Hope this is long enough for you guys. :-P 3,852 words in counting lol.


"The one and only" he said sarcastically. "But I see that you were expecting someone else, so let me just leave." Paul said as he brushed by Stephanie.

"No! Paul wait!" She said as she grabbed his forearm. "Baby it's not what you think, I swear"

"Then what the hell is it?" Paul said as he jerked away from Stephanie's grasp.

She looked down for a moment and then back up. "He's only trying to help" she held up her hand "and before you get all defensive and start to yell and scream at me, just please give me the chance to explain, please."

"fine" Paul said as he walked over and sat down on the leather couch.

Stephanie walked over and took a seat next to him. "Look, Tyler's not the bad guy that you think he is, no he isn't a good guy either knowing his past but he's not out to hurt me like he was in the beginning. Actually, come to think of it, I don't think he really ever wanted to hurt me at all, It was all Kiren's doing."

"So he's her little bitch is what you're telling me?"

thinking back to what Bob said, Stephanie titled her head back and forth. "Eh. I wouldn't say he's her bitch, just her handyman perhaps?"

"same damn thing."

"anyway, he's only looking out for me and only wants whats best for me."

"how do you figure?"

Stephanie took a deep breath as she sat back and told Paul everything, from the moment Tyler visited her in jail the first time all the way up until now. She was surprised that Paul hadn't interrupted once. There was times where she could tell that he wanted to but he never did it, he was giving her the time that she asked for and so badly needed to explain everything to him. She could tell that he didn't like the fact that Tyler was a constant factor in her life, but if it truly was for the best intentions, and for Stephanie's protection, then she knew he would eventually grow to accept it. But boy would it be a slow and long process and who knows what would happen if they ever met again under different circumstances.

"So what does this Ken guy have to do with all of this?" Paul asked.

"Thats what I was wondering"

"seems kinda strange if you ask me"

"Oh trust me, it is. I don't like being kept in the dark about anything and especially if its things about me. I mean it might not even be about me but if it is, then I definitely want to know and even if it isn't then I still want to know."

"I understand and I'm sorry for all the hell i've put you through babe, but I mean you have to understand where I'm coming from. This guy just shows up and is a constant factor in your life, he sees you more than I do and always has the inside scoop and you're constantly keeping me out of the loop"

Stephanie looked down and then back up. "I know, I know," she said softly "but the part about him seeing me more than you do is no one's fault but your own. You made the decision to hate me and to never come by and not speak to or see me weeks at a time, Paul do you realize how much that hurt me? how sad and depressed I would get, how much sleep I would lose at night over you? how many times I would cry myself to sleep all because you wouldn't give me a chance to explain myself."

Paul's heart broke listening to all the things that Stephanie said.

"Babe, I could never hate you, never let those words come from your mouth again. And Stephanie i'm so sorry. I guess I was so tied up in my own feelings that I didn't take the time to think about yours. I'm so so sorry Stephanie. I honestly never meant to hurt you, I just thought something was going on with you and Tyler."

"There was nothing ever going on between me and Tyler and there never will be anything. I love you"

"I love you too, so much" Paul said getting choked up. "And there wasn't a day that didn't go by that I didn't think of you Stephanie, not one day. You're my world and just the thought of you and another man killed me. I should have just talked to you instead of making up so many scenarios in my head. its just, this man tried to rape you Stephanie, he threaten to kill our kids, how could you expect me to just accept him like all of that never happened? Thats why I was always so quick to anger whenever you would bring up his name or mention that he came by."

"I know" she said softly. "And I should have set things straight from the start, I was just so afraid of losing you that I thought I was doing the right thing by hiding things from you, but I know now not to do that anymore. We made a promise to one another that we wouldn't keep anything from each other anymore or lie to each other anymore. I want us, starting now, to restart all over again. No more lies, no more hiding things, and in your case no more running away cause God knows I can't run from here" Stephanie said with a slight chuckle.

Paul chuckled. "True" he said with a smile as he kissed Stephanie on the lips.

She moaned at the contact, she was just so happy to be able to touch and feel him again. She grabbed his neck, bringing him down further to deepen the kiss. Their tongues wrestled for control as Paul gently stroked her cheek with his hand. Not breaking the kiss, she mounted herself on top of him to straddle him, she chuckled a little in his mouth when she felt how hard he had already gotten. He took his hands and slowly moved them down from her back to cup her ass as he slowly rocked her body so she could grind on him.

Not wanting to, but Stephanie slowly pulled back from the kiss, breaking their embrace as she rolled off of him. "We can't"

"Why not?" Paul asked confused. "We have before" he said smiling

"No, i'm not talking about that, i'm saying we need to talk first"

Paul let out a heavy sigh. "Baby, you just can't up and get me hard and then shut me down by saying we need to talk, you started this, now finish it" he said pointing to his erect manhood.

Stephanie covered her mouth as she laughed. "I'm sorry babe, but it can wait."

"Says who?"

"Says me" she said hardening her eyes at him

"ok. ok" he said holding up his hands. "I see you're giving me the look"

"I'm glad you still remember"

"Nothing in the world could ever make me forget that stare, i've gotten it way too many times over the years."

Stephanie smiled. "so, how's my case coming along?"

Paul looked down, he refused to look back up at Stephanie because of what he had done.

"Babe?" she said, looking concerned

"Stephanie, you were right, we do need to talk"

"Paul...whats going on?"

"remember when I got mad at you and stormed out of here telling you to get things done for yourself?"

Stephanie's eyes went wide. "Paul...what have you done?"

"now babe" he said holding up one hand "I beg of you, please don't get mad because i'll fix it, I promise"

"Paul what did you do?" Stephanie asked, her tone of voice changing

"I um...see..funny story here" Paul said scratching his head

"Just spit it out already!" Stephanie said raising her voice.

"I called it off..."

"you what?" She asked making sure she got the full understanding, she heard what he said but was struggling to cope with it.

"I...called off your case" he said finally looking up at Stephanie

"YOU DID WHAT!" She yelled as she stood up

A officer came in. "Hey lady keep it down, people can hear you from down the hall!"

"FUCK YOU! YOU FAT UGLY STUPID MAKING 7 DOLLARS AN HOUR PIECE OF SHIT!" Stephanie spat out. "GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY SIGHT YOU DISGUSTING MOTHERFUCKER!"

Both Paul and the officer were in shock. More so Paul, he had never seen Stephanie this angry before and he only knew it''d get worse for him once the officer left.

"Jeez, Lady" The officer said as he stared at her

"GET THE FUCK OUT!" Stephanie yelled as she threw a small box of cookies at him.

"GODDAMN WOMAN!..YOU'RE CRAAZY!" the officer yelled.

"YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT I AM!" She said reaching for the tray of veggies

"Fuck this shit!" the officer said as he ran out of the room.

Paul just watched on in shock as he saw his only protection run out the door. "Um..baby?"

"WHAT!?" Stephanie yelled as she turned back around to face Paul "What could you possibly have to say to me!? after what you've done!?"

"Babe.."

"GET OUT! and just stay gone! just like you wanted to the first fucking time!"

"No, babe, i'm sorry" Paul said as he got up and reached for her arm

she snatched away before he could grab her "Don't fucking touch me"

"Steph.."

"How could you Paul!? how could you!" She said as tears started to flow freely down her face.

"Steph... baby please don't cry" it always pained Paul to see his wife upset, especially if it was his fault.

"I hate you" She said, as she eyed him, the tone in her voice getting more malicious by the second

"Steph, don't say that, please don't say that" Paul said as he tried to reach for again only for her to snatch away.

"Paul just go, I don't want to look at you" She said as she turned around

"just let me explain"

"EXPLAIN WHAT!?" She snapped as she turned back around "that you basically fucking screwed me over!?"

"Babe I can fix this! I promise I can!"

"Well until you do, I don't have shit to say to you, no, as a matter of fact, I'll just rot in here and let you explain to kids why they'll never see their mother again"

Paul looked down as he let a few tears fall from his eyes. "Babe, please let me explain" He said, his voice getting choked up.

"theres nothing to explain Paul" Stephanie spit out, her voice still thick with malice "all you have to say is basically you got fed up with me, went home and called off my case so I could just sit here and rot. You hated me so much that you would stoop this low?"

Paul's head shot up. "I don't hate you Stephanie, yes I was angry but.."

"but what?" She said folding her arms over her chest.

"look, I can fix this, I really can Steph, just please, i'm begging you to let me prove that to you. You're not gonna stay in here, I promise, I refuse to let you stay here. I want you back home with me and the kids and I will do any and everything in my power to get you home."

Stephanie just stared at him and said nothing.

"I'll call them, I'll call the lawyers right now"

"I don't really give a fuck what you do Paul, just like you said; I got myself into this mess and I'll get myself out" and with that Stephanie started walking towards the door.

"Stephanie!" Paul cried out as he reached for her.

"Let me go. Now."

"Baby, please. Remember what we just discussed? about not fighting anymore and talking things out and stuff"

"Well yeah, that was before I knew or even thought you'd stoop so low as to hurt me" she said snatching away from his grasp

"I never meant to hurt you"

"yes you did"

"No, I didn't"

"then what other reason would you have for doing this, hmm?"

"I did it because I was just so angry and frustrated, I called and told them to put a hold on your case, just long enough for me to think about things and get my head straight. I was in a place where at that time I didn't want to hear one thing about you, I didn't want a million calls from everyone about you. I just wanted to think clearly and when I was I promise I was gonna start working back on your case again."

"You're so selfish"

"Me!?" Paul said pointing at himself "what about yourself? huh? you've kept me in the dark for months about shit I should know!"

Stephanie scoffed "Whatever Paul" Stephanie said as she walked over to the door and tapped on it, letting the officers know that she was ready to go.

"See this is our problem, we never try and work things out, we always just leave on a bad note and just hope for the best"

Another officer walked in. "ready to go ma'am?"

She looked at Paul then back at the officer "Yes"

"Officer wait!" Paul said as he walked over. "five more minutes"

The officer looked at Stephanie and then back at Paul, trying to figure out which one he didn't want to piss off the most. Stephanie just attacked one officer and Paul looks like he could really do a number on him seeing as he is all skin and bones and Paul looks like he eats Gorillas for breakfast.

"uhh" the officer muttered.

"We'll let you know when she's ready" Paul said as he gently pushed the officer out.

Stephanie rolled her eyes as she turned around to look at her husband.

"Stephanie, i'm gonna fix this but you gotta trust me"

"Well you do what you want and i'll do what I have to do"

"which is?"

"Tyler"

"excuse me?" Paul said stepping in front of Stephanie, closing the gap between them, their noses touching in the process.

Stephanie could literally feel Paul's breath on her and his chest touching hers as he breathed deep and hard. She knew she pushed the right button with the Tyler comment, but she didn't mean it the way it came out. The way she said it made it seem as if she was gonna have sex with him or something. But she had to admit, Paul getting all jealous and angry at the touch of a button and breathing hard down her face was a huge turn on. She struggled to hid the huge grin that was starting to form. She decided to have some fun and play some games with him at his expense.

"You heard me" Stephanie said as she stared Paul directly in his eyes.

"What the fuck are you getting at?" he snapped

"What do you think i'm getting at?" she snapped back

"Are you trying to tell me that you're going to fuck him?"

Stephanie smiled as she took her index finger and slowly guided it down Paul's massive chest. " A girls gotta do what a girls gotta do"

Paul quickly snatched Stephanie's finger away from his chest and pushed her against the wall hard, pinning her arms up in the air against the wall. Stephanie was taken aback at first because Paul has never been this forceful with her before, well when they're having sex he is, but not when he's angry. But she grinned at him anyway.

"The fuck are you smiling about huh? you think this is funny? so i'm busting my ass trying to get you out and you're talking about fucking this guy, are you fucking serious Stephanie? don't fuck with me." Paul said as his beautiful facial features hardening.

Stephanie remained silent as she watched her husband go on his little rampage. Even though she knew it was wrong to play such a cruel game, the sexual tension that it was causing was driving her insane.

"Well, what one man won't do another one will." She said as she smiled. She looked Paul up and down. "But come to think of it, whose to say that he hasn't already done it?"

Paul's whole demeanor changed, he went from being this angry beast to a man who looked like he was about to break now. Stephanie could see the pain and hurt in his eyes and she knew that she had went too far.

"so you did sleep with him?" he asked, his voice getting choked up with the twice the emotion that it had before.

Stephanie said nothing as she looked away, unable to look him in the eyes. She and Tyler had never had a sexual encounter before, but she didn't know if Paul would believe her if she said they didn't.

"Well thats just fine" Paul said letting Stephanie's arms go and backing away from her shaking his head. "Because you can sleep with whoever the fuck you want to, to get out of jail!" he said pointing at her.

Stephanie knew she had to do something before things got really bad.

"Paul I lied."

Paul stopped dead in his tracks, his hand was on the door knob and he was about to walk out.

"I just wanted you to hurt as much as you made me hurt and I knew that, that was the only way that I was going to get you back. Call it horrible payback and going too far, but I guess you could say it's karma for the joke you and Veronica played on me that time and for what you did with the lawyers"

Paul slowly turned around and looked at Stephanie, the pain was still in his face, but he started to walk towards her. When he reached her he looked her straight into the eyes and leaned in and kissed her. Stephanie moaned as she wrapped her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist as he lifted her up and carried her over to the couch. He gently put her down and started to kiss her neck, he stuck his tongue out and started to make small circles on along the column of her neck as he moved down.

"mmm" she moaned out as she held onto to him.

He unbuttoned her jumpsuit and placed his hand in there and began to fondle with one of her breasts. She used her hands to unzip his jeans and she inserted her hand in the small opening to rub his hardening manhood. She gently began to rub it through the material of his underwear, driving him up the wall.

"Take it out" he demanded while he started to suck on her neck.

obeying his orders, Stephanie unbuttoned his jeans and slid both his jeans and his underwear down with her feet. When he was free she took ahold of his dick and slowly begin to stroke it up and down.

"Put it in your mouth" he said in a husky tone

She got down on her knees and grabbed his dick and stared in his eyes and she hungrily took him in not leaving one inch out.

"Stephanie"

"Stephanie"

"Stephanie!"

"Huh!?" Stephanie said as she snapped out of her thoughts as she stared at Paul who was looking at her like she was crazy.

"are you ok?" Paul asked, concern showing on his beautiful face

"yeah. yeah, i'm fine." She said placing her hand to her head. "What were we talking about again?"

"You said Tyler and I said excuse me and you blanked out"

"Oh. sorry. I didn't mean it" She said as she looked up at him. "and i'm sorry for yelling at you"

He shook his head. "No. You had every right to be angry"

"are you still gonna get me out?"

He smiled. "only if you want me to"

"of course I do" she said as she hugged him and gave him a quick peck on the lips.

"So um, what were you thinking about?"

"when?"

"when you spaced out"

"Oh." she said letting out a smile laugh. "We got into this like intense arguement and it was turning me on and so I pushed your buttons a little further and you got mad and was about to walk out again and I apologized and we started to make out and we were about to fuck" She said laughing

Paul laughed. "Oh"

"Yeah" she said blushing

"well how about we make that little fantasy of yours a reality?

"What are you getting at Mr. Levesque?"

He smiled. "Oh you'll see." he said as he walked over to the door and locked it. Then walked over to the sofa that turns into a pull out bed, pulling it down. "How about we test this thing out?" he said as he walked over towards Stephanie and scooped her up in his arms.

Stephanie threw her head back and laughed. "oh you're too much" she said as they kissed and walked over to their awaiting bed.


*scratches head* Ok, theres been some slight confusion, i'm not gonna just up and end the story and leave you guys hanging lol I hate when authors do that, i'm gonna finish it, i've come to far not too. I was just saying that I was getting a tad bored with it. I guess because I try to update too fast and just come up with random things to say so you guys will have an update instead of just taking my time. So from now on, i'll just update when it's needed instead of when I feel that I need to. Because in the end, quality is better than quantity right? :-)

Also! I've already written some smut! better go back and re-read chapter 8 lol. Or go check out my story (I'm no longer your dirty little secret) chapter 6 and chapter 18, should last you for a while haha. But I do admit, I loved teasing you guys as if it was about to happen in Stephanie's thoughts lol I'm so mean :-)