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everything I was
looking for at the time: smart, funny, charming. Unfortunately for
me, he was none of those things. I just didn’t realize it until it
was too late.” I explained to him everything that happened from the
first time Alex hit me and on to the last.
    “So that’s why you learned self-defense? To protect
yourself?”
    “If I didn’t, I’d be dead.”
    His jaw clenched and he huffed. “No wonder why you
teach it at the gym.”
    I nodded. “Some of those women have been in
situations like mine and barely survived. They just want to know
how to protect themselves.”
    “Do you know when he’ll get out of prison?”
    “I don’t know. I try not to think about it. Darryl,
the officer who stopped me from killing Alex that night, has my
contact information. No one else has it. So if he were to ever get
out, Darryl’s supposed to call me.”
    “Fuck, Megan,” he said, pulling me into his arms. “I
may be fucked up and done horrible shit in my past, but I can
promise you I’d never lay a hand on you like that. I’ve never laid
a hand on any woman.”
    I breathed him in and smiled. “I know. And even if
you were, you picked the wrong girl. I almost killed Alex
and I have no doubt I’d try to do it again. Besides, I have an army
of UFC fighters in my corner. You wouldn’t last a second.”
    Chuckling, he kissed the top of my head. It was a
sweet gesture and yet totally foreign to me. “You’re right, I
wouldn’t. And neither will fuckhead if he ever tries to get near
you again. I’ll kill him myself.”
    “Speaking of which, I’ve heard things about you. Some
of it I’ve even wondered if it could possibly be true.”
    “Like what?”
    “That you’ve killed people when you were fighting at
the Dark Side. Gabby told me stories about Paxton and what he did
when he was there. I figured you were the same way since you two
were friends.”
    He cleared his throat and averted his gaze. “I don’t
think the truth is what you want to hear right now. Not after
telling me about your ex.”
    “Well, lies definitely aren’t.”
    Sighing, he stood up and ran a hand through his hair.
“Fine, okay, I killed people. They were worthless sacks of shit who
mainly raped women or children or some sick shit like that. The
leader of the Dark Side had them brought in so we could fuck them
up. Almost all of them never left alive. Is that what you wanted to
hear?”
    Getting to my feet, I slowly approached him. His
breath came out in deep, rapid pants, but slowed when I touched his
chest. “Yes. I already knew because Paxton confirmed it. I just
wanted to see what you would say.”
    His eyes narrowed. “And what would you have done if I
lied?”
    “I would’ve sent you out the door. I guess it’s a
good thing you didn’t. So far you haven’t let me down with your
honesty. There may be a chance we can be friends after all.”
    Taking my hands, he pulled them up and around his
neck. “What if I want to be more than that?”
    I leaned up on my tiptoes and kissed his cheek. “Just
be patient and keep doing what you’re doing.” The door to the
garage opened and I could hear Nicole pull her car inside. Letting
my hands slide down his chest, I breathed him in one last time
before stepping away. “You understand, right?”
    “I do, but I can’t say it’s going to be easy.” No, it
wasn’t. The door opened and Nic came charging in, twirling around
and singing Taylor Swift’s new song. It was loud and off key, but
that was Nic for you.
    When she saw us, she gasped. “Oh my God, I thought
you’d be doing the nasty by now.”
    Kyle chuckled and I rolled my eyes. “And if we were,
you would’ve killed the mood.”
    Her mouth dropped. “Oh, whatever. I’m going to bed.”
She stormed off, but winked at me over her shoulder before
disappearing up the stairs.
    I turned back to Kyle and shook my head. “She keeps
things interesting, that’s for sure.”
    “I can see that.”
    “Do you want me to walk you