5 Rounds: An Enemies to Lovers Sports Romance (The Fight Game Book 1) by Nikki Castle

Author:Nikki Castle [Castle, Nikki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-07-15T16:00:00+00:00

I'm on the edge of consciousness, about to doze off, when I feel her against me. My eyes snap open and I turn to look at her. She's fallen asleep and without realizing it, is leaning into my body. As her head finds a comfortable spot on my shoulder she sighs contentedly and nuzzles further into my neck. I feel more of her weight settle on me as she falls into a deeper sleep.

I'm too surprised to even move. Tonight showed me what she looks like without furrowed brows and angry frown lines, but even a skeptically happy face is different from this. Now she looks peaceful. And breathtakingly beautiful.

Before I realize what I'm doing, I lift my hand to brush away the hair that's fallen into her face. I linger on her cheek, amazed at how warm she is, and how soft her skin feels. I feel like I'm stealing an intimate moment by looking at her in such a vulnerable state. But I can't help myself—I can't stop looking at her.

She's so different than what I thought she was. Before she moved in, I always thought she was Jax's annoying childhood friend who walked around with a stick up her ass. I always thought she was pretty hot but the bitchy comments and air of pretentiousness always far outweighed that fact. Especially after our first encounter, I never cared to take a closer look.

Now, I'm realizing my character analysis may have been all wrong.

She's not bitchy, she’s just defensive and protective. And she enjoys the banter with me, though she doesn’t want to believe it yet. Even after she admitted tonight that she doesn't hate me anymore, we still kept up the verbal sparring. I'm realizing I actually enjoy the challenge and entertainment of it.

When I remember my conversation with the bride at the bar last weekend—where I found myself wishing she would snap at me a little more—I realize my thought process is entirely accurate. I do enjoy the banter with Remy.

And I can't really fault her for thinking I'm a dumb brute. Everyone thinks that. It's just a casualty of being a professional fighter. That combined with the fact that I'm silent—or rarely talking about anything other than fighting—means I can't exactly hold that assumption against anyone. But once we got talking and Remy realized I don't quite fit that mold, I could actually see the pleasantly surprised admiration light in her eyes. Instead of the shocked disbelief that I usually get.

As I sit there, stroking her cheek and staring at her, I feel ridiculously happy that she instigated tonight. Despite getting initially defensive at the idea of any kind of get-to-know-me game, I'm glad I got to dig into Remy's life a little bit. Even if that meant letting her dig into mine.

But even sharing the bad parts felt completely natural with her. Opening up about my family was never something I even considered with anyone—let alone a female—but for some reason I didn't even hesitate with Remy.

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