All Chapters of Fighting Love (Fighting For Love 3): Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

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Chapter Eleven

Three nights later, Mitch came home from a brutal day at The Rock to find Reena looking fucking stunning. She was wearing a dark green dress that hugged her every curve, and her hair was sleek and shining, tumbling down her back. She was just pulling on a sexy pair of chestnut knee-high boots that added about three inches to her height.“Where are you off to?” he asked. “Dinner with Simon,” she said. He almost growled.“What do you think?” she said. “Do I look OK?”His eyes travelled over her body and he wanted to run his hands up and down her length. He wanted to take that sweet mouth with his own, he wanted to lick her lips and stroke her heat with his tongue. He wanted her in his arms, just for a few minutes. If he had that – just one kiss – he may be able to live with never touching her again for the whole rest of his life. Maybe. “Yeah,” he said, trying to sound casual. “You look nice.”“Thanks.”“So where is he taking you for dinner?”“I don’t know.” She put on her spring coa

Chapter Twelve

“No, not really. He’s good friends with friends of mine, and we were both looking for a roommate at the same time. It all just kind of worked out, you know?”“Yeah, it happens that way sometimes.”“And you? You know Mitch well?”“Uh.” Pamela looked uncomfortable. “Well, we just met last night.”Reena nodded.“He seems like a nice guy,” Pamela said.“Oh, he is.” Reena brought her a bagel and a bowl of fruit. “He’s great.”“Thanks,” Pamela said and took a bite of bagel. “God, this is so good.”“From the bakery around the corner,” Reena said. “I predict that my ass will spread about six inches before summer, thanks to that place. Just in time for bikini season, you know?”Mitch came out of his bedroom at that exact second and saw the two women sitting at the table, drinking coffee and eating bagels and laughing like the best of friends. The woman from last night – Patricia? Portia? – was wearing his t-shirt and her hair was all after-sex messy. Reena was glowing and beautiful in the sun,

Chapter Thirteen

Simon watched Mitch come into The Rock, and he grinned in anticipation. He’d dropped Reena off as late as possible, and he was sure that Mitch had had a lousy night, waiting for her to get home. It had actually been an OK evening. Reena was nice, if you liked that kind of thing in a girl, which Simon didn’t, and she was sweet and funny. Again, not qualities that interested him overmuch, but which did make her presence tolerable. He had chatted and acted like he gave a shit when she said something, and so the evening had been a roaring success, at least from her perspective. He was totally sure that when she told her girlfriends about it, she’d call Simon ‘a nice guy’.The only thing was that he hadn’t fucked her, and in fact, he hadn’t even made a move in that direction. He was totally convinced that Reena wasn’t the type to fuck on the first date, and Simon was interested in the long-game. None of this was about her, anyway; it was all about screwing with Mitch Corrigan’s head. And

Chapter Fourteen

“OK, Reena. Spill.” Katie’s dark eyes sparkled.“Spill what?” Reena brought two overflowing plates of food over to the table.“Oh, for God’s sake,” Katie huffed. “About Simon, of course.”“Simon?” Maggie asked. “Who’s Simon?”“Oh, man.” Mia reached for a quesadilla. “Simon Yates is only the hottest kickboxer in the game, ladies. He trains with Adam and Nick, and he’s Mitch’s sparring partner. You’ll have seen him in those ads for Coles Jeans… the blond guy with the perfect chest and ass?”Maggie gazed at Reena. “That guy?”“Yeah.” Reena went back to the kitchen and got the pitcher of Margaritas. “Yeah, we’ve been on six dates.”“Six?” Mia said. “I knew about one… when have you been seeing him?”Reena shrugged. “Just – over the past month or so. It’s no big deal.”Maggie snorted and grabbed some homemade nachos. “You’re sleeping with a drop-dead sexy, rich, celebrity kickboxer, and you say it’s ‘no big deal’?”Reena poured out the Margaritas. “We’re not sleeping together.”The other wo

Chapter Fifteen

“With Mitch?” Maggie said. “Huh. Now I never thought of that, but I can see it.”Reena thought of the tall, slim woman with dark hair and bold eyes who had appeared in her kitchen for morning coffee and she shook her head. “No way, guys. I’m not his type, believe me. Not even close.” She grinned at Katie. “You’re much closer to Mitch’s ideal, I promise you.”“Me?” Katie said. “Yep. You should see the woman that he brought home.”“Oh, Reena.” Mia saw the hurt on her friend’s face and squeezed her hand. “He means something, doesn’t he?”Reena looked down as sudden tears blurred her vision. The other women saw her face and all the joking stopped.“Oh, sweetie.” Maggie shook her head. “God, I’m sorry. I didn’t know.”“No, it’s OK. I mean, he’s not interested in me. I’m just being stupid.” She tried to smile. “It’s just a little crush and it’ll pass.”“You sure?” Katie asked.“Sure I’m sure.” Reena raised her chin. “He’s my roommate and my friend, and that’s good enough for me. It’d be go

Chapter Sixteen

A few nights later, Mitch came home from a full day of training. He hurt all over, and he was so looking forward to spending the night on the sofa with Reena. He unlocked the door and saw her in the kitchen pouring hot water into a teapot. She turned around and as usual, his whole body wanted to keep on walking right over to her, take her in his arms.Reena smiled at him. “Hey. How are you doing?”“Sore.” He set the containers of Chinese food on the coffee table. “Simon damn near killed me today.”Reena ignored the mention of Simon’s name and kept struggling to open the bottle of chili sauce. “You hungry?”“Starved.” He came into the kitchen, took the sauce from her without a word, popped it open, handed it back. “You?”“Uh-huh.” She glanced at his hands and winced. “Ouch. You want an ice pack?”“Later. I’m OK for now.”She nodded and brought the teapot to the table. “So what’d you get this time?”Over the past few weeks, they had fallen into a comfortable routine on Friday nights whe

Chapter Seventeen

"I refused to eat my dinner once. It was liver, and it was slimy and gray and cold. He… he force-fed it to me while she held my hands behind my back. Just jammed it down my throat, plugged my nose.” She stared at her hands. “It was the most disgusting thing I’d ever seen or tasted, and I threw it all up right away. Then he got a spoon and he… he…” She stopped.“Reena, no,” Mitch said softly. “Please don’t tell me they made you do that.”She nodded and took a deep breath. “I haven’t eaten meat since.”Mitch reached out and took her small hand in his massive one. “Holy fuck, babe. I’m so, so sorry.”“It’s OK.” She wiped the tears from her eyes, and his gut twisted at her hurt. “It was a long time ago.”He wanted to pull her to him right now, to offer her some comfort. But he resisted it; he knew that if he touched her like that just once, he’d never be able to stop himself from wanting more. Then more. He’d want everything, and she just wasn’t about to give that to someone like him. She

Chapter Eighteen

“OK, sit.” She shoved him back into the bathroom and sat him on the edge of the tub. He was so surprised at tiny little Reena physically pushing his six-foot-six, two-hundred-forty-pound self around, he just went along with it. “Let me take a look at you.”“I’m fine.”“If you say that one more time, I’m taping your mouth shut. You are not fine.”He sighed again and then closed his eyes when her cool, gentle hands touched his face. He bit back a groan as she leaned closer, her sweet scent infiltrating every pore in his body, her loose hair brushing his bare chest. She was standing between his legs and he opened his eyes just a bit; her breasts were right in front of him and the temptation to just lean forward and kiss them overwhelmed him. He squeezed his eyes closed again, clenched his busted hands to stop himself from reaching for her, from pulling her in and tight.Reena ran her fingers over his face, lifting his chin to the light so she could see better. It felt so incredible to to

Chapter Nineteen

Mitch laughed. He couldn’t believe that he did, but it just burst out of him. She blinked in surprise, and then she smiled too. The tension in the air disappeared, and they suddenly felt like they knew one another again.“OK, Reena. I’ll tell you everything.”She exhaled, relieved. “Sit down. I’ll clean your cuts while you talk.” She ran warm water in the sink, found a fresh face cloth and got a tube of antibiotic cream from the medicine cabinet. Mitch sat back on the edge of the tub and watched her, liking the way her graceful painter's hands moved. She gently cleaned his face with water and a bit of soap and he closed his eyes again, enjoying her touch, relaxing fully for the first time in what felt like years.“The truth is… I’m fighting to pay off a debt." He sighed. "A big one.”“Whose debt?”“My sister’s.”Her hands stilled. “Your sister’s?”“Yeah.” He opened his eyes again. “I don’t want to talk about why she owes money, or to who. I’m serious.”She studied his green eyes, and

Chapter Twenty

The next afternoon, Mitch got out of bed at about two o’clock in the afternoon. Every inch of his body hurt, and as he stood in the kitchen waiting for the coffee to brew, he took stock of his injuries, holding an ice pack to his hands.Goddammit. Turning twenty-nine really was the turning-point, huh? How many more of those kinds of no-holds-barred fights have you got in you, man? Maybe twenty more? At most and if you’re fucking lucky? Thirty ain’t that far off, Corrigan – you think you’ll still be able to do this for much longer after that? His eye was caught by a yellow post-it on the fridge and he walked over to read it. Reena’s handwriting, as curved and graceful and feminine as she was. He sighed when he recalled those sweet hands on his face; sighed again when he remembered her calling him a friend.He looked down and read, ‘Mitch, here’s your magic key. Drop by and see Dean Jessop from Blackstar Ink… tell him that you’re the guy Reena told him about this morning. He’s there un

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