Chapter 49
Forty-Nine
Hayden
Jaclyn’s fingers trailing up and down my back releases any tension I have in my body. I feel calm and almost nurtured with how her touch feels against my skin.
We’re in the dressing room right now waiting for the referee to come in and say the fight is all set. I can hear the crowd outside the room, yelling my name and Eric’s name. Kayden told me that tonight’s tickets were sold out and he also mentioned that my biddings were the highest.
It’s gonna be a good night when I win. I’ll be fucking drowning in money and that deal Marco and I made will be done with.
“You okay?” Jaclyn asks, kissing my temple, still running her hands up and down my back.
“Yea, just thinking,” I mumble before looking at her. “You’ll be okay out there? You don’t want to stay here? ”
She shakes her head before licking her bottom lip, making my dick twitch in my pants. “I am going to stay with Natalia and the boys. I want to watch you.”
I like knowing that Jaclin likes what I do. I know some people, Carter for example, hate that I fight, especially in a setting that’s fucked up. Jaclyn lets me be who I want to be without any judgment.
I reach out and tuck a strand of hair behind her ear. “If anything happens, I don’t care if I have Eric by the neck against the cage, you get my attention and I’ll come.” I hold her jaw in my hand making her look at me.
She nods her head and looks down at my lips, blush forming on her face.
I can’t help but lean towards her and press my lips against her.
I love kissing Jaclyn. She fits so well against me and I’ve never had someone who is as perfect for me as Jaclyn is. She just matches all the energy I have when kissing me. She breathes me in like she can’t get enough of me.
I lick her bottom lip before my tongue makes its way between her lips. She breathes heavily before kissing me back just as furiously and passionately.
And when I feel like I just can’t get enough of her a knock sounds on the door making me grunt and pull away from her.
“Night, you’re up,” the ref calls and I close my eyes, wishing I was anywhere but here .
“You’re going to do great,” Jaclyn whispers. “I’ll be there watching you.” Jaclyn kisses my lips once more before getting up.
I watch her as she leaves the room and the ref holds open the door for her. I stand up and walk to the mirror hanging on the wall. I already have my wraps on.
I slide the gloves on and punch them together before heading to the door.
The ref holds it open for me and pats my shoulder with his gloved hand. “You ready, Night?” I nod my head not answering him.
He walks me to the cage and opens the door. Eric is already in the cage, pouncing around like he is a fucking monkey.
“It’s going to feel great beating your ass and making you get on your knees, Hayden,” Eric says with a sadistic smile on his face.
I ignore him as the ref gets in the cage and stands between Eric and I. He holds onto both of our shoulders while speaking to the crowd of the most anticipated fight at this club. I block everything out and fight the urge to look at Jaclyn.
I know if I look at her I’m going to get distracted and want to stare at her the entire fight, making sure she’s okay and away from harm.
Instead I keep my attention on Eric and how I’m going to make him pay .
“Fight!” the ref yells before a bell rings.
I don’t waste any time before taking one step forward and landing a punch to his throat. Eric steps back and covers his throat while coughing and leaning down. I take more steps towards him as he backs up against the cage. I start punching left and right to his face, where it’s exposed to me. He’s more so covering his throat from the punch I sent there.
I hear yells screaming ‘boo’ and then curse words hyping me up. I block them all out and continue to pound Eric against the cage.
When Eric finally gains his strength back he throws a punch to my ribs. I wince but still don’t stop punching him in his face.
I’ll make him fucking unconscious before he makes me bleed. I hold him by the throat against the cage and punch his face making blood ooze from his lip. He coughs while trying to get me off. He punches me in the face, making me back up and throw him to the ground.
Eric swipes his feet under mine, making me fall to the floor with a hard thud. Eric gets on top of me and starts going at it. I cover his hits, protecting my face. I can see glimpses of Eric’s smug face as he hits me hard.
“Tell me, does Jaclyn like guys who are rough with her in bed? I bet she’ll feel nice and good, Night.”
I don’t waste a second thrusting my hips up and throwing Eric off to the side. I get on top of him and straddle his hips as I punch his face side to side. He still is smiling as I punch him like a fucking maniac.
“I’ll fucking kill you if you ever dare touch her.” I thrust my fists to his throat as he chokes on his own spit. Blood comes out of his mouth after every punch and I feel some splatter on my face but I don’t care I’m close to killing him and this shit ends today. “Better start praying motherfucker.”
I keep throwing punches until the bell rings. The ref pulls me off of Eric as he stays on the floor, breathing hard and raspy.
“Against the cage, Night!” the ref yells while pushing me against the cage.
I look across from me at the other end of the cage while the ref and medic team check on Eric. My eyes go to Jaclyn who is staring at me with awe in her eyes. I love how she doesn’t hide her pleasure in me beating Eric’s ass. She is just as twisted as me, I’m sure of it.
I fucking love this girl.
Holy shit.
I wish there was a word to describe how I feel about Jaclyn because the word love doesn’t even give justice to how I feel about her.
She feels like everything I have been wishing for and more.
I’ve known I felt something for her for a while now but admitting it to myself feels like everything .
It feels real.
I can’t help but look up at the top floor when I see Marco sitting in his office through the window. He is looking at me with anger in his eyes because he hates losing. I can’t help but smile while looking at him.
“Hayden Night!” the ref yells while holding my fist to the air, naming me the undefeated champion of this stupid club.
When I look at the crowd to see Jaclyn, my eyes go to a random person. I look around the crowd to try and find her but I can’t. She’s gone.
I look back up at the second floor and don’t see Marco. I get the ref’s hand off me and leave the cage, not even going to my dressing room and making my way upstairs to Marco’s office. I don’t knock when I’m in front of his door, instead I push it open and see Marco sitting in his chair with a familiar head of brunette hair across from him.
“We had a deal,” I say before grabbing Jaclyn’s arm and pulling her out of the chair. “Come on. We’re leaving.”
“What’s going on?” Jaclyn asks me, looking at me with uncertainty in her eyes.
“Don’t worry about it, we’re leaving.”
“See the deal we had, Hayden, protected her from me. Not you,” Marco says, making me look away from Jaclyn and glare at him. “You’re still mine Hayden. Don’t think that just because you won this fight that it’s all over.” My jaw clenches and I move Jaclyn behind me so he doesn’t have his eyes on her. “I’ll be in touch, Hayden.”
I don’t answer him as I leave the room, slamming the door behind me with his lingering words still in my head.