Chapter 20 (Candice Gets In)

"Nice match." Candice told Glen as he wiped sweat away from his brow with a towel.

Glen immediately turned to the young diva who slinked up next to him. He rolled his eyes at the comment.

"Right. I was booked against Chris Masters. How good could it have been?" Glen asked sarcastically.

He knew it was Shane's way of holding him back. It was the same crap he pulled just before he was sent to Smackdown several years ago, about the same time Lilian and Shane started seeing each other.

"Well I thought you looked great." Candice replied, smiling flirtatiously at the man known as Kane.

For women like Candice, pretending to be interested in a man like Glen was second nature. She had gotten her way many times before simply by manipulating a man with her sexuality. Glen though was different than most men, he had no interest at all in Candice and could see right through her.

"What's your game Candice?" He asked plainly hoping she would just go away.

Truth be told, she didn't have a game. Shane had asked her to seduce Glen to help get Glen get his mind off Lilian and that's simply what she was doing. The pay off? Even she wasn't sure anymore, but she had hoped it would mean she could get anything she wanted out of the heir apparent, including a championship title. As far as she was concerned not even her best friend Torrie had manipulated her way into Shane's favor the way she had, and all she had to do was fuck the Boy Wonder whenever he asked for it and hit on Glen.

"Glen, I'm offended. What makes you think I'm playing games? Can't a girl just give a guy a compliment?" She replied and then delicately ran her finger over his lips.

Although Glen wanted to slap Candice's hand away from him, he held back. He knew this was somehow a trick and decided to play along, at least for now, until he grew tired of the whole charade. The only woman he was concerned with was Lilian. Unlike most of the men on the roster, he could have cared less if every diva fell at his feet begging him to sleep with them. He wanted to be with Lilian and that was final.

"You're right." Glen said, now softening a bit in the face. "I'm sorry Candice, I should be more considerate. It's not every day a guy like me gets a compliment from a beautiful woman like yourself." Glen said smiling down at Candice as his eyes roamed up and down her body. What she didn't know though was that Glen was beating her at her own game.

So easy. Candice thought to herself.

"Well maybe you can make it up to me. I'm sure I can think of over a dozen or more ways to do it too." Candice said now letting her finger slide down over his chest.

Glen was surprised she could even count to ten, much less twelve. Regardless, he gave her a grin even anyone with half a brain would have seen how fake it was.

"See you later sexy." She said and then turned to leave making sure to shake her ass for him to notice.

As he watched Candice turn the corner, Glen shook his head. That was just pathetic, he thought.

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As Lilian stood near catering and sipped on a bottle of water to sooth her voice, Shane walked up next to her.

"Where's your 'boyfriend'?" He mocked making reference to Glen.

Lilian looked up at Shane with disgust on her face.

"Don't worry, he's here." She warned him, hoping Shane would be careful not to lay a hand on her.

Shane smiled slightly then moved closer to Lilian and ran his fingers through her hair.

"Don't touch me!" She spat as she slapped his hand away.

Shane's cocky smirk grew wider as he continued to taunt her.

"Come on now, is that anyway to treat your husband?" He mocked again.

Lilian grew nauseous at the reminder. She hated the fact that he was holding those divorce papers over her head just to make her suffer.

"Where did it all go wrong Lil?" He then asked, once again moving uncomfortably closer to her.

"The day you decided to cheat on me Shane. The day you decided to hit me. Do you need more?" Lilian replied defiantly.

Shane smirked again and lowered his face close to her neck so he could smell her perfume. He then made his way close to her ear so she could feel his hot breath.

"I still love you Lilian. After everything, I still love you." Shane whispered.

Lilian's eyes grew big. Shane was a sick son of a bitch. He was actually enjoying the way he teased her.

"Go to hell Shane!" She yelled.

Shane stepped back and laughed. As he looked at her his eye caught a glimpse of Torrie walking by.

"Torrie!" He called out to her getting the blond haired diva's attention almost immediately.

As soon as she turned around, Shane waved her over in his direction.

"Shane, if you'll excuse me." An already flustered Lilian said as she tried to leave.

Shane seized her by the arm though making sure she stayed in her place.

"No please don't leave. I want to show you how it used to be, you know when we first met, and how easy it was to fool a stupid bitch like yourself." He told her smirking and enjoying the torture he was putting her through. In his mind, this was all payback for her defiance and the scar now left from the recently removed stitches across his forehead.

Torrie smiled at both Shane and Lilian as she made her way over to them, not having a clue as to what Shane had up his sleeve. As soon as she was close enough Shane looked her up and down.

"Torrie, you look hot." He proclaimed.

The statement surprised Torrie as Lilian was right there. Did Shane not care anymore if Lilian knew about his extra marital affairs she wondered?

"Thank you Shane." She replied completely embarrassed and ashamed. Even she had enough morals not to appreciate the way Shane was hitting on her right in front of his wife.

"Shane please, you're making everyone uncomfortable." Lilian begged. Now actually starting to feel sorry for the woman Shane had cheated on her with time and again.

"Aww, don't be jealous Lil" Shane mocked. "You're both hot." He smirked as he moved closer to Torrie and snaked his arm around her waist. "Now, if you'll excuse me, Torrie and I have some wardrobe issues to discuss. Don't wait up for me honey." He said and then winked at Lilian as he ushered a thoroughly humiliated and confused Torrie away.

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Still shaken up by Shane's actions, Lilian headed straight for the woman's locker room hoping to get some privacy and pull herself together.

If Shane was trying to make her feel stupid he was doing a good job of it. How could she have fallen for all his lines? The same lines he was using on God knows how many other women besides Torrie and Candice. If she wasn't so fixated on living the "perfect" life, maybe she would have realized that Shane wanted Lilian simply so he could hide behind his marriage and still carry on with his affairs without his mom or dad finding out. He could continue to be the good son. Meanwhile, Stephanie and Triple H had to deal with the grief and controversy of their own marriage as people still to this day made unfair judgments about them based on what the thought they knew and not what they actually know. Triple H and Stephanie truly loved each other. Regardless of what others thought of their marriage, they were meant to be together.

Now, all of that seemed to be in jeopardy.

"Lil, you okay?" Triple H asked just before Lilian was able to escape into the locker room.

Lilian looked up somewhat startled. Although she would liked to have acted as if she were fine, she knew that Triple H would read her like a book.

"No, but I don't really feel like talking about it either." She said adamantly.

"Okay." Triple H said raising his hands in the air innocently. After several moments of awkward silence, Triple H wanted to bring the topic of her divorce up, although his better judgment told him it was probably not a good idea. Then again, Triple H was not always known for using his better judgment.

"Stephanie tells me Shane won't sign the divorce papers." He blurted.

"No, he won't. It's his way of punishing me." Lilian growled.

"Go to court Lilian, fight it. The second they realize how he's been treating you they'll grant you a divorce, with or without his signature." Triple H advised.

Lilian wished it were that easy. First, there was the little fact that Shane could afford the best lawyers in the state. They would somehow turn everything around and make her look like the bad guy and Shane would come out looking like the victim. Second, she honestly wasn't sure that she could keep it together during a long, drawn out court proceeding. She simply hoped that Shane would get tired of playing his games and sign the papers eventually.

"Things aren't that easy Hunter and you know it. I appreciate your concern but as I've asked several times before, just please stay out of it." Lilian demanded and then turned to leave.

Triple H reached for her.

"Wait Lilian." He begged.

"No Hunter! Just leave me alone!" She spat and then ran into the locker room crying.

Before Triple H even knew what was happening he felt a large hand grab him by the shoulder and spin him around.

"What the hell's going on? You trying to make her upset?" Glen asked.

It was no secret there was no love lost between the two.

"No Glen, she was upset when I found her." Triple H spat back, not appreciating Glen's tone.

As the two men stared at each other, both clenching their fists, they failed to realize they were both on the same team.

It was completely Stephanie's idea to bring Glen back to Raw, Triple H was against it. He felt the last thing Lilian needed was to make her situation more difficult than it was. Thus far, the only thing Glen's presence had brought her was a near assault charge and another near beating from Shane.

"Why are you so damn concerned about her anyway? Aren't you married?" Glen asked.

Ever since the boys backstage discovered that Triple H had cheated on Chyna in order to be with Stephanie, Glen had never trusted the man. He wondered just how faithful Triple H was to Stephanie and was Lilian just someone to play with between the sheets while Stephanie was away?

"Yes Glen, I'm married, but I care for Lilian. While you've been gone I've had to watch first hand how Shane has slowly stripped her of all her dignity and passion. Fuck Glen, there's hardly anything left of her." Triple H replied. "You should have fought for her Geln. Why the fuck did you let her go anyway?" Triple H asked.

Glen held his stare. The last thing he wanted to do was let Triple H into his own personal business, but the question needed to be answered.

"I thought that's what she wanted." He responded plainly.

Triple H looked at the man before him and then for a moment thought of the woman on the other side of the locker room door. A picture now forming in his mind of what lie between Glen and Lilian.

"You thought that's what she wanted, or what you wanted?" He asked emphasizing that maybe Glen wanted out because he was afraid to fight for her.

Glen was a loner for good reason. He had been burned way too many times in his life that by the time he entered the WWE, he had built a wall around him. Lilian was the first person in a while to actually break that wall down. Had he fought for her when Shane came along, there was always that over whelming fear of loss. Had he at that point in his life actually put everything on the line for her, and still lost to a guy like Shane, Glen wasn't sure if he would ever recover. So instead he decided to let her go, and make the biggest mistake in his life.

After one last stare in Glen's direction, Triple H turned and walked away.

Chapter 21 (A Woman Scorned)

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