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“My underwear.”

“Why would you even say that? My dad’s not gonna steal his stepdaughter’s underwear. That’s…” He shakes his head like it’s preposterous but he’s the one telling me I should’ve been locking my door. If he truly believed his dad wasn’t a threat, why warn me?

“So it was you?” He’s never admitted to it.

His nod is delayed and slow.

“Can I get them back?”

In a flash, he’s got me in his grasp again, his demeanor back to playful.

“You don’t need underwear, Silver.”

“I see. So you’re just eliminating all barriers keeping you from my pussy? The underwear, the wall.”

Khaos chuckles before picking me up. “Exactly.”

As my feet hook behind his back, his tone turns serious. “Nothing can keep me from you. Nothing.”

“I love you,” I tell him seriously.

“I love you.”

“Kiss me until our lips go numb.”

“I’m gonna kiss everything on you until you’re numb.”

Now that’s the kind of grovel I was hoping for.

“I told you not to come.”

“You also told me it’d be over quick.”

“I thought you didn’t like it when I was quick.”

I chance a peek at Kota. On the other side of the cage, she’s shaking her head at me. Dex is on one side of her, Tina on the other. The latter only offered to come as atonement. I’ve already forgiven her. She just doesn’t know that yet. I’ll let her in on the secret after this fight.

A fist flies at my face, forcing me to duck, only for a second one to collide with my chin from below.

Fucking uppercut.

Kota’s gasp reverberates around me. She’s been doing that every hit I take. Or deliver. Me getting injured in any way is too much for her.

My girl loves me.

“I’m all right,” I assure her just like I did all the other times.

Dex calls out a pointer about my stance, so I adjust it without question. Dude’s upped his research lately, sending me clips and tips he’s found on the internet he thinks I might find useful.

It’s nice. Having help. Support. A team.

For once.

My opponent, Buck Norris—not even fucking kidding—kicks at my gut like his goddamn namesake, making me double over involuntarily. Thank God the only thing I’ve eaten in the last couple hours was pussy, otherwise it’d be coming up right now.

Kota cries out.

“Silver? You wanna…read or something?” It’s what she did at her parties with Guy.