A/N: Thank you, thank you to everyone that has reviewed and commented! I appreciated it sooo very much. Its you all that keeps me going with updating. I would like to thank my 'partner' on this story, AttitudeEraChick for helping me get my ideas in order and giving me suggestions. The 'Bond' scene was all her idea. So thank you for that and I hope you like it. I also added something else that you wanted me to...see if you catch it. Anyhoo, here's the next chapter, the fallout after all of the hotel fun.
When I came out of the bathroom, Paul was already lying in bed, hands behind his head clad only in a pair of shorts looking very relaxed. He had turned the television on and was watching some program on TV. When I came into his line of sight, he looked at me and nodded his approval at what I decided to wear to bed.
"I had hoped that you would choose that to wear." Paul smiled
"I figured that." I laughed as I walked slowly over to the bed. I was very sore. Not one, but two goes with Paul was apparently a bit much for me. I was going to regret this physically later. I slid into the bed. I wasn't ready to jump into the serious talk with Paul so I decided to be a little cute and flirty. I figured that would calm my nerves a bit and maybe I could ask him about us after the fact. I felt a slight twinge of pain in between my legs and I knew the exact flirty thing to say. I just hoped that he would catch what I was trying to say. "So, that was some experience, Mr. Bond."
Paul turned and looked at me with a confused look. "Excuse me?"
I moved a little closer to him and ran my leg gently over his length. "Well, I am quite sore…someone is very huge." I winked.
Paul finally realized what I was getting at and smiled. "Well, Bond's not good enough for me. He may be double 07. Me? Well, I'm double 9.5."
"Wait? 9.5?! I thought you were 8. Fuck, no wonder I can barely walk!"
"You handled everything just fine. And there's nothing wrong with pain from pleasure." He smiled
"Yeah, that's true." I giggled. I got comfortable and took another calming breath. Well, the cute flirty part was over. Now what do I do? Do I take this dead moment and ask him about us or not? I bit down on my bottom lip and thought for a second. It was worth a shot. "Look I-
"You look beautiful, Leyna." Paul said, turning to face me, catching me completely off-guard.
"Wha…I…I do?" I stumbled. I wasn't prepared for this at all.
"Yes. You do." He moved a little closer to me and moved a strand of my hair that had missed my ponytail from my face. His touch made my skin burn. What was this hold that he had on me? Was there something there? He ran his hand along the side of my face and gently cupped my chin bringing my face closer to his. I closed my eyes and felt his lips press onto mine in a very gentle yet passionate kiss. He broke the kiss and gave me another smile. "Did you want to tell me something earlier, Leyna?"
"Huh? What, no…" I breathed. My brain was so fuzzy and confused.
Paul looked at me and chuckled. "Leyna, you're adorable." He pulled me close to him and I instantly snuggled up to him. He smelled so good, his strong arms felt so good around me. I felt so safe. This felt right. This is what I wanted, but what this just a fluke? I didn't want to think about it. I just wanted to enjoy this moment. Paul kissed my forehead and we drift off to sleep.
Paul and I woke up early enough to have breakfast and get dressed and ready to head back to the ScottTrade Center for Smackdown and SuperStars tapings. I usually didn't eat breakfast but Paul insisted that I eat something. I picked at my toast and nibbled at my bacon to make him happy. After breakfast, Paul went down to the fitness center in the hotel to get a quick workout in while I stayed behind and got dressed. I opened my suitcase and pulled out my royal purple suit. I also grabbed a dark blue bra and matching panties. I took off my Triple H shirt and shorts and placed them in the bag. I rubbed some cocoa butter all over my skin before sliding my bra and panties on and then my suit. I checked myself in the mirror and approved of what I saw. I looked good. I went to the shoe section of my suitcase and pulled out my matching royal purple Loubouton heels and strapped those on. Once I was dressed, I went to the bathroom to do my hair and makeup. I decided to just wear my hair down today and just wear some soft pink lipgloss. I grabbed my glasses from the dresser and I was all ready to go.
About an hour later, Paul returned from the fitness center. He gave me a big smile as soon as he saw my outfit.
"Well, don't you look absolutely gorgeous,"
"Is that so?"
"Yes it is." Paul said walking towards me. "Do I have to prove it to you?"
I wanted him to. Oh, how I wanted him to prove it to me. My body was telling me to let him prove it to me but my brain was going to win this fight. "No, that's not necessary. Besides, we have to get to the arena. Isn't there quite a bit that has to be done before the show starts?" I noticed the highly confused look on Paul's face. He wasn't expecting that answer from me at all.
"Oh, well I guess your right. In that case, let me get cleaned up and changed and we'll head to the arena." Paul headed to the bathroom, not before looking back at me with a very confused look on his face. I kept a poker face and didn't say a word.
Paul and I arrived at the ScottTrade Center a few hours later. Paul and I had lots to do before the shows started. There were plenty of preshow meeting to attend and wrestlers and Divas to talk to so we both would be very busy. We arrived at his office in order to drop our suitcases off and to get settled before our first meeting that was in about 10 minutes.
"Did I mention how good you look in that purple?" Paul said as we entered his office.
"Yes, I do believe that you did. This morning I think."
"Well, I think that you need to hear it again. You look amazing." He headed over to his desk and took a seat. "Come on over here for a minute…let me get a better look at this suit."
I knew exactly what he was up to. I really wanted take this bait. I bit down on my lower lip and against my better judgement, I walked over to Paul and stood in front of him. "Yes?"
"Spin around, let me look at you."
I nodded and spun around slowly so he could take a look at me. "Is that good?"
"Shh," Paul grabbed my hips and slowly started to massage my ass. Without thinking, I put my hands on the desk for support. "Mmm, that's right. You remember what to do." I felt Paul raise my skirt up and begin to remove my panties. I needed to stop this. As badly as I wanted more of this, this wasn't all that I wanted…at least not until I knew more.
"Wait," I put my hands on his to stop him. I pulled my skirt back down and moved away from behind the desk. "Don't we have to attend a meeting with the road agents in five minutes?"
"What? What are you talking about?" Paul stammered as he tried to regain his thoughts and calm himself down.
"Well," I grabbed my tablet and went to my calendar app. "yeah, we have to be in a meeting in five minutes. We really should get going."
"Yes…yes I guess you are right." Paul said as he stood up and grabbed a few things that he would need for his meeting. "Let's go, I guess." Paul opened the door for me and I walked out. He shut the door and we walked down the hall together towards the meeting. We walked in silence. I noticed out the corner of my eye that he kept looking at me with a confused look on his face; as if he was trying to figure out what was going on with us. I kept my head held high and my shoulders back. My heart ached but I needed to do this. I needed to know how he really felt about me and that meant resisting Paul and his flirting.
The first meeting with the road agents went really quickly. They were all in the room waiting for Paul and I to enter so we could start. We entered and the meeting started right away. I was relieved because there really wasn't anytime for Paul to say or ask anything about my sudden change of mood. I just chugged away at taking perfect notes. I did notice few times when one of the agents was talking that Paul would look at me and try to get me to look at him but I continued to look at my monitor and take my notes.
After this meeting, we went right into another two hour meeting and presentation before we had a lunch break. I was not looking forward to this at all. I knew that he was going to try and get to the bottom of what was going on with me. Oh well, maybe this would be the right time for me to say something to him. Paul and I walked into the cafeteria and grabbed a couple chicken salads, I got a fountain drink and Paul got a bottled water and we took them over to a table that was off to the right and tucked away in a corner. We could've went back to his office but I really didn't want to and I made this point known. He didn't argue with me and we settled on eating in the cafeteria. We opened our plastic containers and poured our dressing and started to eat. About three minutes into eating, I looked up and saw that Paul was getting ready to say something to me. I figured that I would cut him off at the pass.
"Yes?" I asked.
"Nothing? Can't I look at a beautiful woman?" Paul asked.
"You can. It just seemed like you wanted to say something."
Paul smirked. There it was. "Well, I do."
"And…"
"Watching your sip from your straw is messing with me,"
"Excuse me?"
"The way your lips wrap around the straw…its doing things to me…" Paul winked.
"Oh. I see." I deadpanned. "Perhaps I should have gotten the bottled water like you. It is better for me. Less calories."
Paul had a surprised look on his face by my reaction to his comment. I guess he was expecting a different response. "Hey, enjoy the extra calories. I love your shape and what you can do with it."
"Thank you." I said simply. I looked up and saw a look of slight sadness. Maybe I was taking this ignoring of flirting a little too far? No. Stick to your guns, Leyna. You need to resist his flirting and see how he really feels about you. We finished our lunch in silence and then headed down for our final big meeting; this one was the meeting with the producers, a few backstage agents and a few of the main wrestlers that were involved in major storylines in order to go over the show and how things needed to play out. Stephanie McMahon was also attending this meeting as well. Paul and I entered the large room that the meeting was being held in and I got myself settled and started my laptop up and got ready to take notes. As I started up Microsoft Word, I noticed that Paul was looking at me with an interesting look on his face. It was a mix of anger, confusion and hurt. I was starting to feel bad. I gave him a smile and hoped that made him feel a little better. He nodded at me only. I nodded back and went back to my laptop. This was going to be a very long night.
Paul's POV
If there is one thing that Leyna McDaniels needed to know about me it was that I never, and I mean NEVER give up or walk away from a challenge. I didn't know what was going on with me and Leyna but something had changed and I was going to get to the bottom of this. The meeting started and I opened up with the lineup for Superstars and then had the backstage staff explain to the wrestlers involved in the show of how things were going to go down. This way, I could zone out of the meeting. I took this time and to look at Leyna. She was busy typing up notes at a rapid pace, her perfectly manicured nails gently clicking away at the keyboard. She looked up and noticed that I was looking at her. She gave me a friendly smile and I of course returned it.
The smile was different too. It was too friendly. I mean, it was a nice smile, don't get me wrong, she has a beautiful smile but it was just too friendly. It was the kind of smile you give someone you pass on the street. Leyna and I are more than friendly. We were more than friendly last night. Hell, we were more than friendly twice in one night. Twice in one night and here she is, giving me a 'friendly' smile? No, I am not going to take that.
Okay, Paul. Think about this. She's putting up a wall in front of you for a reason. What is the reason? Damn it. Stephanie is talking…guess I need to pay attention. Yup, I knew it. Time for me to talk again. I went to my own notes from last week's Smackdown and from Raw and began to discuss what we wanted to focus on for tonight's Smackdown. This was the part of the meeting where Stephanie and I had to act civil and professional. Needless to say, I was better at it than she was. There was another moment where I wasn't needed to talk and I took that moment to go back to my thoughts. Alright. Why is Leyna putting this wall up in front of me? I started to tap my pen mindlessly as I thought about this and Leyna looked over at me. I caught her glance and smiled at her. She returned with a shy smile and went back to her notes. I went back to trying to think. I know she can't be worried about how I feel about her. There should be no issue there. I know what I want and she was sitting right next to me. I didn't take me long to realize it either. I'm in love with Leyna. There's no denying that fact at all. I thought she felt the same way but now with this change, I don't know. Maybe I'm being selfish. Not for being in love with Leyna. Hell no, I'm not apologizing for that at all. I refuse to change how I feel about her. But maybe, its selfish of me for thinking that she would feel the same way so soon. Could it be she's holding back now because she feels I'm moving too fast for her? Fuck! I had thought about cancelling the date because of her change in attitude but now that I had a plan and a potential reason as to why she was acting like this, I had even more of a reason to keep the date. I casually checked my phone and opened my calendar. I looked at the huge gap of free time that I had after Smackdown. That free time equaled our date that I was going to surprise Leyna with. I don't think I could get way with a surprise right now. I would have to be clever with this one. Good thing our phones are synched, so whatever change I make to the calendar, she will know too. This had to work. I don't care how long it takes, how complicated it might be for how emotional it might get. This date is happening. The Game never give up and I wasn't going to give up on Leyna. Not now, not when happiness was so close….
A/N: So what do you all think? Do you agree Paul's reasoning of Leyna's change in attitude? Could it something else? Do you think Paul will figure out a way to make the date happen? Will Leyna go? If you wanna know, you gotta follow! Comment and review, please! Thanks everyone!