before he cheats | a.cole

eighteen

After the photoshoot, Adam drives me home. When we're in the car, Adam says, "Think you'll be up to having the guys and I come over for dinner so we can talk vacation plans?"

"How will you get away from Britt?" I ask.

"I'll say I'm headed to dinner with the guys," Adam asked. "To talk strategy for the pay-per-view."

I smile and say, "Tell me a time and what you guys want for dinner and I'll order something."

Adam pulls up to my apartment and he says, "How does six sound? And pizza."

I laugh and say, "Six sounds good. I'll order cheese and pepperoni."

"I can have Roderick bring his wife and Bobby and Kyle can bring their girlfriends," Adam says. "So they all know I'm bringing you instead of Britt."

I nod and say, "Yeah, sounds good."

I start to get out of the car and Adam says, "I'll be back in a few hours."

"Can't wait," I say, smiling.

He smiles at me before I grab my title and get out of the car. I walk up to my apartment and I say walk in. Alexa and Nikki sit on my couch.

Sometimes I forget that I gave Alexa a key to my apartment. "Hey," I say. "What's up?"

Alexa says, "We wanted to stop by to hang out a bit. That okay?"

I put my belt down and I nod. "Yeah, of course," I say. "I'm having guests over for dinner at six."

"Guests meaning Adam Cole?" Nikki asks, looking back at me.

"Um," I say. "Kind of. It's the entire Undisputed Era. Plus Roderick's wife and Bobby and Kyle's girlfriends."

Both of them turn on the couch and look at me. "Why?" Alexa asks. I go to the kitchen and grab a bottle of Gatorade out of the fridge before joining Alexa and Nikki on the couch.

I open the Gatorade and say, "Adam said he wants to go away with me without Britt knowing."

Alexa says, "And you going away with Adam and the guys plus their significant others is the way to do that? That could make things a million times worse."

I drink the Gatorade and say, "Roderick's wife doesn't like Britt either. That's what Adam said anyway."

My phone goes off with a text. I look at it.

4:10 pm
adam: everyone will definitely be there at six. bobby and kyle are telling their girlfriends right now as i'm typing this message

I reply back with a quick "can't wait" and Alexa says, "I suggest going somewhere with no service so Britt can't contact any of you."

"Haha," I say.

I continue to drink the Gatorade and Alexa says, "You're really planning a whole ass vacation without Britt knowing. What's going to be the lie while you're away?"

I shrug and say, "Don't know yet. That's probably one of the few things we'll talk about over dinner."

Nikki asks, "Can we stay for dinner or do we have to leave?"

"You guys can stay if you want," I say. "I'll order a lot of pizza then."

Alexa, Nikki, and I talk until six. I order about five boxes of pizza, three cheese and two pepperoni. I order a couple orders of fries in case it's not enough pizza.

At five after six, there's a knock on my door. I go and answer it. I expect Adam to be at the door and I'm shocked to see Roderick and his wife, Marina. "Hey," I say.