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“You liked the fight you watched with your cousin?”
“Loved it.” I exaggerate the two words.
“You still owe me.”
“I don’t.” I shake my head and smile.
“You will always owe me, but I will be more than happy to take it out on your ass. I mean that literally and not figuratively.”
“My behind is off limits.”
“Nothing is off limits. Trust me, you will beg me for it all. Now come.”
“Yes, sir.” I follow him out the door, feeling better, my head swimming with happiness over the dance studio he had built for me. I can’t wait until I get a chance to leave my sweat behind on the hardwood floor after an exhausting workout.
I follow him down another hall and through another door that has the same security feature. It’s not until we cross over into a new hallway after the steel door is closed, and the security is reset, that I hear cheering. “Wait, the fight is here?” It finally hits me that these walls are the same ones I walked through. “In the basement of your home?”
“Yes.”
We pass the bathroom I used the last time I was here and make another turn. The closer we get to the fighting cage, the louder the crowd noise gets. It makes me a little sad because I feel like I haven’t seen Ciarán, Finn, or my brother in forever. These past few weeks are turning into one big blur for me. Then I think about the way Finn reacted to me leaving with Demetri. It was puzzling and more than uncomfortable.
We get to the mouth of the roped off area and a thrill zings through me. There is already a match going. Two lightweights battle it out. One man drops to the mat and the fight is called. The crowd cheers. The man who lost is pulled off the mat by two men. The winner raises his arm in victory and the crowd goes even crazier.
“You love this,” he leans down and says next to my ear.
“I do.” I turn into him, my eyes sparkling.
“Want to place a wager?”
“I have no cash on me.”
“Let’s make it a personal bet.”
“That makes me nervous.”
“It should.”
“What’s your wager?”
“If Ghost loses, you have to marry me tomorrow.”
My eyes widen. I recoil. “Tomorrow? I have no dress. We have made no plans, and not that I care but I don’t even have a ring.”
“You do. I just haven’t given it to you yet.”
“Demetri… That’s… That’s… Are you sure you want to get married so fast?”
“Today, tomorrow, next week, a year from now. What’s the difference?”
“What if you hate me in a year?”
“I’ll still be stuck with you.”
My mouth drops open. “Stuck with me?”
He smiles and pushes my mouth closed with the crook of his finger. “Close your mouth, young pup, before I slide my dick in it.”
“You are… You’re…”
