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Sweat trickled down his strong back along the tensing and flexing of his muscles and shoulders as he was lost into killing his huge punching bag.
Only the sound of his ragged breathing and punches echoed around the gym.
But what had me shocked was the bloody spots on the punching bag. And I knew where they were coming from.
Rage boiled inside my veins as my fists clenched. He was doing it again.
"Ace! Stop it!"
His movement stilled with his hands gripping the bag to halt its swaying. The broad shoulders of his moved up and down with every heavy breath as he moved his head to me. Dark stormy grey eyes met my flaming turquoise.
Striding closer, I snatched his hands from the bag. A gasp left me at the sight. They were worse than I'd ever seen before. They weren't just bruised, they were bloody.
"What the
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