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Chapter Twenty

Stephanie was still being in love with Paul? Levesque even suggesting this caused Angle to feel unhinged. Perhaps that was his plan. It couldn't be true. Steph was his wife and they were happily married for over a year now. At least that's how Kurt saw it. Didn't Steph? And what was Levesque talking about when he mentioned a kiss? Would Stephanie really allow that to happen? No, Paul was talking out of his ass.

Little Aurora decided to take her afternoon nap on the sofa next to him and Kurt decided to take the opportunity to watch the latest fight that his DVR had recorded. It was the only thing that would occupy his mind and keep it from dwelling on Levesque's visit.

The sound of Stephanie's footsteps from the laundry room into the kitchen caused Angle to look away from the match. He caught sight of his wife carrying their sleeping child as well as her purse and the diaper bag. Kurt sighed before hitting the pause button on his universal remote leaving the frame of Liddell's right arm fully extended in a superman punch to the face of Anderson Silva.

"Hey…" He muttered approaching Steph. His voice was quiet and subdued; he did not want to awaken his sleeping baby.

"Hey, the pediatrician prescribed him an antibiotic. I think the medicine is helping. He fell asleep on the way home and his fever is down." Stephanie explained in a whisper as she allowed her husband to take her purse and diaper bag off her hands and set them both down on the countertop.

"Well that's good." Kurt simply replied casting his eyes on his son who was peacefully in his slumber within his mother's arms.

"Where's Aurora?"

"She's asleep on the sofa, put herself down for a nap." Angle replied following his wife from the kitchen to the front of the house where they began to climb the grand staircase.

"Okay, well I need to put in a few hours at headquarters. Andy should be asleep for a while. I'm going to grab a quick shower." Steph told Kurt in a whisper as she gently placed her son in his crib.

"You're happy, right?"

Kurt blurted out his random question out of nowhere and it caused Steph to turn and look at him in surprise. He was looking directly at her without a smile which told Steph that he was indeed serious. Stephanie's eyebrows furrowed as she tilted her head slightly. Why on the heels of their terrific anniversary getaway, was he asking her if she was happy? Was something wrong?

"Wait, what are we talking about here?" Steph finally asked after a few seconds of silence.

"I mean, you're happy with our life together, right? Our marriage…" Angle asked again, rephrasing his question to make it more specific. He was beating around the bush, trying to allow his wife the opportunity to voice any problems she had in her marriage, or confessions she had to make.

"Yes, I'm happy…Aren't you?" Steph replied throwing a question of her own right back at him.

"Of course I am." Angle told her while we looked her in the eyes as she approached him. She looked confused by the unexpected direction their conversation had taken.

"What made you ask me all this? Are you okay?" Stephanie asked with a sense of worry in her voice. She brought her hands to her husband's freshly shaved face; her fingertips resting at his jaw line, making sure that he continued to look into her eyes.

Angle wasn't getting anywhere with his questions, if anything, he was making his wife uneasy. Perhaps she was afraid that he had feels of marital discord. It was obvious that he was just going to have to tell her what Levesque had told him.

"Levesque showed up while you were gone."

"Why? What did he want?" Steph asked narrowing her eyes. She found it strange that her ex-husband would show up at her house for any reason when she had just picked their daughter up at his house earlier in the day. If there was anything he needed from her, he could have called.

"He dropped off a support check for Aurora and he told me that there is still something between the two of you. He told me that he kissed you right in our kitchen." Angle told his wife, reporting exactly what Levesque had told him. This was her chance to share with him her side of the story.

"Kurt, I can't believe you would even think that I'd cheat on you with my ex-husband. He tried to kiss me while we were in the kitchen the last time he was in our house, when he came to see Aurora. I stopped him. That's it, it wasn't a big deal." Steph explained quickly, showing her husband that she had nothing to hide.

"Yeah but, if it wasn't a big deal, why didn't you tell me that he made a pass at you?" Angle asked turning his head to the side slightly. He didn't like the fact that he was just hearing about this situation well after the fact. If there was nothing to it, then why didn't she tell him up front about it?

Stephanie rolled her eyes and gestured for her husband to follow her out of the nursery so that they could talk further without risking waking up their child. She was getting a little annoyed with his series of questioning. As if she had ever given him any reason not to trust her. He was getting jealous over nothing. It reminded her of how Paul would get.

"I didn't tell you because it was insignificant to me. Besides, running to tell you what happened right after the fact would only make you angry for no reason."

"Fuck yeah I'd be angry about it! You're my wife! If you would have told me that day, I would have kicked his sissy ass on the spot! I wouldn't care if the kids were there to see it or not!" Kurt yelled with intensity causing Steph to grab hold of his arm.

"Hey, shh, there's no reason to get upset about it. Nothing happened and nothing will happen between me and Paul." Steph said in a quiet voice after she turned her husband to face her using her grip on his arm. She had then placed her hands on his face.

"The next time I see him, I'm taking him down. He must want more of what he got backstage at Night of Champions." Kurt said in a low voice as he took his wife into his arms so he could hold her close.

"Kurt, promise me you'll be civil with him. I'm trying really hard for Aurora to warm up to him. I don't want her to see the two of you fighting. Please, would you keep your composure around him for me?" Steph asked in a sweet voice before she allowed her pink bottom lip to protrude slightly.

"You may be asking for too much…" Kurt muttered removing his hands from his wife. He left Steph standing in the upstairs hallway as he began to descend the staircase.

Stephanie could strangle Paul. Why on earth would he go out of his way to cause her problems when he knew she had her hands full with work and a sick baby? Wasn't Paul finally taking the steps toward a new life by dating Torrie? If he now had his own romantic relationship, why couldn't he just leave her and Kurt alone? Perhaps he was the proverbial dog with two bones. It was okay for him to move on with someone else but she couldn't.

And now Steph had to worry about Kurt. He had been in such a good mood lately especially after their wedding anniversary and now, thanks to Paul, he was furious. She knew her husband wasn't joking around when he threatened to beat the hell out of Paul. She was just hoping it wouldn't have to come to that. Paul was probably just trying to get under Kurt's skin. As dangerous as her husband was, he was a generally easy going guy who wouldn't start a physical altercation if there wasn't one. Some snide remarks would not be enough for the two of them to come to blows.

Stephanie knew that she couldn't waste any more time dwelling on the events that had transpired. She had to get to the office and get her work done for the day. She felt a little bad leaving Kurt to take care of not only Aurora but their sick baby by himself, but she knew he could handle it. Besides, she wasn't going to be gone all day. A quick shower, blow dry, and change of clothes and Steph was out the door.

Angle resumed his position in front of the plasma television in the living room; though this time, he had a baby monitor sitting on the coffee table in front of him so that if Andrew woke up, he would hear him crying. The house was so big and it was Steph who had the knack for being able to know if the baby was crying even when she was asleep herself.

It was just after Kurt hit the button on his universal remote to resume the MMA match that his cell phone began to ring. With little Aurora asleep on the couch, he quickly reached for the phone and answered it without even bothering to wait for the caller i. show up.

"Hello?" He said, not taking his eyes off the action on the screen.

"Angle, how's it going, man?"

The voice made Angle smile. He knew exactly who he was talking to the moment the guy spoke. It was Brock Lesnar, his friendly rival. Since Brock's short lived time in WWE, he and Kurt stayed in touch since the both of them ate, slept, and breathed wrestling. While Lesnar openly admitted that he looked up to Angle, he also believed that he was now at the same level as him. Kurt was fine with that notion, because he too had a lot of respect for Lesnar.

"Hey, I'm doing pretty good. How have you been doing?" Kurt asked back running his left hand over his head, as if he was running his hand through hair that wasn't there.

"I've been training like crazy for an upcoming fight. I'm actually in New York for the rest of the week. The press conference for the fight is going to be in the city. I was wondering if you wanted to meet up for a drink." Lesnar offered.

"Nah, sorry, I'm watching the kids today. My youngest is not feeling well and Steph's putting time in at the office. So you're going to be in the area up until the weekend?" Angle asked.

"Yeah, it's just me here to handle some of the press stuff and then Rena is coming out with the baby. Maybe we can all get together."

"Yeah sure, you and Rena are welcome to come for dinner this weekend. Stephy and I didn't have any plans. I'll just have to talk with her and find out which day it would be best to have you guys over."

"Sounds like a plan. How are things going with you and Stephanie? You guys tied the knot a year ago, right?"

"Yeah, we just had our one year anniversary. She's a great wife and mother. I love her to death." Angle told his friend.

"But? What's the catch? No marriage is perfect. Is it her baggage? Rena has a daughter from her first marriage before she was even with Marc Mero. It can be a little weird getting a kid via marriage."

"No, I adore Steph's little girl, Aurora. I never had any problem with Steph having a daughter from her first marriage. What I can't stand her ex-husband, Levesque. The guy just won't leave us alone. Things are going great with Stephy and the guy insists on sticking his big nose into our busy. It's starting to cause problems between me and Steph." Kurt explained as he vented his frustrations.

"Damn man, I don't know how you keep it together. I would have already punched him out. He'd be out of the company if I were in your position." Lesnar replied.

"Trust me; I would love to lay him out, my wife doesn't want me to though. She's worried about her daughter and how it would all affect her."

"Ha, just don't let the kid see it happen. You tell her, 'So half of Daddy's face is caved in, it's an improvement.'" Brock said with a laugh. His comment caused Kurt to burst out laughing which he quickly stifled seeing that it had caused Aurora to roll over to her other side on the sofa.

"I wish it was that simple. But hey, I'm going to let you go. I've got Liddell and Silva's fight on my DVR. I'll text or call you to firm up which day of the weekend we can have you over. Greenwich isn't that far from New York."

Stephanie sat her office desk typing away as she tried to get all her office duties taken care of so that she could get back home to her sick baby. RAW's team of writers had already met earlier that morning without her. She was now looking over their notes that they sent her. It was obvious to her that they were really reaching for fresh ideas. They couldn't do anything right without her being there. Steph hit the send button after typing out the email that would be forwarded to all the writers before her eyes fell upon one of the pictures on her desk.

It was a family photo that was professionally taken not long after Andrew was born. They were sitting in the New England sand with the ocean behind them. Kurt was holding their little newborn baby in one arm while the other arm was around her. Aurora was in the picture as well, after all, she was part of the family too. She was sitting right on her mother's lap with a huge smile on her face that matched her mommy's. They looked so happy, a perfect blended family. All that was missing was Kurt's children, Kyra and Kody, and it would be just like the old movie, "Yours, Mine, and Ours".

The sound of her PDA ringing caused Stephanie to be jolted from her few seconds of daydreaming. She quickly answered her phone. With the baby being sick and Kurt home alone with both of the kids, she was afraid he was calling for her help.

"Hello?"

"So when this weekend can we get together to spend time with Aurora?"

Stephanie exhaled into her blackberry when she heard the sound of her ex-husband's voice on the line. After how upset Kurt was earlier, Paul was the last person she wanted to talk to. But since she had him on the phone, she might as well address the issue that had put a damper on her day.

"Did you show up at my house earlier today and tell my husband that there was still something between us?" Steph asked, she wanted to see if Paul would own up to his actions.

"So what if I did? I came over to give you Aurora's support check. I can't help it if Angle is insecure. I only spoke the truth about us." Paul replied.

"There was no reason for you to come over. You could have just mailed Aurora's check like you do every other month. I could have fried an egg on Kurt's head when I got home. Why do you insist on having discord between all of us? I'm trying to keep things civil for Aurora. Don't you want her to start warming up to the idea of spending equal amount of time with you as she does me? Why do you want to sabotage our progress toward that?" Steph asked back completely ignoring the fact that Levesque was claiming that there was still something between them.

"I want to spend time with both of you, not just Aurora. I want Angle completely out of the fucking picture. You and Aurora belong with me and you know that." Paul told her causing Steph to shake her head as she let out a small laugh. She couldn't believe he was back to this.

"Oh yeah, what does Torrie think about that? I hope you're being nice to her. She's a beautiful person and deserves to be loved. And I trust her around our daughter, that's more than I can say about that disgusting whore you were carrying on with during our marriage." Stephanie told him making reference to Michelle North.

"So am I going to see you and our daughter this weekend or what?" Paul asked impatiently as he disregarded Stephanie's mention of Torrie Wilson.

"Are you going to stop causing tension between you and Kurt? I don't need that in my life, Paul. I really don't."

"If you agree to bring Aurora with you to spend time with me this weekend, I will. Should we make the date for Saturday or Sunday?" He asked.

"Paul, that's blackmail and you know it…" Steph said letting out a chuckle. She had to admire his determination to get his way. She remembered him using the same tactics to get her to have dinner with him on the sly in 1999. It was when her father's iron clad rule of her not dating any wrestlers was still in full effect. Paul never let that stop him.

"Fine, I'm sure my mom wouldn't mind if we had the visit at her and Dad's house. I know they'll be home on Sunday, so that will work out. I have to go now. I have work to finish if I'm ever going to get out of the office. Goodbye, Paul."

"Bye, see you Sunday, Steph."