Chapter 23
"I already miss Florida." Alexis said as they stepped out of the rental car three days later, both wearing black shades with blue jeans.
Alexis's top was a black leather corset that zipped up the front and hugged her breasts and sides perfectly. Mark had gotten it for her on their final day. He decided to take her shopping for some new panties, since he proceeded to rip every pair away that she put on while in the house. She giggled at the memory of him actually ordering her to walk around the house naked and leaned against him as his arm wrapped around her waist.
Her hair was down, effectively hiding Mark's love bites, which she didn't mind sporting. It showed that she was a taken woman and she was. She was completely taken with Mark and he with her. They must've made love at least ten to twenty times in the span of three days. To say Alexis's legs felt limber and stretched was an understatement. She smiled when he opened the door for her and stepped inside, immediately feeling him grab her hand as they walked down the hallway, causing heads to turn in every direction. Alexis was glowing as she pushed her black shades up on top of her head, her violet orbs sparkling.
As usual, he kept his head high and eyes forward, haughty as ever, though inside he was smirking. They could talk and stare till they were all blue in the face because in the end, it meant not a damn thing. He could see Paul's 'it's about time' expression as they approached, knowing he was in for an 'I told you so!'
"If I murder someone, will you still love me?"
Raising an eyebrow up at him, Alexis started laughing at the look on his face and stopped him, jumping into his arms, and wrapped her legs around his waist before passionately kissing his lips. "Of course I will." She laughed when he put her over his shoulder and slapped her ass, not able to stop giggling to save her life. "Help! Someone help me! The big bad Undertaker has me!" She purred when he slapped her ass again and wiggled it. "Now Mark, we both know I love it rough so why are you teasing me?"
"Woman, I'm going to find a closet and practically rape you." He threatened, beginning to smirk at the expression on Paul's face. It reminded him of a dead fish, pale and mouth all agape. "Close that before flies get in."
"M-mark?" Paul sputtered, looking incredulous. "Since when do you go by Mark?"
"Since Lex decided to call me Mark, you however, call me Mark once and I'll mark your forehead with my fist."
"Behave." She murmured in his ear and slowly slid down his body, kissing his lips before turning around to hug a still gaping Paul. "He told me and I decided that if I'm in a relationship, I'm calling the man by his birth name, though I did give him a choice." She grabbed Mark's hand, entwining their fingers together and smiled when his arm wrapped around her waist, leaning back against him. "Paul, are you okay?" She snapped her fingers in front of his face, raising an eyebrow, wondering if calling her boyfriend Mark was such a good idea after all. She suddenly wondered what the other Ministry members would say and inwardly cringed.
As if reading her mind, he wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her back against his chest. He was still laughing at Paul though; the man just did another double take.
"The Undertaker...doing PDA...in public...I need to sit down." Paul said, sounding faint.
"Any of the Ministry start babbling like you and I'll sacrifice them all."
Alexis giggled and shivered when he kissed her neck. "If you keep that up, we're going to that closet." She threatened, walking over to Paul and wrapped her arm around his shoulder, leading him back into the Ministry's locker room.
"Whoa, Paul you alright?" Viscera asked, worry in his tone, seeing how pale the man was.
"Will you get him some water please?"
Mideon was on it, handing Paul a bottle, and looked over at Alexis with a slow raised eyebrow. "What happened?" He asked, seeing the boss was standing behind her.
"He's in shock from me calling the boss Mark."
All of the Ministry member's jaws dropped.
"Anyone of you gets froggy and calls me that; I'm going to embalm you alive. Then your family and their families. Understood?" He nodded in satisfaction when the entire Ministry murmured yes, apparently still knowing not to mess with him.
"Gotcha, Mark."
Mideon clapped his hands over his mouth, letting out a squeak that could have been a hushed giggle.
"Paul, I really like you. Don't make him kill you." Alexis said that through giggles and turned around, rolling her eyes when Mark just glared back at Paul. "You knew he had to do it." She stated knowingly with a smile before making her rounds, giving all of the members hugs, having genuinely missed them.
"Thank god, no more fighting." Bradshaw sat down, wiping his brow, remembering how exhausting it had been chasing Alexis down the first time she tried running.
"I also remember someone smacking her ass and telling the boss how firm it was."
"Thank you for that LOVELY reminder, Viscera." Alexis snorted before walking over to sit down next to Paul, seeing some of the color come back into his face and kissed his cheek. "I missed you most of all."
"Hmmm..." 'Taker studied Bradshaw. "I also remember telling you, you could do it again if she ran."
Paul arched an eyebrow.
So did Bradshaw.
"I take that back. Touch her again and it'll be the last thing you do."
Alexis simply beamed back up at Mark and shrugged her shoulders when Paul glanced at her. "He's possessive, I find it sexy." She stood up and ran her finger down Mark's chest. "Though if he so much as LOOKS at Stephanie again, I'm gonna have to hurt the princess...or any other woman for that matter." She stated and smiled when his arms wrapped around her waist again, kissing his cheek when his chin rested on her shoulder.
"Well I hate to break up this...whatever this is..." Viscera was still in shock over the Mark thing, but there was bigger fish to fry. "We have some news..."
Mark immediately let Alexis go as she sat down next to Paul, seeing her man was all business. "What's going on?" She asked finally when Viscera hesitated.
"It happened while you two were away and there was no way to contact you...Mark."
Given that he just been told there was news, and had gathered it was important, Bradshaw shooting off at the mouth wasn't the smartest thing to do. In seconds he had sent the other man into a wall. "Watch it before I knock your teeth down your throat." He threatened, glancing at Alexis when she went to touch him, shooting her a 'don't cost me face in front of my men' sort of look.
"What is going on you guys?" Alexis asked, deciding to diffuse the situation by walking over to stand in front of Mark, Paul on her other side, crossing her arms in front of her chest.
"Ow..." Bradshaw grunted, slowly standing up. "It's about the Corporation."
"Okay, can anyone who isn't temporarily unstable tell us what's going on with the Corporation?"
"Edge and Christian..."
The color drained from Alexis's face when Mideon said that and she actually stumbled back, covering her mouth with her hand. "No...WHAT??"
"Like I said..." Bradshaw grunted, cracking his neck, his head killing him. "They joined while you two were away."
Alexis had to sit down, suddenly not feeling her legs.
"That's actually not all that surprising." He said, dropping down into his customary chair, stroking his goatee thoughtfully, a wicked look in his eyes. He had changed himself for her, when it came to her. Anything else and he was still a bastard, there simply was no changing that. "Considering that I've had them both beaten several times, that Alexis betrayed them. Did any of you expect any less?"
"Not all of us think like pricks."
"You should consider starting before I need to find someone to replace you."
"I have to talk to them." Alexis stood up, feeling Mark stop her, and looked back into his green eyes. "This is all my fault, Mark. I have to go try and convince them..."
"That won't work doll." Bradshaw said, finally having his wits about him again.
"Why not?"
"Christian is pissed at you for what happened."
"You mean when he came to my hotel room?" It wasn't a big secret and she groaned, knowing he probably felt even more betrayed, pinching the bridge of her nose. "I have to talk to him. I'll be back." She walked out of the Ministry locker room before Mark could stop her, raking a hand through her hair.
"Boss?" He sighed when 'Taker ordered them to follow her.
"You realize this is going to piss her off when she finds out you had her followed?"
"You heard her, she loves me."
"What's your point? That doesn't mean she's not going to be upset."
"No, but it does mean she'll forgive me."
Alexis wasn't pleased to find the Acolytes following her, but at least they weren't carrying her back to Mark. She arrived outside of the Corporation's locker room and knocked three times, seeing Shane McMahon answer, his dark eyes instantly narrowing at her. "I want to talk to Christian."
"What for?" Shane snorted and immediately felt Hunter and Chyna behind him when he seen the Acolytes appear behind her. "Hold on. CHRISTIAN!"
Alexis made a mental note to silently thank Mark later because if she came alone, she probably would've been pulverized.
Christian next appeared behind them, his eyes at first appearing hurt then quickly became guarded; his face a mask made of stone. He glanced at Bradshaw and Farooq, glancing to his side when Edge joined him. "What do you want?" He demanded coldly, stepping aside as Shane went back into the room, not making any movement towards her, arms folded over his chest. "Come to rub it in you're with the Undertaker?"
Alexis knew they shouldn't be having this conversation with everyone listening, but also knew she didn't have much of a choice. "No, I came here to ask you one question."
"Which is?" Edge snapped, clearly not happy with her.
"Have you both lost your minds?" She demanded violet eyes suddenly lit on fire. "Have you LITERALLY gone mad and lost whatever is left of your MINDS? What the HELL are you THINKING joining the Corporation?!" She wasn't scared of Christian, knowing he would never hurt her. "Look, I know a lot has happened between the three of us...romantically between us." She looked at Christian when she said that last part. "But you two are still very important to me. I don't want you committing career suicide and I know the ONLY reason why you left the Ministry to begin with was because of ME. Don't do this, you guys. Please, the Corporation will only bring you down. You will be squashed by the Ministry and I don't want that to happen."
"Oh let me see..." Christian began sarcastically. Physically, he could never harm her, but that didn't mean he couldn't verbally. "We left the Ministry because your BOYFRIEND forced us too and then when Edge won a legitimate match to get you back with us, YOU FUCKING BETRAYED US! I wonder WHY we joined the Corporation."
"Listen, STRAWBERRY, go back to your Ministry. You've already proved to us how much you really did care." Edge spat.
"Then why the fuck did you come to MY hotel room after I betrayed you and fuck me, Christian? Huh?" She glared back at Edge when his blue eyes widened and seen Christian's face turn beat red. "I say, I'm not the only strawberry around here, you asshole. I can't believe I wasted my time coming down here to try to get you two assholes back into the Ministry. My mistake." She suddenly punched Edge right in the face, knocking him down, her violet eyes flashing angrily. "And the name is ALEXIS; don't ever call me that again." She then stormed away down the hallway before breaking out into a full sprint, needing some air as the tears stung her eyes.
"Let's go report to 'Taker." Bradshaw sighed, glancing back at Edge, aware the Corporation was waiting to attack if Shane gave the orders. He and Farooq made their way to the dressing room, telling 'Taker what had happened, waiting for him to give orders or say something.
"Let her have a moment." Was all he said.
Paul remained silent. Christian and Edge were right, and so was Alexis, to a point. He sighed heavily.
Alexis slid down the wall of the arena and buried her face in her knees, wrapping her arms around her legs, shaking her head back and forth. Her and Christian were in love, but it had only been six months. Then she fucked him because of Mark, because of the desire that was coursing through her body from all the dreams she'd had. She slowly lifted her head up and wiped her tears away, raking a hand through her hair and winced as she flexed her hand. That was fine. Alexis might've made some mistakes, but these assholes had made the biggest one by deciding to interfere in something that was out of their control. She was on the Ministry's side, she was going to stick by Mark no matter what because she loved him unconditionally unlike Christian.
After she didn't come back right away, 'Taker began to get worried, cursing the Acolytes for letting her rush off without them and then cursing himself for telling them to leave her alone. Ignoring his Ministry, he stormed out of the room, heading outside where Bradshaw had said she'd been running towards. He somehow wasn't surprised to find Alexis sitting on the ground, crying and crouched down in front of her.
She sniffled a little and sighed when she seen the worry in Mark's green eyes, immediately wrapping her arms around his neck. "I will never run away from you again." She promised, pulling back to stare into his eyes, smiling through her tears as he wiped them away with the pad of his thumb and kissed his lips softly. "I'm with you now and he doesn't understand that. So he's our enemy now, both of them are." She slowly stood up with his help, wrapping her arms around his waist, her crying subsiding. "I'm sorry if I worried you."