La Arquitecta

Chapter 18

Hours before the fans would be admitted to New Orleans' Superdome, Zelina had asked Seth to go out and have a look at the stadium with her.

As they walked out through the curtain into the stadium, Zelina felt like her breath had been taken away from her. She had been to Wrestlemania as a paying customer several times, but it was a whole different story when you were on the stage, where later in the day the eyes of seventy five thousand people would be on you.

"Impressive, huh?" Seth asked, standing beside her.

"Incredible," she agreed. She wanted to put an arm around his waist, but as ever, secrecy about their relationship had to prevail, unfortunately.

"Who knows, you might be preparing for a match of your own this time next year," he said, looking down at her with a smile.

Zelina couldn't argue. Anything was possible in WWE. At this time on the previous year's Wrestlemania Sunday, she had been in an bar in Orlando, having a few drinks with friends before heading to the Citrus Bowl. "Maybe," she agreed with a broad smile.

They walked over to the top of the entrance ramp so that they could turn around and look at the stage, with its enormous Wrestlemania logo.

"This would be a great place to celebrate a title win," Seth said.

Thinking back, Zelina remembered that he had done so once before, at Wrestlemania 31. What an emotional moment that must have been for him. She got goosebumps just thinking about that kind of thing happening again, with her standing by his side.

Standing in comfortable silence, they spent a few moments taking it all in. With only two matches following theirs on the show, they were classed as one of the main events, although everyone knew there was really only one main event on a card. This year it had gone to Styles and Nakamura. Rightfully so, Zelina had to admit.

While they were standing there, Hunter came out onto the stage with a few crew members. Upon seeing Seth and Zelina, he excused himself and walked over to join them. "All set for the show?" he asked as an opener.

"Yep," Seth replied pleasantly, while Zelina nodded her confirmation.

Hunter looked at her and said, "A bit of good news for you. The temporary restraining order we got against David Hernandez last week was formally upgraded to a permanent one Friday afternoon, and served to him at his place of work yesterday. He now has a lifetime ban from all WWE events and appearances."

It felt like a weight had been lifted from Zelina's shoulders. David wouldn't be repeating his stunt from the previous week again. Or, if he did, he would be looking at a year in jail. She knew that because she had looked it up.

"That's good news," Seth had said while she took in the news.

"Yes," she agreed. "Thank you for sorting it out, Hunter. And so quickly, too. I thought it might take longer to be honest."

"No, it wasn't difficult with someone with his record."

Zelina could tell Hunter regretted saying that as soon as the words had left his mouth. It was there in a flicker of a look in his eyes that said, 'Oh, damn.'

"What record?" she asked.

"Forget I said that," Hunter told her, trying to blow it off.

"What record?" she demanded again, louder and more forceful this time.

"Zelina," Seth said, cautioning her about her tone to the boss.

"No. I want to know what you found on him, Hunter. I think I have a right to know."