Freda's POVI opened my eyes slowly from sleep and rolled to the other side of the bed, but did not find Hardin. He was out of bed again for the umpteenth time we had slept together over the night on the same bed. I sat up slowly on the bed and could not help but reminisce on what happened last night. I only chuckled as everything played in my head like a movie that I had watched before. He always came up with something new and enjoyable anytime we have sex, and then I knew that when Shelby said his cock was part of what was making me stay, she was partially saying the truth.I stood up from the bed, and I discovered that I had nothing on me. I looked around the room to check for my dress, but Hardin had already picked them up and put them where I had no idea. I heaved a sigh as I walked naked into the bathroom to take a quick shower and get ready for the day's activity. I was not going to train today because Hardin had told me to take a break for today. Not long after, I came out of
Freda's POVHer words reverberated in my mind as I thought of it. Could she be telling the truth if she was just trying to get to me? I thought. I became confused and decided to shrug off the thoughts from my mind, but it kept replaying in my head like a recorded audio. I heaved a sigh of frustration as I could no longer think straight. My indoor date had been ruined completely by her and her words. She stood there quietly, not saying anything as she observed my body movements before chuckling. I could not bear it any longer and I talked.“I know you are just trying to get to me, and it wouldn't work. You have to try harder than this.” I said in a sharp tone, and she burst into laughter, holding her ribs while she laughed. Her laughter got me more infuriated, and I felt like pouncing on her.“That's the least of things I would do. By the way, I hope you are getting prepared for the ultimate fight. I don't want any excuse when I beat your ass up on that day.” She asked, turning around
Freda's POVI sat there on my bed, with my mind filled with different thoughts. “How could Shelby be so cruel and mean?” I asked myself as I tried to understand why she behaved the way she did. I heaved a heavy sigh as I leaned backward to rest my back on the pillow. My mind was split in half as I could not make the decision whether to go ahead with the fight or just call it a quit. However, I will have to go with the former because the latter is not a viable option to choose. I thought as I rolled over to the other side of the bed.“Hardin would not let me leave even if I wanted to.” I thought, exhaling rapidly as I slowly brought my hand to wipe my face. I had grown so close to him that spending time without him now seemed difficult and almost impossible. A knock suddenly came on the door, jolting me from my reverie, and my heart skipped a beat as I tilted my head to look at the door. “Who could be at the door?” I asked myself as I tried to guess the person from the way they knocked
Hardin's POVI walked out of her room swiftly, filled with rage and extreme anger, I could not bring myself to a halt even when I tried my best to calm my nerves. I walked straight to Shelby's room, opened the door, and walked in swiftly.“What the hell do you think you are doing?” I asked immediately I walked in but was gutted at her absence in the room. I tilted my head all around the room to see if she was anywhere in the room but, my gaze only fell on the unwrapped cocaine on the table and I immediately knew that she was getting high, and she was not far away. I heaved a heavy sigh of frustration as I walked out of her room and went in search of her in the mansion. “Shelby?” I yelled out loud as I walked along the hallway, and I could hear my voice echoing while I walked along. I got to the sitting room and looked around, only to see a maid who stood there. Filled with anger, I gestured to her to come, as I could not talk because of the anger that I felt. She came running to me,
Freda's POVI watched him look at me keenly, waiting for me to ask what I wanted to ask. But, I did not want to ask again, as the answer to my intended question was obvious. I heaved a sigh as I tilted my head away for a moment as I tried to quickly think of a new question to ask, but before I could think of any, he cleared his throat, grabbing my attention as I tilted my head to look at him before he talked.“What is it you wanted to ask?” He asked, and I heaved a sigh, placing my palm over my face for a moment before I talked.“It's nothing. I am fine.” I said and hoped he would take his mind off that. He took a deep breath, tilting his head away for a moment before he brought it back, clearing his throat slightly to talk.“I spoke to Shelby already. She would not be troubling you until the day of the duel. The wait is almost over. It's in the next four days.” He explained, and immediately I heard him say the number of days that remained to the duel, my heart skipped a beat and I im
Shelby's POVI was filled with an overwhelming feeling as the day of the big fight drew closer. I could not wait for the day that I could permanently earn my spot in the life of Hardin and chase that slut out of his life forever. My heart raced faster as I remembered that the fight was tomorrow, not because I was scared to fight Freda but because I did not know what to do and how to do it. “Should I kill her, to avoid any future occurrence of her meeting Hardin?” I asked myself as I slowly lowered my head to sniff in my white powder.I exhaled heavily with my mouth wide open as I closed my eyes. The pleasure that comes with taking the white powder, especially in the middle of the night, one could not overemphasize. I heaved a sigh as I slowly opened my eyes, my mind filled with a series of imagination as I pictured how the fight was going to look. “I won't even spend much time with her,” I murmured to myself, chuckling as I knew that I had a better chance of winning the fight than her
Freda's POVI woke up with so much anxiety and fretting in my heart. It was finally the most dreadful day that I had been waiting for. I could barely sleep as my whole thoughts were occupied by the big fight and each time I tried to take my mind off the fight, I ended up thinking about the fight the more. I sat up on the bed and I contemplated, whether to go ahead with the fight or just call it a quit, but something kept pushing me to go on with the fight. I heaved a sigh, as I tried to get up from the bed.I walked into the bathroom, slowly, with one big thought on my mind. “What if I lose to her?” I asked myself, and my heart skipped a beat. I could not deny how much I wanted to be with Hardin, even if he is a hell of a pain sometimes. I could not understand why I had fallen so deep for him, and living without him was almost a problem for me. Not long after, I came out of the bathroom, getting ready for the fight, while I tried not to think about how experienced Shelby was.I was fi
Hardin’s POV Frozen in sight, my eyes locked on the horrifying sight of Freda crumpling to the ground, crimson staining her clothes as blood gushed from her stomach. Despite the urgency of my men rushing to her aid, I stood rooted to the spot, an invisible force holding me in place as if time had come to a stop. It felt as though the very foundation of my world was crumbling before my eyes, a sense of helplessness washing over me like a tidal wave.I tilted my head in the direction of Shelby who wasn't feeling remorseful for what she did. The audacity of her actions left me reeling, disbelief mingling with a rising tide of fury that threatened to consume me whole. As the red haze of anger clouded my vision, instinct took over, primal and unyielding. Without a second thought, my hand moved on its own accord, reaching for the familiar weight of my gun. The cold metal pressed against my palm.In that fleeting moment of clarity amidst the chaos, I raised the weapon, my finger curling ar