Chapter 3

Daniel's POV:

"Hey, Daniel, it's me. Please answer my calls. I'm sorry. Can we please talk? Okay, bye."

Her voicemail ended. Xavier chuckled, and I rolled my eyes.

"Is that Bella?" he asked, and I sighed, pocketing my phone. Putting on my boxing gloves, I grabbed the punching bag in front of me.

I hadn't cheated; it just looked like I did. I had actually gone to a meeting with Xavier, and some guy was there. There were strippers, and Xavier asked me to just go with the flow, so I did. Now Bella had jumped to conclusions and ruined the perfect thing that we had.

"Yeah, she's been sending these all week," I said, swinging at the bag. Xavier swung at his bag, and when it swung back, he held it.

"Shit, what did she do?" he asked, fixing his stance.

"Remember the new guy I hired, Noah? He quit, and now he's working for her. Last week, they went out on a date. She even came back to her apartment stumbling about," I said, swinging hard. The hinges of the bag squeaked, and I shook my hands.

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