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Our fight was intense, with each of us displaying our skills and agility. Neither wanted to back down. I was supposed to give up and be bested in the fourth round, but I refused.
I got back up and increased the intensity of my fighting. My moves were faster than the champion could catch. I'd studied his style during the first three rounds and figured out his weakness.
With a couple of jabs here and there, I weakened his defenses. I threw dangerous punches at his head until he staggered aimlessly.
I could see the annoyance on the investors’ faces as they angrily sat in the front row, warning me with their eyes.
A smirk lined my lips as I dodged a weightless swing and retaliated with an uppercut. The blow was so powerful that blood spewed out of his mouth and he fell backward. His body bounced off the foam as the crowd went crazy, cheering and chanting my name.
The referee counted to ten as the champion's fans hoped that he would get back up. But he never did.
The final bell rang, and I was announced as the winner of the fight. The new champion. As the ring announcer held my hand up with the belt over my shoulder, I stole a glance at the investors as they walked out of the hall in anger.
I knew they would try something to get back at me. They were going to make their move and destroy my career as they had threatened, but I didn't care.
Coach Max asked me to watch my back, warning me that they would definitely come after me but he wasn't sure when, where, or in what form.
“You've sealed your fate, kid,” he'd said to me after the match.
“They came after me all right. Turned out it was a gang in charge of fixing the boxing matches. Coach was powerless when it came to them. They tried to kill me and well…let’s just say I had a lot of fun killing a man for the first time. Just so happened to be Rueben’s rival, and he arrived right in time to find me at the crime scene.”
I watch Amelia’s face go pale, and I grin.
“Rueben picked me up after that. Took me in along with some of the boxers under the guys I killed, who’d been used in fixed matches. I had already entered this world after murdering those guys, so I followed the guy who was strong enough. There’s no sad story, love. I was just born a monster.”
Amelia gulps when I advance towards her. “How’s that for being a good guy with a redemptive story?”
“How are you okay with all that?” she asks in shock.
My smile drops. “I have no excuse for my behavior and I’ve never needed one. I’m quite fine being the way I am.”
I stand very close to her until I can see the vein jumping in her neck and feel the tension in the air.
“Now, eat your fucking breakfast.”
I walk away, and it takes all of my self-control not to look back at her.
Why am I so attracted to her? She’s got a mouth on her and a holier-than-thou attitude I do not care for. It’s been a while since I fucked…could that be it?
“I clearly need to find someone to bed,” I murmur.
Chapter 9
Amelia
What the hell is happening?
The wetness in my panties is a testament to something I don’t wish to acknowledge, and yet I must.
That’s the first time I’ve ever spoken to Josiah, and it’s also the first time I’ve ever reacted to a man like that. One who’s unapologetically him and unapologetically male.
I’ve never been one to take orders or listen as someone speaks to me in the way he has, and yet, my body is quaking from listening to him speak.
I’d been so tense as he stood next to me, worried that he would smell the effect he had on me. My face burns in slight disgust. It would have been so embarrassing if that had happened.
I know I was being a bitch to them, especially after all that they’ve done and are still doing, considering that they saved me and were being surprisingly gracious to me despite my snarky attitude.
It would take nothing to be a little nicer to them, but I’m just so angry. So angry at them, at the police for betraying my dad, and at myself for not knowing the truth until only two days ago. I almost ruined all that my dad had worked for.
