"She seems so invincible right.
But just touch her and she'll flinch.
She has secrets and she trusts no one.
She's the perfect example of betrayal
cause everyone she trusted broke her"
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"I expected to find your little wolf here" I heard my brother as he had offered to help me pack up shit.

I had come home half expecting the same but only found boxes piled up, I would have figured she was leaving me had some of my shit not been packed in boxes too. We hadn't spoken since last week and I had to fly out for Smackdown tomorrow morning but I hadn't liked walking in and seeing her boxes again. Reminded me of the time I entered her house with that idiot.

"What's Baron's dress up?" He questioned with his eyes focused on a smaller box on the pile she had set against the wall. I frowned not sure what it was until I saw the lingerie I had hidden from her in his hands cause he was that fucking curious.

My eyes widened while he burst out laughing, "Woah brother, didn't peg you for the..."

"Shut up!" I snatched the crotchless underwear from his hand before throwing it into the box and moving it to where I had been before.

I heard him sigh, "Are you going to talk to me? I didn't come here just to help you pack up"

"Yeah I noticed since you haven't even made it into boxes yet" I narrowed my eyes which led to him rolling his and doing just that.

"She's working." Was all I said as I opened my cupboard and saw some of her things and immediately packed them into the box with my stuff.

"And she's trusting you to get the house sorted out?"

I shook my head, "just packing shit up and we'll figure things out later."

I found it funny how we had just bought a fucking mansion together and I had told her I was done. But here I was still packing our shit even when she was at one of Corey's buddy's house having a good time. Or at least that's what I witnessed in my feed, she couldn't call me but she knew she could be happy with them. Not like I had bothered her but I felt like I needed to make a sort of stand, a stupid stand but a stand.

"How did you two end up together? I mean let's be honest we all figured you were making her up because we were busting your blue balls" he chuckled and I sighed.

"We were stuck together and after awhile it became less of an obligation and more of a convenience." I shrugged, realizing she probably hadn't been sleeping in my shirts which she loved doing.

"Well with the way she looks I'm sure the transition didn't take too long"

"Hey" I glared to which he chuckled before I slowly spoke. "Yeah she's fucking beautiful, funny, annoying, hot. She's a pretty fine woman."

"Why does it sound like you hate all that?" He frowned and I set the box down after closing and sat on my bed which Xander was occupying.

"Quite the opposite. Its just annoying cause she's so amazing, the entire roster is her friend and its the opposite with me. She grabs everyone's attention at work just by being so fucking amazing and I don't. I mean I don't want to, but I don't see why she's so into me when I'm such an ass." I half smiled because from the outside looking in, it didn't make sense and we both fucking knew it.

"Are you just realizing that fact? Anyway sometimes it ain't about what's obviously meant for her. Woman are weird, exactly what you think they want, they don't. " He pat my back briefly glancing at the various pictures we had taken together in frames on the bedside table. There weren't much but I liked them.

"I know she wants me, that's obvious. I just don't know what the hell I have for her to stick around for. What I have that won't make her get tired of me, I have nothing to offer the woman who doesn't need anything. I mean I love that she's her own woman, but if I'm honest I ain't my own man. I need her..." I mumbled briefly glancing at my brother to let him know it was bothering me. I wasn't the type to go begging for relationship advice but he knew me better than anyone. And he wouldn't be so blunt about me being vulnerable like Corey.

"And what's so bad about that? Woman love being needed, Tommy" He stated.

"And you're a woman now?" I raised my eyebrow and he shrugged.

"In all seriousness you're just scared. You're probably seeing a future with her and you don't know exactly what she wants and instead of asking her you're letting yourself think she's just going to dump your ass"

I frowned as while we indirectly planned ahead we hadn't spoken about how serious we were. But I guess me not caring if we were engaged stated how I felt.

"I've never been patient."

"But she's gotta be worth it. You don't have to rush shit, its not like you're 50. Just have a good time, man. Don't screw shit up by over thinking when you're finally less of an ass"

Too late for that...

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I sighed as I entered Corey's house, it was my first time visiting considering my schedule was insane thanks to my devil of a boss Mr Manganiello. I smiled smelling the food going which led me to guess I would be staying for dinner.

"Renee" he smiled pulling me into a hug. "Amy will be here in a couple hours"

"Finally I get to meet your better half" I smiled before dropping my bag and taking a seat. He chuckled and went to the fridge while I heard the front door open yet again and soon saw a tall figure make his way into the kitchen.

He seemed confused by my presence and I gave a friendly smile once Corey greeted him letting me know it was a friend of his. I extended my hand but all I got was a nod before he grabbed a beer for himself and took the seat on the couch.

"Don't mind him. He's an ass" Corey rolled his eyes and I frowned before glancing over my shoulder at the towering figure and grabbed my beer and took a seat beside him.

I realized he was watching a hockey game, "they're going to lose"

He stared at me for a bit before glancing away, "I didn't ask for your opinion"

I frowned but nodded as he clearly didn't want to be disturbed and made my way over to Corey again.

"Told you"

"He can be an ass" Corey sighed as we sat at a local bar after Raw. It was my first week officially as a free agent when technically I had been one forever. But while I used to cover Raw ppvs? Now I was used for normal TV as well which would have probably ended up in an argument if Baron had known about it before he left my sweet ass.

"No. He can't. Not to me anyway, he is just pushing me away" I sighed as it had been over a week since he walked out on me.

One thing about Baron was that he could surely drop a bomb on you, one moment you're practically fucking in a parking lot and the next he is pissed and telling you that you are not meant to be.

We'd been together for more than half a year yet I still couldn't tell when something was bothering him or maybe I was just fucking self-absorbed when I had been so obsessed with making sure everyone knew that the engagement was not real at all I hadn't noticed how Baron had been smiling when he mentioned it to me. How he had held my hand in the car and not been mad or annoyed but smiled when he mentioned the fact that Kevin had called me out and I had just shut it all down.

I wasn't sure how I was to blame when it was Baron and I didn't see him getting engaged or wanting to be engaged to me. I wasn't even sure how I felt about it, my parents would surely kill me taking into account they had yet to meet him but most importantly it came out of nowhere.

"What happened?" He questioned, I had tried avoiding him knowing full well he knew me by now and me scoffing down chocolate in the cafeteria hadn't helped much in hiding I was down on my luck.

"It doesn't matter, he is just dealing with stuff and I'm annoyed with myself for never noticing when something is bothering him."

"Does he notice when something is bothering you?"

"I tend to be very vocal about things most of the time. I just feel so horrible and now I'm here and won't be on Smackdown tomorrow. I feel like everything is trying to tell me we are doomed but I know we aren't. I blame your fucking annoying meddling ass" I shoved his shoulder and he chuckled.

"What did I do?"

"You were the one who put stupid thoughts into his head when we were just on the path to serenity. We were doing fine and you made him over think things, question things, when there is no fucking need for it because he has no competition but no you had to make him feel inferior" I rambled as the frustration filled me wondering if there would ever be a time I could have peace of mind when it came to my relationship with Baron.

We'd go from highs to lows in a matter of hours but I honestly wouldn't trade our bipolar relationship for anything which is why I missed him terribly and which is why no texts or calls from him hurt even more. In all honesty, I had figured it was the alcohol talking as he always had a way of either being freaking adorable and sweet when drunk or just losing himself.  I knew most of his words were true, regarding his feelings but I didn't believe he would actually want to give up what we had.

"I didn't do that or intend to do that. I know him, Renee so whatever I said was already there roaming around. Its better whatever he needs to get out gets out early in the relationship."

"So he can screw it up and end up alone? You make no sense you know that? You got him so wrapped up in the idea that I would leave him that he can't even enjoy our relationship because he is paranoid"

"I love how I'm getting the blame in this when we both know he visited Joe and who knows what he told him." He pointed out and I sighed as I hadn't actually given him much of a thought.

"Of course. I just... I feel like this is going to continuously happen no matter how much I try to get it into his thick skull" I sighed as it probably wasn't the best idea to be talking to Corey about it but Baron and I weren't really a known thing and I wasn't sure who of my friends actually cared enough not to let whatever I said raise up while we were out and about. So I was stuck with the know-it-all Corey and well Amy who was somewhere as well.

"So are you done?" He turned to search my face I guess while I took off the skull ring and twirled it between my fingers.

"I honestly don't know. " I wasn't sure how I felt, I had appreciated having someone for so long and it was great that he hadn't been fucking anyone else in the business or been a flirt. I was the only one who had his wolfy attention and I enjoyed it. But he assumed he wasn't the only one who had mine.

I knew I hurt him by obsessing over the "engagement" when I saw it in his eyes last week. He had been quiet for most of the few hours we spent with my friends and I took it as Baron being Baron but while I was being annoyed by them pushing the fact that we were engaged. I hadn't noticed how he also looked when I denied it all, we were a hot mess.

I had been ready to just go to sleep and wait for sober Corbin to be beside me but I saw him staring into the mirror upset with himself, eyes glistening, and it tore me apart because I had hurt him. Of course he assumed my tears were due to him doing just that when it was clear I had been in the wrong and I wasn't going to point out how I saw the vulnerability within his features. Wouldn't want to knock my wolf while he was down...

"I was afraid of this, honestly you defend that you're grown up and adults who can handle your shit but I told you"

"I don't need 'I told you so's " I groaned and soon felt the presence of Amy.

"Come on, you guys are not sitting here talking all night. We are going to have some fun!"

"I'm not in the mood for fun" I pouted as I slipped on the skulled ring again before being dragged off.

I sighed as I sat down feeling absolutely drained and saw a picture of Baron with the guys and traced over it.

I saw Amy smile as she noticed me gawking at it before she traced over my fingers, "its on the wrong finger again"

I frowned and saw that I had indeed slipped it onto the finger it had been on oh so longer ago. I stared at it and sighed, "Maybe it's not"

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Goodluck to Baron tonight at Clash of Champions! I honestly hope he manages to return and also gets a greater chance to shine 😍😍😍