"He wasn't afraid because he thought
she wasn't the one.
He was absolutely terrified because
he knew she was."
C H A R L I E ST. C L O U D

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"Stop!" I blurted out feeling Baron's breath in my neck as he chuckled. His hand stopping just before my underwear as he had been testing how long I could last without moaning.

No we weren't bored, we were currently in the parking lot and no we hadn't just arrived. I had just finished the kick off ten minutes ago and was texted to meet him here and of course it was simply because he missed my lips. His words, not mine...

"I love how you're laughing Mr. You make me explode in my pants" I shook my head clutching his hand in mine and crawling onto his lap so that my legs stretched over to my seat.

"I laugh because I admit it to you whether its annoying or not. But you think I don't affect you when you were the one who fell for me first." He stated confidently.

I scoffed, "well we both know that's a lie. You were head over boots for me after our first spoon"

"Maybe something else was but you annoyed the shit out of me"

"I still do that so you're just proving my point. " I smiled and he rolled his eyes.

"Let's just make-out and go fucking work" he sighed sitting back in his seat.

"Wow that really gets me into the mood. Besides, I should probably head in now and get into make-up again. I look like royal shit." I huffed briefly glancing in the mirror while he chuckled.

"Royal?" He smirked.

"Goodbye Corbin" I sighed and leaned in to kiss his cheek but knew full well it wasn't going to go my way and it didn't as he gripped my face and immediately kissed me full force.

His fingers gripped my hair as my hand tightened onto his other. He always had a way of me drawing a thin line between business and pleasure but I doubt I would regret doing risky business with him. He was too good of a temptation.

"I'm going to be late, wolf" I groaned into his lips even though I could take him right then and there.

"Mmmm might as well make it worth it then?"

I laughed out loudly as he nibbled on my skin. "You're terrible" I whispered before kissing him and repositioning myself so I could straddle him as he pushed the seat back a bit.

I'm sure there was nothing too wrong about dry humping your boyfriend on work grounds. His hands pressed into my thighs before moving to my hips and I immediately grounded them onto him.

"Fuck" he breath, breaking the kiss and holding my hips.

"Did you explode again?" I mused at his sudden halt.

"Funny, Blondie" He rolled his eyes before kissing me deeply, well as deeply as he could with my giggles in between.

What could I say? I was on cloud nine, I had gone from being hesitant to even moving into his house to being co-owner of our own. Yes the paperwork was done and dusted and Baron and I officially owned a house, I had not let the 50/50 deal go as I had hinted towards so he could sort things out with Corey. That of course led to him being quite annoyed with me, but him being my big fluffy wolf could not stay mad at me. Especially once my teeth found their way to his neck...

While I was a known workaholic I would be looking more forward to my off days and not just because of my boyfriend but to decorate the large space. I'd probably never end up being done.

"Okay, that's enough. Let's go work!" He dramatically sighed leaning back and I frowned.
"What? I can't deny you?"

"Mmmm I said nothing." I shrugged and opened his door and slipped out before opening the back door to get my backpack before I forgot it yet again due to his distractions.

I soon felt him behind me and his arms wrapped around me tightly causing a smile to fill my face. "I love these arms"

"They love you" he chuckled, tightening them and resting his head on mine and I savoured it. Baron and his random cute moments that I was sure he would ruin any moment but nevertheless enjoyed. His hand found the skull on my finger and he traced over it, "please don't lose this again."

"I will try not to. " I mumbled into his arm before turning in them. "You're such a hot wolf"

"Mmmm..." He rolled his eyes and I narrowed mine.

"You are, my hot wolf. So I'll meet you here after Talking Smack? Or you can watch." I stood on my tippy toes and he leaned down nudging his nose over mine. He smiled staring at me for awhile, not sure what was going around in that head of his but it sure made me blush...

"Baron!" I pushed my body against his and he frowned before clearing his throat.

"I'll probably keep you company after kicking Sami's ass" He simply said letting me go and I shook my head throwing over my bag before he closed the door for me and locked the car.

"Awww don't hurt him too bad, he is a friend."

"I'm not sure why you think that would stop me" he frowned before shaking his head with a smile while I let out a pout. He placed a kiss on my forehead, "okay get away from me"

"Nothing like tough love to make you happy you're at work" I teased while he rolled his eyes.

"The more time I'm standing here with you smiling, the less time I'll have my game face on for whatever camera catches me." He explained.

"It wouldn't kill the wolf to smile." I scoffed but hopped up and kissed him for the last time before swinging my hips as I walked away.

"You're a tease, Renee Young!"

"And you loooove it!" I called back with a wave as I continued walking on.

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"I know. You're just jealous cause I pull off a Canadian suit better than you ever could" I narrowed my eyes at Kevin.

"You're annoying" he groaned walking away leaving us both chuckling, Sami and I.

"Any tips on getting into the ring with your fiance?" I heard him and frowned.

"My fi... Well one can you beat up your best friend for starting that? And secondly I would say don't piss him off but its him." I shrugged patting his shoulder while he chuckled.

"Yeah practically pissed off his entire life."

I rolled my eyes and was about to say something when I felt an arm wrap around my waist.
"I need to talk to you"

"Don't be mean." I elbowed my wolf but of course his glare was fixed on a certain guy.

"I was just leaving, see you out there buddy" He nodded towards Baron who didn't return it, why would he when majority of his time at work was spent glaring at everyone or simply pretending they didn't exist.

"I'm not your buddy." He quickly spat out.

"Yeah that's right. You make it clear by causing her absence."

"Sami" I shook my head tugging on Baron's hand so he could look at me while Sami moved on which I suppose was the best thing for his sake.

"What absence?" Baron frowned once he was satisfied we were alone.

I searched his eyes, not sure where the sudden mood change came from when I had left him smiling. I was used to the jealousy but knew it couldn't have just been me talking to one of my friends.

"They're just bummed that I don't hang out as much I guess." I shrugged as I had gotten the complaints considering I was usually dragging people to bars to have some nights out and lately I kept to myself once we left the buildings.

"Why don't you?"

"Well because whenever I ask if you wanna go to the main rooms to join you don't look happy at all. So I stay with you." I explained as the last thing I wanted was me heading to watch the guys play games while my stud was brooding in our room.

"I'm not stopping you." He shook his head with a hard stare.

"But I don't want to leave you alone either." I kissed his cheek while he was still so fucking tense and I wasn't even sure what he had actually wanted to talk about.

"If you want to hang out with them you can, we can hang out with them tonight." He mumbled with a small shrug which wasn't really convincing.

"Baron Corbin to gorilla"

I groaned at the interruption while he seemed to not want to get rid of his mood.

"Okay." I nodded and wrapped my arms around him. "You're not leaving until you give me a smile, wolf"

He smiled a very unreal one and I rolled my eyes, "What an amazing one"

He chuckled and gripped my face with his large hands and kissed me. I half moaned into his lips and he groaned before breaking it and searched my eyes. "What's wrong, Corbin?"

He shook his head and kissed my cheek before taking off.

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"We can leave if you want." Renee stared at me as she sat down beside me and I shook my head, we were in the hotel restaurant but not at the usual bar. Instead we were sharing a table with a bunch of annoying people she called friends.

I wanted to leave after the first fucking drink but me dragging her ass off would prove Sami right and he seemed to want to make me look shit in her eyes. I guess I had given him more reason to after our match. He had won, mostly because my focus wasn't really in the match. I had taken my anger out on him with dominating most of it but he managed to get me out of nowhere.

"Aaah here's the actual engaged couple" Owens mused as Nikki and Ambrose made their way to join us. He had proposed at a live event to her and she said yes, one could wonder if it were just the pressure that made her say yes.

"Actual?" Ambrose frowned which led to Owens nodding in our direction.

"You guys, stop being asses!" Renee rolled her eyes and folded her arms, hiding the ring in the process.

"Don't worry Ney Ney, we didn't think it was real. We all know you're more diamonds than skulls" Miz added to which she flipped him off. "Besides, travel buddies can't get engaged"

"Mike!" His wife swat his arm before laughing. "Too much too drink"

And so the rest of the night went on with them hinting our way with shit while going on and enjoying their night.

"We should have just came back here and fucked each other's brains out. That was fucking torture, like I'm sure they were more on our case than the people who are actually engaged."

"Very sure" I mumbled following her into the room feeling slightly tipsy as whiskey seemed a better option than listening to their shit. I had tried to make it seem like I didn't mind I was there but I was never good at acting.

"I don't understand why they had to question me on it now everyone thinks we're fucking engaged." She groaned.

"I'll just fucking shut them up in the ring" I lazily replied as Owens had been the one to start it and it spread pretty quickly.

"Like you did tonight?" She glanced at me.

"You wanted a night out with your friends, so I sat there and let you enjoy" I shrugged not sure what more she wanted when I was trying to be restrained and not punching Mike or Owens for annoying me.

"Can you not do that?" She sighed sitting on the edge of the bed.

"Do what?" I frowned sitting beside her before lying back with my back fucking killing me after the match with the other idiot.

"Just make like its not a big fucking deal, like I'm overreacting" She shook her head seeming frustrated with me.

"Maybe because you are.." I snapped but groaned running both my hands over my face.

"What?"

"Nevermind, Blondie" I simply said not wanting to get into a fight when she had made me feel like shit ever since she pointed out how us being engaged wasn't believable at all.

"No, I want to know why I'm overreacting when you haven't even commented on it since Kevin called me out on Talking Smack"

I sighed and stood up, "for the past two weeks I have had to listen to this. You complaining about them questioning you the entire time. I don't fucking care if they think we're engaged, Renee. Maybe it was a fucking engagement ring until you looked at me in shock when I showed you it that night. Maybe I changed my mind in that moment because it wasn't at a live event in the middle of the ring like that lunatic. So maybe I called it just a ring because I didn't want to scare you, so now its just a ring but I don't fucking care, because the idea of being engaged to you doesn't bother me, honey" I snapped having listened to her complaining, her friends complaining and have to walk the fucking hallways knowing everyone wasn't sure what the hell she was doing with me.

"Baron." She stood up as well and I moved away from her.

"If you don't want anyone believing you belong to me then fucking take the ring off, I don't care. Go fucking have fun with Sami or John or whoever you want and I'll sit here. I don't give a fuck." I shrugged.

"What does Sami have to do with anything?"

"Everyone fucking does. You think I don't see you with all these guys at work?"

"They're my friends! Stop being crazy" She giggled slightly, she liked the jealousy, found it cute but I didn't appreciate the fact that guys which suited her better were all fucking friendly with her.

"Yeah well some seems to be closer than others" I mumbled as I felt my jaw clench, I tried to not care because I knew I was the one in her bed every night. I was the one who had her screaming out my name but she was wanted by many while I was the one that needed her.

"Are you serious right now, Baron? How many times am I suppose to prove that I want you. You need to stop being so fucking insecure! " She blurted out but then sighed, "I'm sorry I..."

"I'm not. "

I was.

"I'm just not fucking blind to what is happening here, I'm being used so they can get a grasp of you not being available. The moment its made into something serious you get so fucking upset!" I screamed, mostly because I didn't get why the idea of being with me made her so annoyed. She could go along with everyone's crazy lives but just letting them speculate about an engagement was too much.

"I get upset because of you. Because I know how you are and I wouldn't think you'd want to be labelled as fucking engaged so I defend it so you don't end up beating someone to a pulp. Because I have learnt if I'm upset you're calm and..."

"I don't feel like fucking talking about this anymore. Go fucking knock on Sami's door" I shook my head, heading towards the bathroom not in the mood for her excuses when she would have normally just asked me.

"Are you kicking me out? You need to fucking calm down." She gripped my arm while I shrugged her off immediately. "You're going fucking crazy and I'm not going to stand here while you act like a fucking kid, when I have done nothing."

"Don't tell me to fucking calm down!" I threw the lamp against the wall.

"Tommy! Seriously? " She jumped.

"Don't call me that!"

"What the hell is wrong with you? I thought we sorted this shit out but here you are doubting me."

"Doubting you because I fucking realized that everything Corey said was right."

"Oh my..."

I heard a knock on the door.

"Don't answer it."

She rolled her eyes and ignored me and I soon heard the voice of John fucking Cena, with perfect timing to come and save the day. "Is everything okay?"

" Of course! The yes man! Renee, why don't you go with him, he's a better one." I chuckled as I paced the room.

"Shut up!" She glanced back at me before focusing on him as she didn't bother opening the door to allow him in, when she fucking should have cause I was pissed and I could fucking beat his ass right then. "Everything is fine. "

"Are you..."

"Yes, we're fine. Everything is fine. No need to worry Johnny boy!" I screamed from behind her. "Are we making a noise? Oh now I'm embarrassing the perfect Renee Young. Maybe you should go with him."

"No! John its fine. Enjoy your night" She quickly closed the door and turned to me.

"You had your chance there, why didn't you take it?" I stared blankly at her, knowing no one would dare say he wasn't good enough for her. "Maybe you can still run after him, wanted one last look at what you would be leaving behind."

She ignored me and I saw her toss her clothes and pick up my t-shirt I had thrown on the other side of the room before she slipped it on and got into bed. I wanted to scream more, get it through her skull to fucking go, leave me but she covered herself.

I felt the throbbing in my fist and realized I had cut myself. I made my way over to the bathroom and leaned onto the sink, and stared at myself in the mirror. I knew maybe I had too much but I also knew what I heard and saw in the hallways. They all knew how we didn't fit and I was fucking insecure because I could never convince myself I deserved her.

I sighed running water over my face before running it over the one dripping blood.

I soon heard the bed and saw her heading towards me, "I can take care of myself."

"But you don't have to. You have me." She stated reaching for a towel, she turned off the water before taking my hand into hers.

"I don't deserve you." I muttered as she pat my fist.

"Have I ever said that?" She whispered and I saw her eyes were blood shot.

"The whole floor probably heard us and I made you cry." I sighed as that was enough to sober me up and cause my temper to cool.

"So what? Baron I ..." She began but I took my hand from hers and left the bathroom.

"Maybe we should just end while we're ahead. Its clear we don't see eye to eye about shit. I won't be an ass to you if we do, but you need the opportunity to get a good guy. We should break up and let go of the stupid idea that you and I could actually work. You're fucking amazing and I'm fucking on a path of destruction and wanting to rush shit because I am crazy about you. All I'm gonna do is damage you like Joe did because Corey was right when he made me look like a wuss."

I shrugged while she frowned, "You're gonna break my heart, Blondie. And in the end I'm going to make your life hell for it because I hate being weak."

"What happened to you not caring that I made you weak?"

"I got a reality check." I sighed, "I like being alone, I don't get lonely. But without you now I am, I get that lonely feeling, I'm so fucking hung up on you and it's not fair. In the end I want you more, it's clear to everyone that you could upgrade at any moment and I would rather say goodbye myself than be fucking left behind while you're happy with someone else"