lips offered him a beam that the English man couldn't stop himself from thinking it was false. - It is a pleasure to finally meet you. I have spoken with your wife and she is a very lovely woman.

At least, Katie hadn't lost her manners and she still had the capacity to treat some people gently. He wished to be one of these people. Why didn't she see he was trying to make things right?

- I see you received friends. They must have loved the house. - Wade simply nodded. He wanted to be alone. He wasn't in the mood to chit-chat. - But I saw a young woman leaving earlier. I hope it is everything fine with her. I saw blood

Wade raised his eyebrow. No one has left earlier and as far as he knew no one got hurt. As much as he wished Kelly to walk away, he found her staring at him once after the kitchen events. He had spent the night avoiding Justin because she could show up at any second and to say something wrong.

- How did she look…- The question wasn't finished. When his eyes connected with the place where the woman was standing, Wade didn't see her. He looked around, but didn't find a sign of her.

Shaking his head, Wade sauntered to his house. He went for a walk to refresh his mind, but instead he returned home with more troubled thoughts. He didn't know if he should rely on the woman's words - if someone got hurt, he would have known. He didn't know if she was real or if his head was playing tricks on him.

This night had to come to an end soon.

Without delay, the wrestler made his way to the first floor. He was caught off guard by Katie who threw a pillow to his arms. With the object on his hands, Wade sent her a puzzled look.

- I prepared the guest room while you were out. You will find it more comfortable than my bed, but it may be a little colder.

Every time Wade came home through the last month and half, she let him sleep in the master bedroom with her because the furniture for the other rooms hadn't arrived yet. They shared the same bed because Katie didn't find the energy to order him to sleep on the cold and uncomfortable floor every night. She was angry and wanted to see him suffer, but the returning feelings didn't let her hurt him as much as she wished. Most of the nights, she would wake up and sat on the armchair staring at him. She wasn't fond of the proximity between them - especially after the latest events.

Nonetheless, tonight was going to be different. The guests room was ready. Wade didn't have to sleep on the floor nor with her. Until seeing him with Kelly in the kitchen, the former WWE Diva didn't think about banishing him from the master bedroom. The image of the two brought back memories that she wanted to keep away from her mind.

- Nothing happened between us. I didn't know she was here - Wade spoke, understanding the reason Katie was so mad; the reason she was banishing him from the bedroom.

- I'm so tired of all your lies - the woman whispered. Her eyes connected with Wade's and he saw how sick and tired she was of him, of the situation they were living. - Does Justin know?

Of course Justin didn't know. Katie had watched the South-African and Kelly days after she found the affair between her and Wade. He wasn't aware of the bitch he was dating and his eyes revealed she was in love with her. She recognized that look. It was the same look she once had when stared at the man standing inches away from her.

- I told you before and I'm going to tell you again: I didn't know she was here. I didn't know she would come.

- You betrayed me and you betrayed one of your best friends. You are despicable Wade. - Katie turned her body and moved to the master bedroom.

Sometimes it was better for Wade to shut up than proceed with an unwanted conversation. The truth he wanted to avoid so badly would slip from Katie's lips.

- How long will it last? - He lost his grip. His blood was boiling. - When will you let me to fix our marriage? Katie, I'm beginning you for a second chance.

- When I forget the whore you fucked, perhaps I'll let you fix a marriage that can't be saved - the raven-haired yelled. The blood in her veins pumped faster and faster. - For God sake, she was in our house today and I must confess I felt I was reviving the same when I found you two in the kitchen.

He had showed her that Kelly was part of the past. He worked hard to show he wanted to give their wedding a second chance. Nothing he did was good enough for Katie. At this point, it seemed Kelly was an excuse to push him farther. If she loved him as he loved her, Katie would reflect about giving him an opportunity. She would want to save their marriage.

- This isn't about Kelly anymore. You aren't willing to give me a chance.

- Wade we only still married because you refused to sign the divorce papers when I handed them to you months ago.

After crying until it was hard to breathe, Katie went to a divorce lawyer. Wade had the divorce papers on his hands and he ripped them. If it wasn't for him, they would be divorced by now and the discussions would be over.

Katie started feeling dizzy. The unbalanced walk didn't go unnoticed by her husband. Wade understood his wife wasn't feeling well and tried to reach her. Nonetheless, the fair-skin woman didn't let him and entered inside the master bedroom.

She slammed the door and then locked it to make sure Wade couldn't enter. Her body clashed on the mattress. A sudden sleep took over her. As soon as Katie closed her eyelids, she was absorbed into the darkness. His words reached her mind; however they were nothing but confusion.

- Katie? Are you okay? Open the door, Katie!