All Chapters of Married The Wrong Groom: Claimed By The Ruthless Don : Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

Xander stood frozen as he was too stunned. He didn't say a word in his defense or even try to deny what Maxton just said. He knows that Maxton never spoke unless he had proof.Xander’s mind raced. He had worked so hard to hide the truth about his wife’s death and had buried it deep, or so he thought. He felt a sudden chill run down his spine as he wondered. How did Maxton find out? Maxton didn't look at him, he just leaned back in his chair and took a slow, calm sip of his wine. He looked completely relaxed, as if they were talking about the weather. But his eyes were watching Xander like a hawk.Suddenly, the shock in Xander’s eyes turned into hot, burning anger and he took a step forward with his fists clenched tight at his sides."You think you’re so smart, don't you, Maxton?" Xander hissed. His voice was trembling with rage. "You think you can judge me? Look at what you've done! You stole her. I was the one who met Raina first! I was the one who played with her and always protect

BINNNNN!The alarm went off at five in the morning, but Raina was already awake.She had been lying in the dark for the past hour, staring at the ceiling, her fingers curled into loose fists at her sides. Her knuckles were still sore from last night's training. She had pushed too hard again, but she couldn't stop. Every time she thought about stopping, her mother's face appeared in her mind and her hands just kept moving.She sat up, rolled her shoulders back, and got out of bed.“Today is the day.” She muttered to herself quietly, like something she needed to hear out loud before she could fully believe it.She moved very fast, washed her face, pulled her hair back into a sleek ponytail, then threw on a plain hoodie and joggers. Nothing flashy.Maxton was already downstairs when she came down and she already knew he would definitely be there because he literally never sleeps.Raina had started to wonder if he was actually human or just some expensive, well-dressed machine that ran o

The announcer's voice was still echoing through the arena when Bryan ducked under the ropes.His legs just moved on their own and the next thing he knew he was crossing the ring in four steps and pulling Raina into his arms before she could even turn around fully.She stiffened for a split second the way she always did when someone touched her without warning. Then she felt who it was and her body relaxed and she let him hold her.Bryan held on tight and his eyes were squeezed shut. This girl had just gone three brutal rounds against one of the most dangerous fighters in the underground and she was still standing and he needed a moment to be grateful for that."You did it," he said into her hair. His voice came out rougher than he intended. "You actually did it."Raina pulled back and looked at him and for just one second her guard was completely down. No tough face or controlled expression. Just a tired, bruised girl who had just fought one of the hardest fights of her life and won.

Three days was all the time Raina had to get ready for the final and she used every single second of it.She was at Bryan's gym before the sun came up and she stayed until her arms stopped working properly. She drilled footwork until her legs burned and worked combinations on the bag until her knuckles ached through the wraps. After finding out her opponent is Viki Sàaid, she became even more determined to train.She watched footage of Viki Saaid on her laptop until she could close her eyes and see the woman's fighting style playing out behind her eyelids like a film she had memorized.Viki Saaid was nothing like Shannon Keyson.Shannon had been dangerous, fast and technical, but Viki was something different entirely. She was the kind of fighter who didn't just want to win, but always wants to take something from you in the process. Every fight she had ever had ended with her opponent on the floor and the crowd completely silent because nobody quite knew how to process what they had

Silence… A deep nerve racking silence fell over the arena.Not the gradual kind that fades in slowly, but the kind that drops over an entire room in one second like someone cut the power to every voice simultaneously.The arena went completely still as everyone present was just too stunned.Every eye was on the ring and on the face that was just exposed. All gazes were on the young woman standing in the middle of the ring with blood on her lip and her chest heaving and her real face exposed under the brutal overhead lights for every single person in the arena to see.Three seconds of silence, then the arena erupted.In the commentator booth both men were talking over each other."Wait … wait, wait, wait … am I seeing what I think I'm seeing right now…""I need someone to tell me my eyes are working properly because that looks like….""That IS… ladies and gentlemen I don't … My eyes must be deceiving me right now because the woman standing in that ring, the fighter we have known all to