Joe
The Royal Rumble was quickly making its approach in a few weeks and I was more than determined to retain my title against my closest friend, Colby.

SmackDown was going great and following the storyline, I was waiting for the ending and my cousins won their match.

While I was waiting for them to return back to me, I started hearing knocking on my private locker-room door and the knocking sounded familiar.

Colby decided to tease the fans with our old faction, The Shield's, theme with his knocking.

"Come in." I said, standing up and Colby's eyes met with mine.

I looked over at him with confusion and he trotted into the room and started forcefully laughing the moment he seen me raise an eyebrow to remain in character.

As the show came to a closing end, we both decided on hanging out tonight while his wife, Rebecca, was hanging out with Mercedes; more known as Sasha Banks.

I pulled out my phone and called Chloe before I headed over to the bar.

"Hey."

"Hi Joe. I saw you on the show tonight and I'm so excited to see you and Colby going at it for the title in a few weeks."

"I'm excited myself." I chuckled, "How have you been?"

"I've been doing good. I have a feeling that I could be getting promoted at work very soon."

"Oh, is that so? I'm happy for you." I smiled.

"Thank you. How's the situation with Galina?"

Galina has been hounding at me for weeks since the last time I seen Chloe and I wasn't in the mood for her toxicity and I tried my hardest to receive a restraining order against her in the meantime.

She's been making up lies after lies and said that I was beating on her and would cover parts of her body in makeup as if she was really bruised to play the victim.

"Eh. I'm still waiting on that restraining order." I huffed, "I wish that she would fuck off already and let me rest."

"I understand that. Also, I think it's time for you to meet Emma the next time you come over."

I smirked, "I'd love that. I've been waiting for awhile to meet your friend and to even surprise her with the Toronto show and WrestleMania tickets."

"I really appreciate this, Joe."

"I appreciate you more." I replied, "Hey. I wanna come see you tomorrow, but I want to spend one day with you before meeting Emma the next. Is that alright with you?"

"Of course! Just tell me when you're on the way."

"I definitely will. But I'm gonna go hang out at the bar with Colby before I take off soon. I promise I won't drink too much."

After ending the conversation, we made our way over to the local bar and thankfully not many people knew who Colby and I were and we took our seats and ordered a couple of drinks. For me? I just purchased a small glass of beer instead of Hennessy.

"Here's your drink, sir."

"Thank you."

I looked around and took a few sips and started to feel buzzed a few minutes later. I wasn't thinking straight and I was still stressed out with the situation with my ex-wife.

Suddenly, a woman who was only five-foot-four approached me and sat next to me while Colby was on the phone with his wife.

"Hey handsome."

"Hey. What's your name?"

"Avery."

"Nice to meet you Avery. I'm Joe."

"I know this is sudden, but do you wanna go back to my place, Joe? You look a little lonely here all by yourself."

"Nah, I'm not lonely. I have my best friend over there," I replied, pointing towards Colby; who was still on the phone.

"It doesn't look like he's paying that much attention to you." She said, looking over at me until our eyes began to meet. "Are you sure that you don't wanna come back to my place, handsome?" She asked with a soft voice while trailing her hand against my bulge. I won't lie, it was turning me on and I was trying to resist as much as possible.

"U-Uh, I'm very sure."

"Are you taken or married?" She asked.

"Nah, I just went through a divorce and I'm officially a single man." I huffed.

I was thinking a lot about this and I decided to cave in for tonight. Life has been frustrating me with the situation and letting loose for tonight shouldn't be so bad.

"You know what? Yeah, let's go back to your place."

"Great! Follow me."

I sent Colby a message that I left early and I'd catch up with him some other time. While following the woman over to her car, we drove a small distance to a motel.

After making it inside, I sat down on the bed and I was still turned on from earlier. It's been awhile since I've done something like this. And no, I never cheated when I was with Galina. It's been awhile since I've had sex and this time felt different, considering the fact this wasn't her and then there was times where Chloe crossed my mind in the process.

"You looked a little frustrated earlier. Mind if I ask why?" Avery asked.

"It's a long story. I got a divorce with my abusive wife and she's been causing trouble for me and then I went to the bar just for a drink."

"I see, well maybe I can help get your mind off of the situation for awhile."

"I'd love that, a lot."

Avery didn't hesitate and she pressed her lips against mine and sat down on my lap. I started huffing as she began to straddle me and I haven't felt this horny in awhile. A few minutes passed and she unzipped my pants and looked up at me while she brought her lips around my dick.

"Damn..." I looked down with lust written all over my face.

I continued to allow her to work her magic with her mouth. I was a single man as of right now so I didn't see the harm in this and it was going to be a one-time-only situation.

Although I was developing feelings for Chloe, I didn't want to rush things with her. However, I was stuck in a trance and Avery broke it by bringing herself to the bed and was tempting me with her being only in her bra and panties.

"Damn, baby." I said with a deepened tone.

I remembered that I always carried around condoms in the pockets of my jacket and took one out just in case situations like this were to happen after the divorce.

After half an hour passed and I was close to finishing. I started thinking of Chloe when I looked into her eyes.

"Fuck, Chloe." I groaned, "Just like that."

"Who's Chloe?" She asked.

I ignored her question for a moment and went as fast as I could until I finally pulled out and finished on her chest. After a few minutes came and went, she sat up from the bed and looked at me with confusion on her face.

"Hey, who's Chloe?"

"It's a long story, but it's a woman that I've been catching feelings for lately."

"Have you both..."

I shook my head, "No, not yet."

"How come? If you were catching feelings for her, why didn't you both have sex yet?"

I laid back and looked up at the ceiling.

"Well, I met her awhile ago and she's been there for me while I was in the process of finalizing my divorce. Because I like her a lot, I've been taking things slow with her. Yeah, I've flirted a lot with her and made her smile a lot, but I don't think she's ready for a relationship and to be honest, neither am I." I sighed, "I do think sexually about her a lot, too."

"That's deep, Joe." She said, "But I have a question, do you love her?"

"Yeah, I do." I nod, "And I also feel bad about what I did tonight if we're being honest here; no offense. I know I'm not in a committed relationship or marriage but it's been awhile since I've been able to do that and I needed to let loose for awhile, you know?"

"I get that, I really do." She nods, "I'm kind of in the same predicament myself. But not married-wise like you were."

"Oh?"

"Yeah. I was dating this guy named Logan and he ended up cheating on me. It was a lot to take in at first but after breaking things off, things were getting better for me and I started working over at the strip club section near the bar."

"You're a stripper?"

"Yeah, it's not what I had planned for me but I gotta make that money somehow."

"I understand."

After Avery and I started talking about life and how I was having these feelings for Chloe, I decided to leave for the night and we went our separate ways. Of course, I regretted my decision in the end. I'm just glad that she took it well that I considered it a one night stand and she thought the same. After that, we wouldn't see each other anymore after that night.

I called an Uber and made my way back to the hotel and called up Colby before heading off to sleep.

"Hey man. Are you awake?"

"Yeah, are you okay?"

"Kind of, I don't know."

"Talk to me, man. What's going on through that thick head of yours?"

"Well, I may or may not have had sex with a girl tonight."

"Damn, so that's the reason you left the bar? You needed pussy that bad?"

I nodded, "Mhm. But there's also something I need to tell you, man."

"Yeah?"

"I think I'm falling in love with Chloe."

"Really? We're thinking about the same Chloe we met at that Toronto show, right?"

"Yeah, that's her."

"She is beautiful, I'll be honest there."

"I agree. But back to the situation, I somehow regret what happened because I love Chloe but she doesn't know about that yet. Like I don't wanna rush things with her but I felt like a one night stand wouldn't have been so bad."

"I understand that, Joe. But did you use protection with this girl?"

"I did and that's the good thing."

"Yeah, we wouldn't need you to end up being someone's baby daddy while you're in love with Chloe."

"Literally." I sighed.

"But man, you should talk to her when you see each other again. If you really love her, you gotta come clean and express yourself. I did that with Rebecca and now we're married."

"You're right. I'm gonna do that tomorrow when I see her again."

"Alright man. I wish you the best of luck and I gotta get some rest. I'll talk to you tomorrow."

"That works, Colbs."

We hung up the phone and I laid down in the hotel bed, deep into thought about everything that transpired tonight.

I definitely needed to tell Chloe tomorrow, but I was always afraid of rejection from her. Of course, I didn't want to rush things between the both of us and I don't know if she felt the same about me.

I'll find out tomorrow and see what happens from there.