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again he kissed me, this time with just a little more force than his normal gentle kisses, but welcomed all the same.
“I missed you.” He breathed at my ear, making me shiver deliciously.
“Me too.” I whispered and watched those steel gray eyes turn to gun metal with desire. His hold on me tightened for a second, but then the voices of his crew introducing themselves to Maddox forced him to release me, and I reluctantly stepped back.
“So this is your instruct or ?” Stone shook Maddox’s hand. “You have trained her well. She can really handle herself. If the thought of it didn’t turn my stomach so much I would say she had the potential to join the women’s division.”
“No worries there.” I assured him with a smile . “I have never had such expectations. Besides, kicking Gage and Simon’s asses yesterday was thrill ing enough for me.”
Gage mutt ered something under his breath but one look from Stone had him all smiles and respectful ly nodding in my direction. Apparently someone was a sore loser, especially when it came to losing to a girl. I sent him a grin and a wink, which had him smiling a little more naturally at me.
When it was time for me to leave for work Maddox, Mason and Stone were deep in to practicing some of the mo ves that Maddox was showing them. I felt a little lost when Stone just waved at me when I said I was leaving, but I knew that what he was doing was important and pushed my hurt feelings down.
Jake walked me out. “Don’t mind Kieran. He gets a little one tracked when it comes to this stuff. He’s obsessed. In an hour he will realize that he brushed you off and feel like shit. It happens all the time.”
I stiffened, not because Jake scared me—because he didn’t anymore. But because his words made me feel the green monster of jealousy. I had never been jealous a day in my life…Yet I had never had Kieran Stone in my life before, either. “This happens all the time?”
Jake shrugged and opened the door for me. “He usually finds one groupie and invites them out to watch us spar…Never let them spar with us before, but still.” He gave me a knowing grin. “And he always gets deep into practice, forgets about his girl…Then feels like crap and goes groveling.”
I stood there staring at him for what felt like forever, but was really only a few seconds. I couldn’ t stop his words from echoing around in my head. My heart felt like it had lead weighing it down and nausea churned hard in my stomach. I forced a smile to my lips. “Yeah, that’s me. His Phoenix groupie. See you around, Jake.”
I turned without another word and walked to work in a trance.
Once at Safe Haven I put on my makeup , braided my hair and put on my wig before going about my usual routine, opening the bar on auto pilot. I had been so trusting, so open, so…Everything that I just normally wasn’t , with Kieran Stone. And I was only his ‘groupie’. New city, new girlfriend. Nothing special….Just nothing!
When he had another fight in a few months there would be someone new…Someone not me.
I swallowed down the lump in my throat and forced all the intense feelings that were eating me up inside down. I put up the walls that I had let Stone tear down and was determined that he, nor anyone else would ever get close enough to touch them again .
()
“What’s wrong?”
I turned to find Mel seated at the bar. She was dressed up : A pretty sundress that really showed off the fact that she still had a smoking
“I missed you.” He breathed at my ear, making me shiver deliciously.
“Me too.” I whispered and watched those steel gray eyes turn to gun metal with desire. His hold on me tightened for a second, but then the voices of his crew introducing themselves to Maddox forced him to release me, and I reluctantly stepped back.
“So this is your instruct or ?” Stone shook Maddox’s hand. “You have trained her well. She can really handle herself. If the thought of it didn’t turn my stomach so much I would say she had the potential to join the women’s division.”
“No worries there.” I assured him with a smile . “I have never had such expectations. Besides, kicking Gage and Simon’s asses yesterday was thrill ing enough for me.”
Gage mutt ered something under his breath but one look from Stone had him all smiles and respectful ly nodding in my direction. Apparently someone was a sore loser, especially when it came to losing to a girl. I sent him a grin and a wink, which had him smiling a little more naturally at me.
When it was time for me to leave for work Maddox, Mason and Stone were deep in to practicing some of the mo ves that Maddox was showing them. I felt a little lost when Stone just waved at me when I said I was leaving, but I knew that what he was doing was important and pushed my hurt feelings down.
Jake walked me out. “Don’t mind Kieran. He gets a little one tracked when it comes to this stuff. He’s obsessed. In an hour he will realize that he brushed you off and feel like shit. It happens all the time.”
I stiffened, not because Jake scared me—because he didn’t anymore. But because his words made me feel the green monster of jealousy. I had never been jealous a day in my life…Yet I had never had Kieran Stone in my life before, either. “This happens all the time?”
Jake shrugged and opened the door for me. “He usually finds one groupie and invites them out to watch us spar…Never let them spar with us before, but still.” He gave me a knowing grin. “And he always gets deep into practice, forgets about his girl…Then feels like crap and goes groveling.”
I stood there staring at him for what felt like forever, but was really only a few seconds. I couldn’ t stop his words from echoing around in my head. My heart felt like it had lead weighing it down and nausea churned hard in my stomach. I forced a smile to my lips. “Yeah, that’s me. His Phoenix groupie. See you around, Jake.”
I turned without another word and walked to work in a trance.
Once at Safe Haven I put on my makeup , braided my hair and put on my wig before going about my usual routine, opening the bar on auto pilot. I had been so trusting, so open, so…Everything that I just normally wasn’t , with Kieran Stone. And I was only his ‘groupie’. New city, new girlfriend. Nothing special….Just nothing!
When he had another fight in a few months there would be someone new…Someone not me.
I swallowed down the lump in my throat and forced all the intense feelings that were eating me up inside down. I put up the walls that I had let Stone tear down and was determined that he, nor anyone else would ever get close enough to touch them again .
()
“What’s wrong?”
I turned to find Mel seated at the bar. She was dressed up : A pretty sundress that really showed off the fact that she still had a smoking
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