All Chapters of Fighting Love (Fighting For Love 3): Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Reena was in her studio painting when she heard a gentle knock on the door. She turned down the music.“Mitch? Come on in.”He walked in carrying a large bunch of flowers and she stared at them.“For you,” he said abruptly. “Tiger lilies.”She took them from his hand. “Oh, God. They’re beautiful. Thank you.”“You’re welcome.”“Why did you…”“To say thanks for the introduction. Dean offered me a job.”“Really? Mitch, that’s great.”“Yeah. It’ll help.”She inhaled the fragrance. “I love tiger lilies.”“You do?”“Yeah. The colors, the shape, even the name.”Mitch was gazing down at her with a strange look on his face.“What?” she asked. “Am I covered in paint?”“Yeah.” He reached out and gently stroked her cheek. “All over your face.”She looked down and blushed, saw the splashes of paint on her bare legs. “Yeah, I’m messy when I work.”Mitch took his hand away and she missed his touch. “So, thanks again for your help, Reena.”“You’re really helping Dean out. I know it’s a load off his m

“Use them how?”He shrugged. “However he can to get ahead, or get an advantage. Simon has no time for anyone who can’t benefit Simon directly and immediately.”“But what can Reena do for him?” Mia sat up and shook back her hair. “She’s not in the kickboxing world at all. No money, no sponsorships, no contacts… she can’t give him anything.”Nick was silent again.“Nick? Nick, what are you thinking?”“Mitch.”Mia paused. “Yeah? What about Mitch?”“I’m not sure. Something… something is going on between Mitch and Reena. He’s interested in her, I know, even if he hasn’t said so or done anything about it.”“He is?”“Yeah. God, Mia. Adam told me that Katie and Reena came to the gym a few weeks ago, and he swears that Mitch almost dissolved into a puddle on the mat.”“Really?” Mia made a mental note to tell Reena first thing in the morning that the object of her interest was almost certainly also keen. “So what’s this got to do with Simon?”“He was there. He’s a smart guy, a guy who’s always

Mitch unlocked the apartment door and sighed with pleasure at being home. It had been one hell of a day, and all he wanted was to eat something and get into bed.Reena was standing in the kitchen with her back to him. She didn’t turn around when he walked in.“Hey, Reena,” he said, dropping his gym bag on the floor as he took off his leather jacket and boots. “How’s it going?”She didn’t answer.He glanced over at her. “Reena?”Still nothing. He noticed that she was holding onto the counter very tightly with both hands. Puzzled, he crossed the living room and went into the kitchen. That was when he saw the destruction next to the sofa: the candle holder broken in half, the smashed vase and broken wine glasses. And – was that blood?“Hey, you OK? Did you cut yourself?”She turned around now and Mitch stopped in shock. Her face was bruised and bloody, her lip was split, and her shirt was ripped all the way down the front, exposing her bra and most of her shoulders. Horrified, he took a

Mitch was in Reena’s bed, holding her as she slept. Well, he wasn’t convinced she was sleeping so much as passed out: he recognized the painkillers that she’d been given, and he knew from personal experience that they were hardcore. She hadn’t moved an inch since her eyes had closed two hours earlier, and her breathing was deep and slow.He cradled her close, examining her face in the half-light coming from the hallway. God, she looked so bad, now that the bruises had fully come up. Even with all the blood gently wiped away by a kind nurse, she still looked worse than she had when he first saw her in the kitchen. The hospital staff had been great, and the police had been nothing but supportive of Reena. They took her initial statement, and told her that they’d be picking Simon up as soon as they could find him. Mitch had nodded, but he knew full well that Simon would be walking out of jail as soon as his lawyer arranged payment of his bail. He was a pro boxer, a man with lots of mone

Nick and Gavin appeared behind them. “Gone?” Gavin said.“Yep.” Adam sighed heavily and ran his hands through his cropped dark hair. “That fucker.”“OK, Gavin,” Nick said. “Get our lawyer on the phone right now. Have him in here within an hour, so we can start the process of terminating Simon’s sponsorship agreement with The Rock. As soon as that’s done, I want you to send a press release to everyone you can think of, telling them that we’ve dropped his ass. And why.”“You sure you want to publicize what he did to Reena?” Mitch said.“We won’t say her name, man,” Nick said. “But I want the word out there that the Golden Boy beats up on women and tries to rape them, and there's a police record to prove the complaint. Hit him where it really hurts – his fucking precious reputation and wallet.”The men nodded.“OK, I want to go back home now,” Mitch said. “I want to be with her.”“We’ll be there later today,” Adam said. “Give her our love, OK?”“I will.”****Reena woke up suddenly, a s