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"Dy, please I want to come with." I'm sitting on his bed while he is preparing his stuffs for the fight.

"We have talked about this Belle."

I came close to him and wrapped my arms around his neck.

"Please?"

"No."

I let go of him and walked out of the room. He asked me to give us a chance but he is shutting me out of this. I know this is important to him that is why I want to be there for him no matter what.

I locked the door in my room and sat beside my bestfriend who is now sleeping. My poor bestfriend must be really tired from his night shift in the hospital. I lie down beside her and rested my head on the pillow. I few seconds later I hear a knock on the door.

"Belle, can we talk?"

I did not answer him. If he's just going to keep on shutting me out, it would be better to stop whatever it is that we are doing.

"I'm sorry Belle. Can you please open the door."

I still did not answer.

"Fine, you can come with me."

I stood up and slowly opened the door. I made a small opening just enough for us to meet each other eye to eye.

"Yah?" I asked while looking at his beautiful brown eyes.

Dylan lets out good boy smile in response. Ugh Dylan why do you have to be this sweet?

I opened the door wide so Dylan can come inside. He then grabs me towards him and kisses me on my lips.

"I could never win an argument against these soft lips." He said while looking at me intently and touching my lips with his thumb.

"I just want this relationship to work Dy."

"There will be blood, are you sure you can handle it?"

To be honest, I'm not sure if I can, but for Dylan, I will do my best.

"Yes Dy, don't worry about me. Just make sure it will not be your blood I'm going to see."

"I'll try." Dylan lets out a sweet smile while cupping my face.

"Great! I knew you can make him say yes B! What are we waiting for? Let's go see my brother beat some ass!"

Dammit Amy, she's awake all these time. She removes the blanket on top of her and flipped her hair to the back. To my surprise, she has already put a black dress on. She quickly combs her hair and went to the mirror to put make up on. Dylan and I just looked at each other in amazement. Amy, being Amy.

We quickly prepared for the night. I'm wearing a red off shoulder crop top and white form fitting skirt. I glued false eyelashes and brushed it down to my eyelids with black gel eyeliner. Amy did my hair by defining my waves even more. My nude seven inches stilettos complemented my over all look.

"Wow B, you are so rocking this I'm a girlfriend of a fighter look. Omg!"

I look myself in the mirror and I think this might be too much.

"Are you sure about this A?"

"Ugh yah." She has a duh look on her face.

"Let's go B, they are waiting for us outside."

Amy as usual looks like the Asian version of a Victoria's secret model. She has this long black straight hair. Her medium skin glows flawlessly. Her black glittery dress perfectly suits her skinny figure. And her peep toe high heels looks perfect on her.

While walking towards the street, Dylan is already standing beside the car looking all handsome as always. Trevor is also standing next to him, wearing a black suit. I can see that Dylan is looking at me intently as we near them.

"Ladies, shall we?" Said Trevor. He then offered his hand to help Amy climb to the front passenger seat.

Dylan and I are at the back sitting close to each other. His arm is wrapped around my waist, while I'm holding his hand.

"Hey, it's going to be fine." Said Dylan while touching my face. I think that he sensed my anxiety.

"There's nothing to worry about Belle, my boy will demolish that fucker like a punching bag."

I believe Trevor, I once saw Dylan almost crush his opponent's head with punches when I went to the gym. I also recall what Dylan once told me. He likes the rush of fighting. This is what he wants and what he really is. If I want to work this out, I have to accept it, even if it frightens me a lot.

"Don't worry about me Dylan. This is your night. You are going to win this. I just can feel it." I placed my palm on his chest while I'm pressing my body to him. Dylan landed another kiss on my lips while his hand traveled to my thigh.

"You are beautiful Belle. I'm already a winner just by having you as my girl."

My heart instantly melted. Dylan is the kind of a man that any woman will easily fall in love with. Aside from being a natural bad boy, he is the kind that when you're with him, you feel safe and at ease.

I reciprocated his kiss and inhaled his sexy scent. He held and pulled me even closer to him effectively removing me from my seat. Dylan's hand palmed my breast.

"Hey big brother, do you want to hear a prayer?" Said Amy butting in.

Mine and Dylan's lips disconnected as we both smile in response to Amy.

Amy cleared her throat while everyone awaits.

"Hail Mary Arabella is a virgin, may her first be with you."

My eyes widened in horror. I feel like all the blood rushed to my face as my bestfriend reveal to her brother and Trevor that I'm still a virgin.

Dylan looked at me like he was waiting for me to say something. I placed my palm in the middle of his face and pushed it backwards. He lets out a soft chuckle in response.

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Moments later we arrived at an old building. To the right most part is the entrance to the basement car park. Several limousine and other sports cars are already ahead of us.

"I thought we are going to an MMA fight, why does it look like we are going to a rich people gathering?" Amy said exactly what I was thinking.

"Precisely because we are going to a rich people gathering. And get this, some of these rich people are crooks of the great New York underground world." So this is why Dylan doesn't want me to come here. He's just protecting me.

"Trevor." Dylan quickly interrupts Trevor.

"Omg! You mean we are going to rub elbows with gangsters? That is so cool!" Amy said excitedly.

I suddenly remember what happened to me at David's shop. I wanted to ask Dylan if the Russian Mafia would be here as well but I decided not to, because of his fight. I do not want to worry him. I want him to focus on winning and not to think about my concern.

My heart is now beating fast. I feel like my mouth is turning dry. What if those men will see me here?

When we already went past the entrance security, the car park is already half full with cars, mostly black expensive cars. I have little to no knowledge about cars but I know expensive when I see one. We parked at a different spot far from what looks like the VIP parking. We walked in at a different entrance and went inside an empty hallway. Amy and Trevor walk ahead us while Dylan and I are holding hands tightly. My Dylan has a serious look on his face.

As we approach the door at the end of the hallway, we can already hear people cheering and shouting.

"Trevor will be with you in the arena, I will see you after my fight okay?"

I nodded at him. "Listen Dy, I will be here for you no matter what. I promise." Dylan lets out a smile, pinned me to his body and planted a kiss on my lips.

Amy and Dylan then hugged each other.

"I love you big brother. Go fight win!" Amy said enthusiastically. Dylan shakes the top of Amy's head while chuckling and teasing his sister. Amy pouts her lips and frowns like a kid.

"Take care of them." Dylan and Trevor hugged each other.

"You should win, I have already bet all my money on you. I'm going to starve if you lose bro."

"Well in that case I'm going to fix this match just to see you to starve." Dylan retorted teasingly to Trevor.

Dylan went the other way while Trevor escorted us to the main hall.

This place is a far cry from the facade of the building. One would never think that inside actually looks huge and classy.

Amy and I are holding hands as we entered the arena. At the center is a steel cage just like the one I saw from the gym but this one looks a little bigger. There is already a fight going on as we approach our seats. Around the cage are a couple of tables with several people working with laptops. Behind the tables are rows of chairs. We sat at the fourth row. The arena is slowly getting crowded. I noticed that there are several portions for the VIP's at the mezzanine level. Those must be the rooms where the ultra rich people watch the fight. The atmosphere in the arena is festive and loud. A mixture of perfume, cigarette smoke and liquor added to the overall old classy scenery. Most of the people are men in black suits and women in dresses and gowns.

The fighters in the cage looked tired already. There's already blood dripping down the face of one of the them. I decided to look away and just wait for Dylan's fight. If I really think about it, this place is really sad. I really could not understand why people get entertained from all this brutality and violence.

Amy on the other hand doesn't seem to be bothered by what is happening around us.

"B, are you okay?"

"Uhuh."

"I know what you are thinking B. Look at these two. These are fighters. This is what they do. No one forced them to be in that cage but them. They live for this B, just like my brother."

I glanced at the fighters again. Amy's right, This is what they do. Who am I to judge them and the people around here.

"You're right A."

"I'm always right my little bitch." Amy connected his nose to mine. We just giggled at our silliness.

"What would I do without you A?"

"Hey! The two of you should stop making out in front of me. I might not contain it." Trevor interrupts us while sporting a teasing look on his face.

Amy lets out a wicked smirk in response. Oh no, I think I know what she's planning to do.

My bestfriend held my chin and landed a kiss on my lips. I let her do it and kissed her back as well. A few seconds later, we looked at Trevor whose eyes widened in awe. The couple beside Amy on the other hand look like they enjoyed our little show. Geeez, they are kind of creepy.

Amy and I giggled at Trevor's reaction. He shook his head in defeat. Poor Trevor, he fell victim to the magnificent A. Between the two of us, Amy has always been the go getter, life of the party kind of girl. She's always full of surprises and dirty thoughts. And I love her just the way she is.

Amy and I decided to go to the privy. She held my hand as we slowly excuse ourselves from the people who are already seated. As we walk along, I have that weird feeling again that someone is watching me. I just hope that its not the Russian Mafia.

After going to the privy, Amy and I arrived on time because Dylan is about to get called to the cage. Trevor said Dylan gets called first because he is the challenger. Apparently, this fight is the main event of the night. The three of us stood up and cheered for Dylan as he walks towards the cage.

Dylan is surrounded by his trainer, the one I saw in the gym and three other men. He looks so ferocious and as per usual, so damn hot. He is wearing black shorts, it has the word Arkady on the front garter. He is also wearing the necklace I gave him. He kissed the pendant before removing it from his neck. Oh Dylan.

Seconds later Dylan's opponent approaches the cage with his entourage. Loud cheers can now be heard all over the arena. Obviously, Dylan is the underdog in this fight. My heart jumped from my chest when I saw his opponent. I swear, he looks like a bulldog. He's a little bit taller than Dylan and his muscles are bigger. This man can seriously hurt Dylan.

When they stood face to face, Dylan did not show any sign of backing down. These two looks like they can actually kill each other. The first round started. Both of them walked around a little bit when all of a sudden, the other guy attacks and throws punches at Dylan, but my boyfriend was able to get away. People are now booing at Dylan.

In just a blink of an eye, his opponent was able to wrestle him down and lock his legs effectively immobilizing Dylan. The arena is now booming with cheers every time a punch lands to Dylan's face. Oh my god I feel like my heart is going to stop beating just by looking at his face. Thank goodness he was able to recover quickly and remove himself from his position.

After a few seconds the first round ended. A small chair is placed on Dylan's corner and he quickly sits down. His trainer is instructing Dylan and he seems to be paying attention. He still doesn't look beaten down.

The bulldog however looks like he just got out of the shower. He doesn't look tired at all. Oh god please help Dylan.

The second round started. People are now cheering for the other guy.

"Finish him!" Several people around the arena are now chanting. "Finish him!"

At this point I feel like my heart is beating a thousand times. I held Amy's hand tightly. If only I could stop the time so I could grab Dylan out of that cage.

His opponent pushed him towards the steel cage. He elbows Dylan a couple of times to his face. Dylan looks like he's already in pain. Shit.

"Yeah!!!!" People behind us are already shouting.

I could not take it anymore, so I looked away. I just let the round finish. My heart jumps everytime people around us cheer for the other fighter.

The round ended, and the people took their seats. Dylan's arms are now spread in the corner of the cage while being seated. His trainer splashes water to his face as he tries to catch his breath.

"Fuck!" Trevor exclaimed.

My heart jumped from my chest when Amy quickly grabs my hand and forced me to stand up.

"Dylan!!!!! Dylan!!!!! Over here!!!! Dylan!!! She's here!!! Belle is here!!!"

Amy is now screaming her heart out. I swear her voice booms over the music and loud voices of people around us.

"Dylan!!!! She's here!!! Over here!!! Look at her!!!"

Amy continued shouting and jumping. Oh god. At this point, all eyes are glued to us. Even the people from the rows in front of us are now glancing at our direction. I know I'm already turning red.

Dylan was able to hear Amy, and he is now looking at us.

"Yes!!!! You want her right? Then haul your fucking ass and destroy that motherfucker! You hear me? You are never going to have a fucking chance with her if youre a fucking loser!"

Oh god, I think I'm going to faint any moment now. All eyes are already on me. Some are whispering to each other while glancing and obviously talking about me. To my surprise, Dylan let's out a smile and winked at us in response.

I sat and pulled Amy down back to her seat.

"A, shut up."

"He needed it B. Just chill. Dylan got this."

The third round started. People are now focused back to the fight.

The fighters are now just waiting for each other's next move. All of a sudden, Dylan was able to throw a punch so loud that made the people around us gasp.

"That's what I'm talking about!" Amy said. At this point the people in the arena are on their feet.

All of a sudden, the bulldog looked disoriented. Dylan quickly throws many hard punches to his face and head. He covered his head with his one hand and tries to throw a punch but Dylan was already able to pin him down and rained punches on him. People around the arena are now getting hysterical. They all looked amazed and surprised at the same time.

"End him! End him now!" Trevor exclaimed.

Next thing we know the fight is over. Dylan's opponent is now unconscious. The people cheered and clapped their hands. The referee raised the hand of Dylan.

I went back to my seat and placed my hand on my chest. Oh my god. I don't know if I could do this every time Dylan has a fight. I could not stand looking at him like this.

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We are now on our way to Dylan's locker room. I want to see him now. I know he won the fight but he has been beaten up as well. I want to check up on him if he's really okay.

As we approach the locker room my lips parted and my heart sunk when I saw Dylan kissing some other girl. The girl was holding on to his torso while lip locking with Dylan who is half naked and still kind of sweaty.

Amy was about to confront Dylan but I stopped her. "I want to get out of here A." I said as I tried to grab her with me. My hands are shaking and my lips went dry. I have been hurt by the people I thought could never hurt me. The memory of what Nikolai did came rushing back to me.

I quickly walked away while Amy is trying to keep up with my pace.

"I am so sorry B. This is all my fault. I should not have forced my brother to you."

I halted and faced Amy. "I still love Nikolai, A! I still think of him all the time! Every time Dylan and I kiss, I wish it's Nikolai I'm kissing. I have never stopped loving him A! And I think I never will!"

Amy hugged me tight. "I know B. I know that you still love Nikolai. I just thought that you could stop punishing yourself and move on with my brother. I thought he's a changed man, but obviously I was wrong. I am so sorry."

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Amy and I went to a football stadium where we can see the night sky in full view. Back home we would often spend time in an open field just to escape and be in our own little world. We also brought a bottle of wine with us. We removed our high heels and lie on the grass.

"I love you B." Amy said while holding my hand.

"I love you too A."

"New York hasn't been that nice to you..."

A chuckle escaped my mouth. "That's the understatement of the year."

"Why don't we go back home B? Let's live together. You and I. Let's make babies." We both giggled at our silliness.

Our phones have been vibrating since we left Trevor and Dylan.

"Do we answer them A?"

"Nah, let them look for us until their balls sweat."

I laughed so hard on Amy's words. She covered my mouth and hushed me.

"Hush B, the guard might catch us."

"Then stop making me laugh."

"What's so funny with sweaty balls?" I let out another laugh. This time Amy did not hush me.

"Hey do you remember Calvin?"

I gave Amy a duh look. "How can I forget?"

"Well, I saw him at the hospital the other day. He's got a lot of bruises on his face. His nose is broken. He also has a broken rib. He looks like he has been beaten pretty bad."

"Oh my god, really?"

"Yah, when I asked him what happened he told me to leave him alone. I think I know what happened to him B."

"What?"

"He was threatened not to file charges against us." Amy said all too seriously.

I gasped in horror. "Threatened? But who would do such a thing?"

"I don't know."

After a few hours, Amy and I decided to go home. Amy called Trevor to pick us up. We are now waiting for them in the sidewalk.

To our horror, two men appeared from the dark.

"Well well, what do we have here? How much for each pussy?" Said the one with a bulging stomach.

Amy and I held each other tight. Amy is trying to reach for the pepper spray from her purse but it's taking forever.

"I bet they are for free. Come to daddy barbiedolls!" The one with a cap and a jacket spreads his arms and slowly approached us.