MMA Fighter's Obsession by Flora Ferrari

Author:Flora Ferrari
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

Liam

Lola sits in the plush leather chair opposite me, a sleek wooden table drilled into the floor of the private jet between us.

Caesar's face lit up into a smile when I told him that I’d finally met her, the woman I’d been waiting my whole damn life for.

“Then don’t even think about feeling guilty for taking the jet just for yourselves,” he said, patting me on the shoulder. “You’ve retired the way you wanted to. You’ve built a multi-million dollar empire. It’s only right that you’ve found a woman to share it with.”

I slapped him on the shoulder, the same way he did with me. “Thank you, Coach,” I said. “When you check your pay packet for this trip, you’ll find a nice bonus in it. And for the rest of the team, too. I couldn’t have done any of this without you.”

Now, Lola and I settle into the plush chairs, our belts strapped as we wait for the plane to take off.

I let my eyes move over her, trying to still the urge to leap across to her. She’s wearing another summer dress, this one with palm-tree patterns on it, light and flowy and driving me feral.

“I think Mom’s suspicious,” she whispers, clawing at the edge of the table as the plane rises into the air smoothly, leaving our Caribbean patch of paradise below us. “I mean, how could she not? I flew here with her and I’m leaving with you. But she didn’t seem mad. More like she was … okay with it?” She giggles, shaking her head. “I think Dad’s going to be the problem, really.”

“He’s a good man,” I murmur.

“You’ve known him forever, pretty much, right?”

I nod. “We were best friends growing up. We were basically brothers, because I never had a father. He died before I was born and my mother raised me alone.”

“Oh, I’m sorry,” she whispers, leaning across the table and holding tightly onto my hand. “I didn’t know that.”

I clutch onto her, wondering if now is, finally, the time when I can begin to let a tiny flicker of vulnerability shine through. Just a spot, a subtle shine.

“Thank you,” I say. “My mother was a good woman, but she was busy, working two jobs, so I was often with Seb and his parents. We were inseparable, and then as we got older Seb became more bookish and dedicated to school. Whereas I … Well, I did well in school, but my love was always martial arts. I defended him a few times, from bullies, those pathetic men, like Markus, who think they can treat people any damn way they want just because they’re bigger.”

I tighten my grip on her hand, interlacing my fingers with hers, remembering the way Markus spoke to her in the interview.

“It’s okay,” she whispers, a slight smile on her lips. “You defended my honor, my brave knight.”

I chuckle deeply, shaking my head. “Funny and beautiful? What the hell have I let myself in for?”

She rolls her eyes playfully.

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