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Riley, Avery, Luna, and I have just gotten our second drinks when we hear Adley’s name being called over the speakers. We all whoop and cheer as she gets up and out of her seat. We all get up as well to follow her. The best place to watch her fights is ringside obviously. We watch as she steps into the ring and a moment later her opponent walks in.
“It’s a guy! Why the hell is she fighting a guy?” I squeak at the girls. The guy has on a hoodie that obscures his face so I can’t really see him. His back is turned to us as he whips off the hoodie. Man is he ripped.
I suddenly feel hot all over and definitely wouldn’t mind a tumble on the bed with him. It’s been a while since I looked at another guy and appreciated him like this. Mason has been the only person to ever invoke this kind of reaction from me so I’m not sure how to feel about this latest development.
He turns and is now just in his sweatpants. Holy hotness that trail to paradise is one to look at. My eyes move up a bit and I notice the skull tattoo with a crown on its head and further up the raven on his right pec. I gasp. What the fuck?
What the hell is Mason doing here fighting? And since when does he even come here? I’ve never seen him here before and I’ve been here often.
Well that certainly explains why I was ready to jump the guy’s bones just now. I now realize that he’s the only person to ever make me have that kind of reaction. I turn to look at Adley and she gives me a wink.
“Surprise! I’m going to kick his ass for you,” she tells me, and I give her a huge smile in return.
“Do it!” I scream so loud that it finally gets his attention. Mason turns in my direction with surprise in his eyes.
“Damn, you wound me, baby,” he says to me, and I flip him the bird.
“Kick his ass really good,” I yell to Adley again.
“Your wish is my command, bestie!” she yells back, laughing.
A second later, the bell rings, signaling the fight is about to start. They both circle each other and Adley throws the first punch. It catches him square in the jaw and he lets out a grunt.
She says something to him, but I don’t quite catch it since I’m so far away. In the next instant, Mason jabs her in the ribs. They both continue like this, throwing punch after punch at each other with neither one of them backing down. I can already see some bruises forming on both of them.
The fight goes on for about thirty minutes, neither one of them wanting to lose. Eventually they’re given a tie and I let out the breath I didn’t realize I was holding. I’m glad the fight is over, but it was fun watching Mason get punched. As soon as Adley steps out of the ring, I’m rushing over to her with excitement in my voice.
“Holy shit, that was amazing!” I exclaim, hugging her and giving her a kiss on the cheek.
“I didn’t win, but that’s what he gets for messing with my girl. It was fun punching him,” she says, smiling at me and I can’t help but burst out into laughter. “I’ll be back in a minute. I need to get cleaned up.”
She leaves and we all head for the bar again because we need new drinks. When Adley is done, she comes back to the bar, and we get drinks for her too. Since she’s done fighting for the night, it’s time to get the party started since her birthday isn’t over yet.
We get drink after drink and now that the dance floor space is open, we head onto it. We start dancing, all letting loose, and I snap some pictures of all of us and add them to my Instagram. The music and the drinks are filtering through my system, and I’ve never felt more alive.
I have no idea how long we’ve been dancing and drinking but I don’t care. I just keep drinking more alcohol and swinging my hips to the music. If this is what living feels like then I never want to go back to the scared Winter that existed just yesterday, or the one with too much on her shoulders.
I feel someone’s hand on my waist as I’m dancing but I don’t turn around. I just keep going. I figure this is what usually happens when you’re dancing. The person’s hold isn’t tight or threatening and there’s a little space between us, so that’s why I haven’t freaked out yet.
My eyes are closed as I let the music filter through my system, swaying my hips along with the beat. One minute, I’m happily dancing and the next, the warmth from behind me is ripped away.
My eyes snap open and I spin around, coming face-to-face with a very pissed-off Mason. It takes me a second to realize that there’s an equally pissed-off Royce, Nate, and Beckett here too, and they’re all giving the girls death glares.
In another second, I’m being hauled over Mason’s shoulder and he’s walking out of the warehouse with me.
“Put me down, asshole!” I scream while hitting him in the back. Instead of answering like a normal human being, the dickhead smacks me on the ass, and I let out another scream. When we get to his car, he puts me down and I start yelling again. “What the hell is your issue, dickface? I was having an awesome time dancing!”
“Get in the car, Winter!” he snaps, looking like he’s barely holding on by a thread.
“No!” I say petulantly.
“Don’t fucking play games with me! I told you you’re mine! I won’t let anyone get in the way of that. Not even you!” he snaps through gritted teeth.
“I hate you! You know that?”
“Hate me all you want, babe, but I’m going to make sure I fuck all that hate out of you until I’m the only thing you’ll be able to breathe, and I’m embedded so far into you again, you won’t know how to get me out of the depths of your soul. But don’t get any ideas because you’re still my property until that happens!” he growls, and I can’t help but snort.
“Well then get ready for that to take years because you suck!” And you’re already buried deep in my soul… I think but don’t say.
“Oh, it definitely won’t be a hardship to fuck you that many times,” he tells me, smirking, and I give him a nasty look.
“Let’s just go! Oh, we need to drop Adley home too!” I yell.
“She’s right here,” he tells me.
“Oh.”
I finally get in the car. Well, Mason helps me get into the car and then Adley gets into the back. He takes her home first before driving us back to my apartment. He parks in the garage before getting out and coming around to my side, opening the door and lifting me out of the car. He wraps me up in his arms before making his way to the elevator to take us up.
