《FAKE DATING THE HOTTEST BOXER》全部章節：第 81 章 - 第 90 章

RenataI stood frozen in the middle of the crowd, my heart slamming against my ribs so hard I was sure someone could hear it.Payton.The last time I saw her, she got hit by a car into oblivion. I never saw her body and assumed she just didn't make it. And yet there she was, standing on that stage in a fitted red gown, smiling like nothing had ever happened to her.She took the microphone from Drent's father and gave a short speech, thanking him for the opportunity, promising her loyalty and her hard work. Her voice was smooth, practiced, the kind of voice that could charm a room full of strangers into forgetting who she really was. The crowd clapped. Some of them even cheered.I didn't clap. I couldn't move my hands even if I wanted to.Beside me, Drent had gone rigid, his jaw locked so tight I could see the muscle twitching beneath his skin. He grabbed my wrist without a word and pulled me through the crowd, weaving past waiters and guests until we reached a quiet hallway near the r

PaytonI still remembered the exact moment the car hit me, the way my body flew before it crashed against the pavement, the way the pain swallowed everything else until there was nothing but white noise and the taste of blood in my mouth.Nobody stopped. Nobody came running. I dragged myself along the ground for what felt like hours, my nails scraping against asphalt, my vision blurring in and out, until I finally made it close enough to the hospital that someone noticed me collapsed near the entrance.I prayed the entire time that I wouldn't die there on the ground like some forgotten thing nobody cared enough to save. And somehow, I didn't. I survived, broken and furious, and every single day I spent recovering in that hospital bed, drowning in pain that never seemed to ease, I plotted. I planned. I decided that the people who left me for dead would regret it more than anything they had ever regretted in their lives.Drent and Renata thought they had gotten rid of me. They thought a

Renata I couldn't stop smiling. TKO had actually called. They wanted to sign me.This was exactly what I meant when I told Drent I needed to win, that beating him in front of everyone would open doors no ordinary fight ever could. And now here it was, happening faster than I'd even dared to hope. Investors wanted me. Real ones. A real contract, with my name on it, built entirely on my own two feet.The meeting was set for five o'clock that evening, and I couldn't afford to miss it for anything in this world.I'd already laid my dress out across the side of the bed, smoothed and ready, and I sat at the table going through the final details in my head, my fingers absently working through some mindless task despite the dull ache still throbbing in my bandaged hand. Everything felt like it was finally falling into place.Then my phone buzzed with a message.Finn.My stomach dropped slightly the moment I saw his name. I hadn't spoken to him since the hospital, since he'd shown up out of n

DrentI sat in my car for a full minute after hanging up, trying to make sense of what Renata had just told me. Payton, at Diana's house. Payton, playing nanny to Renata's mother, of all people. It made no sense. She was supposed to be my father's new assistant, tied up with his schedule, his meetings, his endless business affairs. So how the hell had she ended up at Renata's mother's front door?My phone buzzed before I could think any further. Javier."Talk to me," I said, answering immediately."You sound like you're about to lose it," Javier said. "What's going on?"I told him everything. The call from Renata, the news about Payton showing up at her mother's house, the unsettled feeling twisting in my gut that told me this wasn't some harmless coincidence. "I don't like it, Javier. I don't like leaving Renata alone with her, not after everything Payton's already done.""You think she's up to something?""I know she is," I said. "I just don't know what yet.""Then stop guessing and

DrentThe phone rang just after dawn, and something about the timing alone made my stomach twist before I even answered. Renata's name flashed across the screen, and I picked up immediately, already sensing something was wrong.Her voice came through frantic, breathless, the words tumbling out so fast I had to steady myself just to keep up."Drent, I woke up and they're gone. My mom and Payton, they're both gone. I don't know where they are, I don't know what happened, I...""Peach, breathe," I said, cutting through her panic even as my own pulse began to race. "Don't go anywhere. Stay exactly where you are. I'm on my way."I hung up before she could argue, my jaw clenched so tight it ached. Anger surged through me first, hot and immediate, because some part of me had seen this coming from the moment Payton resurfaced in our lives. I had warned myself to keep a closer eye on her, and now that carelessness felt like it was about to cost us something irreplaceable.Fear followed close b