A/N: Hello everyone! Here is the chapter that you've been waiting for if you've been waiting for some drama. The drama meter gets turned up here and it keeps climbing as we go. There's no smut in this chapter. A couple flirty moments is all. Again, this is about the drama and advancing the story with Paul and Leyna. I also wanted to let you all know that I am going to heading back to classes starting the 19th which means less time dedicated to stories. I will try to update when I can, but please understand that I won't be updating as often as I was when I was on break. Don't worry, I am NOT ending this story, you all seem to love it so it will continue, you just may have to wait a little for updates...it just makes them more special when they appear. Now, without further ado: here is the latest update! -jaydieB
Tuesday Morning
"Leyna…Leyna wake up."
"Mmmm, no, like that, yeah that's right…"
"Leyna, wake up babe."
"Wha- oh shit!" I rubbed my eyes and sat up instantly feeling embarrassed. "How much of that did you hear?"
"Enough to know that you were having a very good dream." Paul laughed. "Was someone replaying our actions from last night?"
"Possibly. I still can't believe we had the energy for sex considering everything we did Monday night, handling the meetings after the show and deciding to just catch a late night flight to Richmond."
"I will always have energy for sex with you. Are you still sore?" Paul asked
"No, not as sore as I was. Why?"
"Well, I'm getting ready to head to the gym for a morning workout and you said yesterday that you wanted to join me. You still up for that?"
"Oh course I am, babe. Let me get dressed and I will join you."
"Great! I'll be in the living area waiting for you." Paul gave me a kiss and left the bedroom so I could get dressed. I climbed out of bed and made my way over to my suitcase to find my workout clothes. I rummaged around and soon found something suitable to workout in. I found a purple tank top and a pair of shorts. I pulled those on and grabbed my black Skechers and laced them up. Once I was dressed, I went into the bathroom to see how awful I looked. To my surprise, I didn't look half bad. I smiled as I noticed a small bite mark on my left shoulder. Someone got a little into our actions last night. I laughed to myself as I brushed my teeth and washed my face. After I was done I brushed my hair quickly and pulled it up into a ponytail. I went back to the bedroom and put my glasses on and went to the living room to meet up with Paul.
"I'm ready,"
"Great! We're going to have a great time."
"I sure hope so. Even though I've gone to the gym a few times, I'm still a little nervous about it."
"Leyna, babe. You have no reason to be nervous. You'll be there with me. Just go to machines that you are comfortable with. We don't have to rush into anything crazy today. We can save that for another day when we have more time…I mean if that is what you want to do. I don't want to force you into anything."
"You aren't forcing me into anything. Now, let's get going. I want to watch my Game in action."
"Well," Paul stood up and put his arms around me "if you want to see me in action, we can always go into the bedroom and-"
"Not that kind of action!" I laughed
After our workout, Paul and I grabbed a light breakfast and headed to the Richmond Coliseum for the Superstars and Smackdown tapings. We sat in the limo close together, Paul's arm around me as we both looked through our tablets going through emails. Every now and then he would tickle me on my neck and I would playfully punch him in the arm. I truly loved every single second we were able to spend with each other.
"Babe, check out this email that I got from the marketing team." Paul said showing me the email on his tablet.
"Are, are they really saying that they are going to go through with making the Bayley headbands?" I asked
"Yes and its all thanks to you! And you said that you wouldn't have any good ideas! Just wait until I forward this to Bayley. Expect a message from her and when she sees you, she'll probably hug you…it's kind of her thing."
"I'd be honored. I'm so glad they are going through with my idea! Yay me!" I cheered
Paul laughed and kissed me on the forehead "You are too damn cute, you know that?"
"Nope, had no clue. Wanna tell me again?"
"You, are cute and adorable and then you transform into one incredibly sexy gorgeous vixen that I am so glad I am with."
"Damn I love you." I gave Paul a kiss and went back to my tablet and my emails. Paul went back to his and clicked on the next one down. As he read it, I instantly felt his body tense up.
"You okay, My Game?" I asked
"Huh? Oh, yeah. I'm okay."
"Paul…." I questioned
"Its personal stuff, babe. I don't want you to worry about it. At least not yet."
I looked at Paul and frowned slightly. "Does it have to do with Stephanie?"
Paul looked at me and sighed. "Yes it does."
"What it is? Something bad?"
"I don't know yet, babe. I don't want to say anything about it."
"Well, what can you tell me?" I knew I was probably overstepping my boundaries but I felt like I needed to know what was going on. Besides, as long as Stephanie was still in the picture, Paul couldn't 100% be mine.
"What I can tell you is that Thursday I will have to leave you for a little while. I have an appointment that I need to go to. I will be able to tell you much more on Friday during our date, I promise."
"Okay, I accept that. I just hope that whatever you are going to tell me is going to be good news."
"You're telling me." Paul kissed me on the forehead and I went back to cuddling next to him and going back to reading my messages. I tried not to think about what the meeting was about but I couldn't shake the thought from my mind. What was going to go down on Thursday? I wanted to know more but I knew better not to press the issue. I would just wait until Friday to find out what was going on.
Friday Evening
I was in the mirror brushing my hair, making sure it was styled just right. I was really looking forward to tonight's date with Paul. It had been a while since we had a proper date night. He had managed to get a few hours away from work for us to have time together and I was so pleased with that. We should have been still at the Richmond Coliseum for a house show making sure things were running smoothly but Paul made the executive decision that he was going to take some time off. Once I was pleased that my hair was nice and smooth, I placed a blue headband on for an added touch. I stood back and took a look at my outfit to make sure that I looked good for my man. Paul never told me where we were going so I wasn't completely sure of how I should dress. I decided to wear a sapphire blue dress that went well with my complexion. I adjusted the girls, making sure they looked great. Once I was satisfied, I applied a little lipstick and sprayed some body spray. I exited the bathroom and walked into the living room of our hotel room to wait for Paul to come back into the room for me. I heard the door open and I instantly smiled.
"I'm back…wow! You look amazing." Paul said as he entered the room
"Im glad you approve. I wasn't sure how you would take to the blue. I know how much you love seeing me in red."
"I mean, I prefer to see you naked, if we're going to be specific but I have a feeling the restaurant does have a slight dress code."
"Ha ha ha." I laughed as I stood up and walked over to him. "Is everything ready?"
"Everything is set for us. Limo is outside waiting. Are you ready to go?"
"I am."
"Alright then," Paul took my hand "Let's get this date started."
Paul and climbed into the limo and got comfortable to enjoy our 45 minute ride to our destination. He poured us a glass of champagne and we cuddled together as soft R&B music played in the background.
"Oh, you went all out for me tonight, huh?" I asked as I sipped my drink
"Of course. You deserve it. It's been forever since we've had a date night. I want this night to be as special as possible."
I reached over and gave Paul a kiss "Well, you are doing a great job so far." Paul put his arm around me and we rode in silence, just enjoying being in each other's company. Every once in a while, I would look up and see Paul looking out the tinted window, as if his mind was someplace else. I wanted to ask him what was on his mind but at the same time, I didn't want to ruin the moment. I shrugged my shoulders and kept my mouth shut.
We arrived at our date location, another amazing and fancy restaurant that I had only ever seen on Food Network, Capital Ale House. The driver opened our door and I climbed out and beamed with happiness when I noticed where we were. We walked inside and confirmed our reservations. Our table was one that was off to the right and away from the rest of the people in the restaurant for the most part. Our waiter promptly took our drink and appetizer orders. I had to try the house cocktail, The Isabella and Paul chose a Blue Mountain dark hollow craft beer. We decided to try out an order of Belgian style fries at my request. I saw Richard Blais try them on Food Network and I had to try them now that I was here.
"I can't believe that I am here! How did you know that I wanted to come here?" I beamed as I looked around the restaurant in awe
"Lucky guess again?"
"No really, how did you know?" I asked
"If you must know, during a night at the hotel, when you thought I was napping, I was actually wide awake when you were watching an episode where they were featuring this place and I heard you say how much you wanted to come here. So, I knew we were going to be coming to Richmond, so I made the reservation. Surprise."
"Just when I think I can't love you anymore, you go and do things like this." I smiled.
"Anything for my girl." Our waiter returned with our drinks and our appetizers and we placed our entrée orders.
"So, what's the plan for tomorrow? There's no house show tomorrow." I said as I took a sip of my drink.
"That's right, there's isn't. I was thinking, if you are up for it that we could just catch a flight back home tonight"
"No, I'm okay with that. No sense in staying here if we don't need to. Is there anything that needs to be done at work?"
"Nope, free weekend for you."
"Sounds great." I said as I popped a fry in my mouth and smiled. "DO you have any plans for the weekend since its free?"
"Nope, nothing at all aside from the usual household things. You?"
"Same. Why? I'm sensing that you are up to something," I questioned.
"I'm not. Not at all."
"Hmmmm," I raised my eyebrow not really taking his answer but I decided not to press the question.
"You're cute when you do that," Paul said catching me off guard.
"Huh, what?"
"That, when you raise your eyebrow and give me that questioning look. It's hot."
I took a long drink of my cocktail and tried to calm myself down. I looked around and thankfully saw our waiter coming with our food. I was saved. He arrived and sat our plates down. I had decided to splurge tonight and ordered chicken, shrimp and andouille pasta. I looked over at Paul's plate I knew that he had ordered a steak but it was a huge piece of meat. I couldn't tell what cut it was.
"Wow,"
"Wow, what?" Paul asked
"My Game sure does have quite an appetite."
Paul gave me a smile "Well, your Game needs his protein. I didn't become the stud that I am by eating garbage."
I raised my eyebrow and eyed Paul up and down. Stud wasn't even half of it. The black dress shirt and suit jacket he was wearing wasn't hiding the fact that Paul had some serious muscles underneath, muscles that I absolutely loved. Calm it down, Leyna. I glanced and noticed his pecs moving up and down. I bit down on my lip. God damn it. I looked up and saw Paul eyeing with a sly smile on his face.
"Enjoying the view?"
"Uh-huh," I said quietly.
"Besides, I perform at my absolute best when I am well fed," Paul stared at me deeply. I shuddered as I felt his hand gently tug at my dress, his fingers tracing up my thigh. "Although it's damn tempting, I can't exactly have you naked on a platter as we're in a public venue. So the steak was the next best option." He quickly removed his hands and started to cut into his steak and eat. I exhaled the breath that I was holding the entire time and panted. I took another long sip of my drink and tried to focus on my food.
About thirty minutes in, Paul and I were finished with our food and were on our second round of our drinks. The waiter came and removed our plates and refreshed our drinks. Once he was done, I could tell that Paul was slightly uneasy, as if something was on his mind.
"Alright, Leyna. I know we've had a great date and amazing conversation so far but now, I need to really talk to you."
"Is this about the email and about where you had to go Thursday?"
"Yes, and about the phone call that I had to make first thing on Monday." Paul took a long drink as if to prepare himself and calm his nerves.
"Okay, I'm ready to listen."
"First off, I really want to thank you for being mature and dealing with Stephanie so far."
"You don't need to thank me for that, babe. I told you that I wouldn't let her get to me and I meant that."
"I know and I really appreciate that…however I am going to need you to be even stronger for me."
"Why is that?"
"Last week, I filed a petition in court; a petition to move forward with the divorce from Stephanie. I had to call my attorney Monday to follow up on something regarding the petition and then Thursday I had to go and get the final word. The judge approve it and a sheriff is going to serve her with the divorce papers Monday morning. I'm not doing it personally because I don't want to deal with it, I feel that if I serve them to her at work, she will have to be civil and she can't act like a total bitch. Now, there is a very strong possibility that when she gets the papers served to her and she is going to come after you and accuse you of being the reason that this is happening. Leyna, I am so sorry for dragging you into my mess and bringing you into all of my baggage. I want you to know that I love you so very much and I just need you to be patient just a little longer and then you can have me permanently without any issues, no strings attached."
I sat there for a moment and digested everything that was just said. The divorce papers were going to be served Monday morning! There was no doubt about it that Stephanie was going to come after me with her claws at the ready. I knew she already suspected something, I was pretty sure people were telling her things and now with this happening I just knew she was going to think I had something to do with this. Granted, I do have everything to do with this, but still. I looked at Paul and saw the hurt on his face. He felt awful that he was bringing me into this. He didn't need to feel sorry. I needed to make him feel better.
I leaned forward and caressed his face. "Baby, I love you too. There's nothing about your life that is baggage. And I mean that. Like every human being, you have problems. I have them too. Mine's my self-conscious issues. I'm working through mine and you are working on getting your problem named Stephanie out of your life. Whatever you need me to do, whether you need me to be more patient, more understanding, I'll do it. You have my support. Like I told you, I'm not going to leave you. I refuse to leave your side. You make me too happy for me to walk away."
"Leyna, why are you so perfect?"
"Because I have the perfect man who loves me." I smiled
Paul leaned forward and gave me a sweet kiss "Damn right I do. So very much."
Monday Morning
CONSOL Energy Center
Pittsburgh, PA
Paul and I had arrived in Pittsburgh at about nine in the morning. We stopped at our hotel and dropped off our luggage. As we drove to the arena for our usual tasks for RAW, we were both very uneasy for we both knew what was going to happen when we arrived. We both knew that at some point today, Stephanie was going to be served with the divorce papers and she was going to come after me. We arrived and climbed out of the limo and entered the arena. So far, things were going like business as usual. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary. Paul and I headed towards the room that was to be used for his office. When we arrived, I sat on the couch and unpacked my laptop and got started with what I needed to do while Paul went to the desk and got started with what he needed to do. Everything was fairly normal for now but I knew at any second, things were going to go right to hell.
Hell arrived about an hour later as Paul and I were discussing and reviewing the lineup that was in place for RAW tonight. There was a ling banging knock on the door following by a shrill voice. "Paul! Open this door, now!"
"Shit has hit the fan," Paul said.
"Wonderful." I sighed. I walked back over to the couch and braced myself for what was about to happen while Paul walked over and opened the door.
"Yes, Steph. How may I help you?"
"Don't you fucking dare try to play the innocent card right now, Paul! How dare you serve me with divorce papers and at work of all places!"
"I figured that if I had them served to you here you wouldn't act like a total bitch. I see that I thought process was incorrect."
"How could you do this to me?! I thought we were trying to work things out!" Stephanie snapped.
"When the hell was this happening? I told you that I was done with you, Stephanie. You're the one that can't get that through your head."
Stephanie gripped the manila envelope tighter and frowned her face. She turned and saw me sitting on the couch. Fuck! I had hoped she wouldn't notice me.
"You! This is all your fucking fault!" Stephanie yelled charging towards me.
"Stephanie, stop!" Paul started
"I have no clue what you're talking about, Ms. McMahon." I said as I stood up to meet her, trying to keep my voice calm.
"The hell you don't! Don't try to play me like a fool! You think I don't know what's going on here?! I see what this is."
"Oh, well please enlighten me, Ms. McMahon because what I'm pretty sure that I am here for a job and that is all."
"If by job you mean getting on your knees and being a common whore then you're doing great."
"Stephanie! Stop it right now!" Paul demanded
"You stay out of this!" Stephanie turned and snapped at Paul. "This is between me and your little whore that is coming between our marriage. Now," Stephanie turned back to face me. "I know exactly what you are doing, you are trying to get ahead by trying to fuck my husband. People are already telling me that you two are starting to get close. If I find out that anything is happening between you two, I will have your ass fired."
"Look," I said getting in Stephanie's face. I knew what I was doing was wrong but I was getting very pissed off. "The last time that I checked, I don't report to you. You have no say in anything that I do. So you have no ability to fire me. So you can take that card off the table right now and stand the fuck down. Now, this is the second time that you have called me something along the lines of being a slut or a whore. You, do not know me. I am not a slut and I am not a whore. What I am is a highly intelligent and a well-educated woman and that is how I earned this job. Underscore, earned the job. And, with all due respect, Ms. McMahon, who I spend my time with in and out of this company is none of damn business. But whomever I do decide to date, I will tell you this, they would be very happy and I would know exactly what to do to get him and to keep him so I am nice and warm in my bed every single night. Now, if you will please excuse us, Mr. Levesque and I need prepare for an NXT meeting in about five minutes."
Stephanie glared at me, her anger boiling over. She looked like she wanted to slap me and if she did, it didn't matter what Paul wanted. The gloves were off. I was going to beat her ass. I stood there waiting for her to say something. Paul stood there looking at the both of us, seeing who would make the next move.
"You have no idea who you are dealing with, Missy." Stephanie seethed. "And Paul, this is not over. You will be hearing from me and my lawyer. There is no way I am signing this."
"You have to sign it, Stephanie. The judge approved it."
"I don't care." Stephanie turned on her heel and stormed out of the office, slamming the door behind her.
"Before you say anything, Paul, I know I shouldn't have yelled at her. I know I was out of line. But she had no right to say what she did to me." I said defending myself. I knew Paul was going to upset with me for what I did.
"Babe, I'm not mad at you at all."
"You're…you're not?" I was stunned. I just knew that he would be pissed off with me
"No, like you said, she was out of line. And she called you something like that before?"
"Yeah, when you were in Minnesota, I ran into her and she called me a hooker in a skirt suit."
Paul clenched his fists and shook his head. "Leyna, I am so sorry."
"It's alright."
"No, it's not. It's not okay at all. That fucking bitch…"
"Please tell me you don't have to work with her tonight?"
Paul walked over and checked tonight's script. "Fuck. Opening segment. I'll be so glad when we aren't so Authority focused."
"Babe, what are we going to do? She's not going to cooperate!"
"No, she will. She's not going to jeopardize the show. There's no way, even with this. It's when we get behind the curtain when she will turn into a raging bitch."
"How much longer are they going to focus on the Authority? Can we try to reduce it at all, I mean considering?"
"It's scheduled to be over in a three more weeks after the next pay per view. Then I will be focusing more of my attention on NXT and I won't be on TV as much."
"That, will be fantastic. You think we can make it three more weeks with her?" I asked
"We may not have another choice, babe. Just remember, she isn't going to lay a finger on you. She won't say anything to you during meetings and most of the time you and I will be together so you don't need to worry. I'll protect you."
I walked over and gave Paul a kiss to try and calm his nerves and to soothe mine. "You always protect me, babe. I'll stick by your side through all of this. You know that."
"I'm glad to hear it, because I have a feeling that getting Stephanie to sign those papers just got a whole lot more challenging." Paul said with dread in his voice.
"You don't think she will drag it out too long, do you?"
"I have no idea, babe. I can only hope not."
A/N: I told you the drama was going to start and did it ever! Stephanie did NOT take getting served with the papers very well at all! What did you guys think of this chapter? I hope you liked it. Please leave those comments and reviews. Where do you think this is gonna go? What do you think is gonna happen? Will Paul and Leyna get through this? Stay tuned and find out. I will have chapter 11 up as soon as I can, but please remember my message up above. Thanks, I love all my followers and reviewers. You guys keep me going. :) -jaydieB