Diana's phone kept going off, but she was so busy she didn't get a chance to look. She was worried her mom found out from someone else that she and Roman were engaged. Now she didn't know if she should check her phone. She finished setting down a plate of food when she saw Roman walk in.
Dean sent him a nod before Roman took a seat at the bar. He looked around, waving at a few friendly faces before finding hers. He looked like he had been crying and that worried her. She knew he was coming from Brie's house.
"Hi, what can I get you?", she asked the new customers who sat down.
She wrote down their drink orders.
"I'll give you guys some time to look at the menu", she said, before leaving them.
Filling their drink orders. She saw Mandy and waved her down.
"Take these to table ten please. You can have the tip they leave", Diana said.
"You're on", Mandy replied, taking the drinks so she could speak to Roman.
"Hey, how did it go?", she asked.
"As I was telling Dean, we need to be on her. She hides what she's going through, but if we each at least once a week check in on her.", he said.
Diana nodded.
"I'm free this weekend, I can take the kids to the park.", Dean said.
"Sounds good. I'll invite her to get our nails done and dress shopping. I know my mom is going to want to start as soon as possible", Diana said.
They nodded. Mandy came back with the tables order, setting it on the wheel.
"Di, table six wants their check", Mandy said.
Diana nodded and looked at Roman.
"I need to talk to you, don't go anywhere", she said.
"Yes ma'am", he replied with a chuckle as she left.
Mandy flirtatiously leaned against the bar and twirled her blonde hair.
"How about saying goodbye to the single life with a bang. I'm free tonight", she said, biting her lip.
Roman looked around.
"Are you seriously telling me that?", he asked.
"I hope not", they turned to see Diana.
Mandy backed away and went to the back.
"Never a dull moment with that one", Dean said, shaking his head.
"If you find her beaten, don't blame me", Diana said, closing the space between her and Roman.
Dean laughed. Diana placed her hand between Roman's legs and he sat up straight.
"Mine", she whispered in his ear.
Roman moaned and licked his lips.
"Only", he replied.
He went in for a kiss, but Diana moved her head away. He raised a brow.
"Baby, I didn't", she stopped him.
"I know, but we need to talk about something first", she said.
He nodded. She walked around the bar as the customers approached to pay. She waited till they walked out and no one else waved her down.
"So?", he asked.
"When I went to see Seth before work, you know to let him know about spending time with Noah, well he kissed me", she said.
Roman shifted in his seat.
"What?", he asked.
"He told me how he regrets letting me go and then he kissed me. I pushed him away, and he knows he crossed the line. He apologized for it", she said.
"Doesn't make it okay. He takes one step forward and three back", he sighed.
Diana reached across the bar and took his hand.
"I love you, I am yours. I didn't want to keep that from you. Whatever you want to do after this, I will back. Just please remember Noah is in the middle of this.", she said.
He lifted his head and nodded.
"I'll talk to Seth when I have the chance", he said.
She nodded. Her phone again was going off.
"Really? It hasn't stopped all day", she said, taking her phone out.
She didn't recognize the number.
"Hello", she finally answered.
She quickly hung up.
"Who was it?", he asked.
"A media person", she replied.
"Media person?", he asked.
She shrugged.
"She said she was willing to pay for my side of the story. Then she mentioned Seth", she said.
"You don't think they know about Noah, do you?", he asked.
"I hope not. I don't want cameras in his face. I see the way they treat those celebrities", she said.
Roman took his phone out. Calls he had declined from numbers he didn't know.
"I think they are trying to call me too", he said.
"What?", she asked.
"Yeah, I declined the calls and blocked the numbers because I figured they were spam calls.", he said.
Dean came out of the back with his laptop.
"Did you guys see this?", he asked.
He set it down and scrolled through the article. Diana noticed he had several tabs open.
Seth Rollins is a father
Evil ex, give me money or you don't see your son
Seth Rollins secret love child he didn't know he had
The headlines went on and on. Each one saying Seth didn't know about the child. That he was in his hometown to claim his son. His team making a statement about filing for sole custody of the child.
Some made Diana seem like a gold digger, that she wouldn't let him visit with his son till he paid her. They made Roman seem aggressive, saying that he threatened to kill Seth if he didn't pay.
"What the fuck? Why would he do this?", Roman asked.
"Noah", Diana said, before grabbing her purse and starting for the door.
Roman was right behind her. She kept trying to call Seth, but his phone would go straight to voicemail.
"What if he takes Noah?", she asked.
Roman reached over and squeezed her hand.
"He can't. Keep trying to call him", Roman said as they drove home.
She nodded and did with shaky hands.
"He is such an asshole. I thought this could work, I thought", she stopped.
"We don't know if he did this. Maybe someone overheard his conversation or maybe his agent thought adding controversy would boost his album sales.", he said.
She chuckled.
"What?", he asked.
"You are actually defending him", she said.
He shrugged.
"Innocent until proven guilty. I hope for our friendship and for Noah, that he is innocent", Roman said.
Diana took a deep breath before exhaling.
"Me too, for Noah", she said softly.
Getting to their place, Roman had to slow down. Diana couldn't believe her yard was filled with paparazzi. They swarmed their car as soon as they got close.
"Shit", Roman mumbled.
"How the fuck did they get here so fast? Or find our house so quickly?", Diana asked.
"Fuck if I know", Roman replied.
He growled as he continued forward. He wanted to get as close to his front door as he could.
"Alright, don't get off till I open your door. I will push us through", he said.
She nodded. He got off first, ignoring the questions being thrown at him and trying not to shove the cameras to hard, even though they were right in front of his face.
He opened her door, wrapping an arm around her.
"Move", he yelled.
She heard him lock up his truck.
"Hold on to me till we get inside", he shouted.
She barely heard him, but nodded. She could see the front door. Roman unlocked it and pushed her inside before slamming the door shut.
He relaxed and exhaled.
"Are you okay?", Diana asked.
He nodded and faced her. She noticed a cut on his cheek right under his eye.
"Shit", she said, taking ahold of his chin.
"Camera was shoved in my face, doesn't hurt", he said.
"Still", she replied.
"I'm okay", he said softly.
She kissed him.
"We should cancel the dinner. No way can we do it now", she said.
He stopped her.
"Absolutely not. I won't let anyone ruin this for us.", he said.
She smiled and nodded.
"Okay", she replied, kissing him.
"We should let our families know what's going on and to be careful.", he said.
She nodded. If Roman wasn't mad at Seth before, he was pissed now. Their quiet lives ruined.
