All Chapters of Fighting Hard (Fighting For Love 1): Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

Hands shaking, he rolled on the condom and stretched out on top of her. She opened her arms and legs, and he entered her in one impatient, thick movement. She gasped and took him fully, loving that they just got down to what they wanted, no waiting, no words. They stared into each other’s eyes as he thrust and she lifted to meet him, over and over again. For Nick, nothing in his life had ever felt like this: he was totally connected to another human being, emotionally open and naked. He blinked at the sudden tears in his eyes.Mia saw them and felt a huge rush of tenderness for him. She lifted her hand and wiped the tears away gently, whispering that everything was OK. Nick buried his face in her throat and drove into her harder and harder, desperate to be as deep inside of her as he could. He closed his eyes and marvelled that being with Mia was a whole different experience than being with any other woman. This wasn’t fucking and this wasn’t sex. For one of the first times in his li

Mia’s first impulse was to run before Nick saw her, but then she felt a spark of anger. Why should she be the one to duck the situation? She didn’t have some guy’s tongue in her mouth, did she?She walked over to the bar and stood right next to their stools, between them, observing the kiss from less than a foot away. They pulled apart and their eyes opened.Nick saw Mia standing there and he jumped.“Hi, Nick,” she said cheerily. “What are you up to?”The blonde blinked at Mia. “Ummm. Who’s she?”Nick got to his feet, totally panicked now, as the force of what he’d just done hit him. “Mia… look. This isn’t – it’s not…”“Are you going to tell me that it isn’t what it looks like, Nick? Because it looks like you’re kissing this woman.”He stared at her, horrified, dumbstruck. Slowly, a feeling of shame and rage at himself began to creep into his chest. You are such an asshole. She deserves better than this. She deserves better than you. Mia looked down at her feet. “Is this about – ab

“Wake her up, for fuck’s sake." The man's voice sounded far away. "Throw water on her or something.”“Danny, please…" A woman's voice now. Small and soft. Scared. "She’s hurt.”“Yeah, I know, bitch. That was the whole fucking point. Now wake her up, or I’ll do it.”“I don’t think…”“Yeah. Yeah, I know you don’t think, you dumb whore. I do the thinking. Fine. Go stand over there if you're not gonna be helpful.”Mia slowly became aware of the pain in her head. She tried to move but her hands and feet were tied to something. A chair?A wave of freezing cold washed over her, and she gasped in shock.“Wake up, bitch.”She forced her eyes open, squinted up and around.“About time. Jesus.” He set down the dirty pail. "Nice nap?"Mia was soaked through, and she started shivering. He must have used the coldest water he could find.“What… where…” she muttered. "I don't –"“Shut up,” the man snapped. "I’m the one asking the questions.”Mia looked around the room and saw Justine standing in the c

They heard shouting and scuffling at the end of the hall now, and they picked up the pace a bit, trying to keep quiet.Nick poked his head around the open door into the room where he heard yelling. He saw a dark-haired man shouting at a small blonde woman. She was cowering in a corner, terrified. Her nose was bleeding.“Get me some more water, bitch!” he shouted. “Now!”“Danny…” The woman was begging. “Danny, please. You’re going to kill her.”“I’m going to kill her anyway,” the man said. “She knows about Tom.”At those words, Nick burst into the room, not giving a flying fuck about a plan. The fucker had said that he was going to kill Mia, the woman had said that the man had already hurt her – and Nick had heard enough. He ran at the startled man, and without one word or second of hesitation, Nick punched him in the face, as hard as possible. The man grunted and went down on his knees, dazed and shaking his head. Nick hit him again, and again, crazed and out of control, his blood pou

When Nick and Adam saw Dr. Innis walk into the waiting room, they leapt to their feet.“How is she?” Nick asked. “Is she awake?”“Sit down, OK?” Sam said. “We’ll talk.”They sat, their faces strained and pale.“What you need to know is she’s fine, and that’s the most important thing. No real damage, believe it or not. Bad bruising, some lacerations, but nothing broken.”“Thank God.” Nick brushed his hair back off his forehead. “Can we see her?”“Well, ummm. I asked her that and she… she said –”Nick leaned back, feeling like he'd been hit in the chest with a ton of bricks. “She said no.”“I’m afraid so.”“She doesn’t want to see me.”“No. She said she doesn’t.” He looked down at his notes. “She asked you to please call Katie to come and be with her.”Nick was quiet, staring at his wrecked hands, covered in blood. Some of it is Mia’s.“I’m sorry, Nick,” Sam said. “Maybe she’ll feel differently about it after a few hours.”“She doesn’t know what she’s saying, man,” Adam said gently. “S