Chapter 46

The next several weeks were crazy leading into the Money in the Bank pay-per-view event.

During Jecina and Jon's days off, they put their full focus and effort into finding a house. Maine, North Carolina and Colorado were the top choices for them. There were beautiful homes in Maine and North Carolina Jecina really liked. Colorado had their fair share because of the mountains and breathtaking scenery, so it was a tough choice on which state to check out. Jon assured her they could go see as many houses as it took until they found the perfect one. His patience and understanding meant a lot to Jecina because it was extremely hard for her to leave her penthouse in Chicago. She knew he didn't care for his place in Cincinnati since they rarely stayed there, but Jecina had worked very hard for her penthouse.

"Okay so…we have 5 days off since Stephanie still wants you to rest your back." Jecina pointed out, playing with the tiny hairs on the back of his neck. "We could take a flight to one of these states and look at the houses there, if you want."

Jon arched a brow, wondering if she was serious and had to admit, spending another 5 days in Chicago did not sound appealing to him. "Which state?"

"Pick your poison. There's at least three houses in Maine, 5 in North Carolina and 7 in Colorado. Why don't we start on the east coast and work our way west?" Jecina suggested, leaning her head on his broad shoulder and set the laptop on the coffee table.

"Mmm from east to west, eh? Can we fuck our way across the country?" Jon lifted her to straddle his lap and sat up a little, gliding his hands up and down her sides.

Shaking her head, Jecina couldn't help beaming down at him and pressed her forehead against his, massaging his broad shoulders. "I wouldn't mind that a bit. That actually sounds like a great honeymoon. But we could always start it off early."

"So Maine, eh?"

Jecina had never met a more open man in her life. Never faltered or questioned anything she wanted to do, no matter how ridiculous it sounded. It made her fall more in love with him, if that was possible and she wished she didn't have these trust issues with him. Shaking the negativity out of her mind, she passionately kissed him and never took any of these moments with him for granted.

The next day, Thursday, they were on their way to Maine in a redeye flight with her hand clasped tightly in Jon's. He never was good at flying. Jon told her it was fine, he would fly anywhere for her, though he wished they could take a car. There simply wasn't enough time to make it to Maine and back to Chicago in the 5 days. She murmured soothing words to him, rubbing his arm and even instructed him to put his earbuds in to blast music from his MP3 player. She had bought it for him as a birthday present back in December, after his Walkman finally died and Jon's face was all the thanks she needed for the gift. Now, he took it everywhere with him and, whenever he worked out or had to fly, he had his calming agent to get through it.

Maine was breathtakingly beautiful and directly on the ocean, which both pleased and worried Jon. It pleased him because he wouldn't mind living on the ocean, but at the same time, hurricanes were a factor. North Carolina would be the same way since it was also on the ocean, but Colorado just had mountains with a ton of snow. The houses were also equally gorgeous, but something didn't set right with Jecina about Maine. She could tell Jon didn't want to live here and refused to force him into something he wasn't completely onboard with. So, instead of staying in Maine, another flight was booked for Colorado, both deciding to skip North Carolina altogether.

It was a good thing neither of them suffered from jetlag or else this would've been a horrible experience.

Friday evening found them the perfect house, surprisingly enough. It was a little in the mountains, so it took a bit to drive from the airport, which neither minded. They didn't have nosy neighbors and had plenty of privacy since it was on 5 acres of land. The house was two stories, beige with a huge dark cherry wood deck that wrapped around the entire house from front to back. There was a pool in the backyard as well, inground, and even had a waterfall attached to it, along with a Jacuzzi. It was a luxurious setting; the people had really put a lot of thought into this home. The backyard also had a firepit with a screened in porch, keeping any bugs out while being able to enjoy a fire whenever they wanted.

The house itself had 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, all a nice decent size, but the master bathroom is what sealed it for Jon. The bathroom attached to it had a huge black jet garden tub, which Jecina absolutely fell in love with and a see-through shower. The sprays came from the ceiling instead of directly at the person inside. Everything was black granite, the carpet a dark brown throughout the house besides the kitchen and bathrooms. Kitchen and bathrooms had white marble flooring and they were told it would be very easy to clean up. There were also two fireplaces throughout the house, one in the living room and the other one in what was deemed the den. Jecina wasn't crazy about the fireplaces, but Jon assured her cutting up some wood to start them wouldn't be a problem.

The realtor told them to take the night to think about the house and, if they wanted to put an offer down on it, to give her a call the following day. It was all happening so fast. Jecina's head was spinning, going over every aspect and detail of the house and talked for hours with Jon about it. He wanted to change the kitchen and bathroom floors, not liking the white and she agreed with him. They wouldn't make it black, but maybe a warm brown that was a little darker than the beige carpeting. He loved the carpeting and, truthfully, so did she. The warm browns with black granite was absolutely perfect and set a relaxing tone to the house.

"Let's get it, Jina. What the fuck are we waiting for? This is the house for us and you know it. I saw the sparkle in your eyes while we walked through it today. It's secluded, out of the way, but not too far from the airport to be a problem, not even during the winter." Jon was used to winter from being born and raised in the Midwest and so had Jecina. They were more than used to harsh winters and he honestly loved the snow, the cold.

Jecina couldn't help laughing at his child-like enthusiasm and tossed a French fry at him, shaking her head. "You are crazy! That's only the first house we've looked at while here!"

"So?" Jon chomped on the French fry and reached over to stroke her thigh, both of them naked, naturally.

"I just think we need to really think about this before committing. I mean, it's A LOT of money, Jon." Jecina frowned, knowing money really wasn't a factor, but that amount made her a little nervous and intimidated.

"And again, so?" Jon countered, sitting up on the bed and tackled her to the bed, not caring all the French fries spilled all over. "Do you love the house? Be honest."

Groaning, Jecina hated it when he did this because she couldn't lie to him. "Yes…" She opened her mouth to start protesting and Jon shut her up by kissing her breathless.

"Then shut up and tell me we're getting the house."

Jecina chewed her bottom lip, seeing how much this house meant to him and she did love it as well. "Okay." When Jon arched a brow, she groaned and smacked his chest. "FINE! We're getting the house!"

"That's my girl."

They made love the rest of the night to celebrate their new 2.5 million dollar home.

Now the next step was getting married.

Walking hand-in-hand inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, Lilianna couldn't wipe the smile off her face, even with broken ribs. Seth had taken exceptional care of her during some of her days off. Unfortunately, he had to leave Friday morning to do house shows and promised to meet up with her Saturday night when she flew in for the pay-per-view. Spending the night together, without having sex to consummate their new relationship, was extremely tough, but Seth was adamant about waiting until she was fully healed from her injury.

Once again, Lilianna wished death upon Roman Reigns.

It'd been MONTHS since she last had any kind of enjoyable sex. The last couple months of her relationship with Roman, the sex hadn't been very good due to how stressed out she was. Their romp in the shower had been pure manipulation too. Lilianna wanted Seth in the worst way; her body reacted to every little thing he did and sleeping in his arms didn't help. It was comforting, sure, and she slept well enough, but not being able to jump her man was annoying. Lilianna was pretty sure she had cobwebs in her vagina that desperately needed cleaning out.

The way he kissed her and made her feel like she was the most only woman on the planet for him was a nice change. Randy had been all about himself and Roman, although sweet and kind at times, was very aggressive. Seth had a nice balance between being gentle and aggressive when the situation merited it. Lilianna could hardly believe how incredible his backside looked in a pair of those skinny jeans he loved wearing outside of the company. Tonight, he was decked out in black dress pants, a grey dress shirt with the top three buttons undone and a black dress coat. Black shades covered his chocolate eyes and his hair was pulled back in a bun at the nape of his neck. Normally, Seth would have a skull cap on, but not when he was arriving at the arena to perform on a pay-per-view event.

The company dress code was very strict.

"Do you need anything?" Seth asked, pushing open the locker room door with his name on it and set their bags down, his hand never leaving hers.

"Mmm yeah, come here."

Lilianna had on a skintight strapless black dress that went to her knees, clinging to every curve of her body and black two inch heels. Her hair had been changed back to its burnt orange glory. She'd asked Seth if he minded it, only to receive a kiss for her answer. She had smiled and suddenly didn't want blue hair anymore because it reminded her too much of the past, of her failed marriage to Roman. If Seth was being honest, he preferred this look to the blue hair, even though the blue hair was sexy. The burnt orange had always stirred his blood in ways he didn't understand. All he wanted to do was bend her over and fuck her senseless with his hand wrapped in that beautiful, thick burnt orange hair.

All in due time.

Smirking at her crooking finger, Seth obeyed her command and groaned the moment she pulled his mouth down on hers, the kiss full of fire and passion. His arms instantly wrapped around her waist and he backed her up to where she hit the wall, letting their tongues dance together for a few minutes. Christ, his dress pants were NOT hiding anything and Seth suddenly wished he had his skinny jeans on. They would cut off circulation to his dick, which was throbbing against his thigh at the moment and rock hard.

Broken ribs, she has broken ribs and if you fuck her now, it won't be as spectacular as when she's fully healed, dumbass, Seth reprimanded himself in thought, very reluctantly breaking the kiss. "Lila, I know what you're trying to do and I'm not doing it until you're better. I won't risk your health and set your recovery back just to get my dick wet." He cupped her face in his strong hands, biting back a groan at the intense longing in her eyes. "Just a little while longer. We just have to be patient a little while longer and then we can finally be together completely."

"Do you have any idea how hard it is sleeping in the same bed as you, feeling you holding me and kissing me and not being able to do a goddamn thing about it?" Lilianna demanded, planting her hands on her hips and could tell Seth was having issues. "Foreplay won't hurt…"

"You're breathing heavy just from that kiss I just gave you, or you gave me. Whatever. If I were to eat you out right here and now, you'd probably pass out from not being able to breathe because of those ribs." Seth explained, making several valid points and began pulling his gear out for tonight's match.

Tonight was the night he reclaimed what he never lost – the WWE World Heavyweight championship.

"You are no fun."

Lilianna pouted, having walked over to slide her hand up his shirt covered back since Seth had removed the jacket already. He really hated dressing up all formal and wasn't comfortable at all. Hell, neither was she. Give her jeans and t-shirts or tank tops any day of the week and she was golden. Seth turned to face her and caressed her jaw with his finger before lightly brushing his lips against hers.

"Soon, gorgeous, I promise you."

"SETH ROLLINS HAS BECOME THE WWE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION! HE HAS CLIMBED THE MOUNTAIN AGAIN!"

Suddenly, Mr. Money in the Bank himself, Dean Ambrose's music blared throughout the arena as the crowd went absolutely wild. Lilianna was floored, watching Dean come up from beneath the ring with the briefcase in hand and screamed at Seth to turn around, looking away the moment it collided with Seth's head. After all his hard work to come back to the company, they were screwing him over like this?! It wasn't fair! She screamed at him to kick out of the Dirty Deeds, but it was no use.

Dean lifted the WWE title up over his head while staring down at his adversary before rolling out of the ring to launch himself into the crowd. Then, he stood atop the announcer's table, walking across both of them while still holding the title. Sheer elation oozed from his pores as Dean finally held the one thing that meant the most to him, what he'd been scratching and clawing towards all these years. It wasn't his evil twin brother holding this title either – it was HIM.

Lilianna couldn't believe this was happening, tears already swelling in her eyes while she helped Seth out of the ring. He was pissed, the look on his face completely broke her heart while he watched Dean hoist the title up in the air. Even Roman looked defeated and dejected, though she was sure he was happy Seth had lost the title 10 seconds after he won the damn thing.

Jecina watched from the back in horror and could only cover her mouth with her hand while Jon sneered at the monitor, suddenly hurling it across the room to shatter against the cinderblock wall.

What the hell was Stephanie, Hunter, Shane and Vince thinking?