Forbidden Secrets (Completed ✅)

Forty Six

Jordan  finally met her gaze and a pleading look came across his eyes  that almost made her scream in frustration. If he wanted her to stay then he would have to ask. She held his gaze trying to make him see that she would stay if he would only reach out but he closed his eyes slowly and turned away. Steph felt the tears well again and she had to blink rapidly to keep them from spilling over.
"Bye girlie" Chad said with a half hug
"Bye" Jordan croaked out . Steph  could tell that he was emotional .

When he turned from her Bubba placed an arm around her shoulders and lead her out of the room with Joe behind them. When they were out in the corridor she saw the fan that Jordan had just interacted with leaning up against the wall talking to the bouncer as if she was waiting on them. The sight shook her so much she couldn't hold back the tidal wave of emotions any more. She leaned into Bubba's massive body and let the sobs over take her.

After a few minutes of sobbing almost soundlessly the gentle pats from Bubba on her back and Joe's rubbing her hair soothed her enough to look up.

"Steph listen" Bubba spoke softly
Joe cut him off in an almost vicious tone

"Look Bubba she doesn't need this right now, I should just take her home" Joe snapped.

"I think I need to explain" he said pleadingly as Joe started to lead her away
"I think that actions speak for themselves" Joe said heatedly as he lead her through a back stage door
Once they were outside Stephi could no longer hold up her false calm and she collapsed on the damp ground crying. Joe knelt over her trying to sooth her with gentle sounds and touches.
"get off me" she finally screamed at him angrily
"Stephi, I am so sorry" he said as she finally got up
"sorry?, sorry!, you're sorry!, he should be the one who's sorry!" she seethed  angrily
"No I should, I shouldn't have brought you here tonight" Joe  spoke soothingly as he gently  took  her shoulders "I thought, well I was under the impression that things would be different" he said looking back at the door they had exited.
"Thanks Joe but some things are just not worth fighting for anymore" Steph  whispered  shaking her head hopelessly
"Stephi, I have learned over the years that sometimes the things you fight the hardest for turn out not to be worth it" Joe  soothed  rubbing her back gently.

The gravity of his statement left Steph  gasping for air that had seemed to disappear. This was what she needed to know and now that Steph knew that she had never really been anything to him, she desperately missed her ignorance. Her mind swam with painful memories of everything they had said and done to each other. She had actually thought that if she left him he would coming running back to her, but she was so wrong. At this point she had never been more wrong in her life.

Anger welled inside of her at everything she had endured just to be apart of him. Steph  gritted her teeth hard to keep from screaming. Joe's gentle touches no longer were soothing, they suddenly became annoying. She was not a child and crying over some man was not going to get her where she wanted to be in life. Now that she had all the answers she just need to pick up and move on.

Jordan came running out the back door and stopped to gape at the scene before him.
"Steph" he  whispered emotionally reaching out for her
Steph jerked away from him. "I just need to be alone now" she hissed as she turned to leave the alley
"Steph let me explain" Jordan called after her
"Leave her  the fuck alone J" Joe hissed  heatedly .
"Are you ok" he  panted as he increased his to catch up with her brisk pace
"yeah I will be fine, I will call you tomorrow" she said glancing up the side walk for a cab
He was jogging up beside her as one pulled to the curb "I will call you later to make sure ok" he said as he opened the door for her
"Just remember you have three days" she said to his face as she closed the door
"Do you ever stop working" he asked  chuckling  as the cab drove off .
When the last fan left the room Jordan overturned the table in front of him as press photos flew everywhere. He screamed frustrated as he threw his empty beer bottle against the wall where it shattered into a million pieces. He dropped to his knees and held his hands over his head as he sobbed.
"Why, Why did this have to fucking happen!?!" Jordan  screamed as he looked up  pounding  his fists into  his legs.
Chad approached him cautiously looking around to make sure there was nothing else that could be thrown. He knelt down beside him , grabbed Jordan's arm.
"J, look it was for the best you know, just think what could have happened if we didn't find out what was going on" he said softly as Jordan visibly shook from anger
Bubba stalked  over "Yeah he's right if we didn't find out that Evelyn was having you watched then this could have been a bigger mess" he said gently.
Joe came running back in panting "I couldn't catch her" he said as he gaze fell on Jordan.
Jordan visibly shook as he lowered down to rest his elbows on his knees.
"I am just so  fucking tired" Jordan said wiping at his now swollen eyes