They were all begging for mercy, but couldn't even manage to spit out a full sentence between the blows.

Who would've thought they'd run into Mr. Ashcroft today?

And without a word, he just started swinging!

Their previous injuries hadn't even healed, and now they were getting roughed up again.

Jasper was off to the side, munching on a bag of peanuts and chuckling at the spectacle.

He'd heard they saw from the security footage that Elian had shown up, so he skipped dinner just to catch the action.

And boy, was it worth it.

Sure, Elian was rough, but he knew where to hit.

The kind of hits that hurt like hell but didn't cause any serious damage.

That was the mark of a professional.

Just like Miranda, from what Hugo and the rest had griped about, she had a similar style when she dealt with them.

Though, to be fair, Miranda didn't hit quite as hard as Elian.

But this?

Oof, just watching it made one wince.

"Mr. Ashcroft, we messed up. We're good with Ms. Lancaster now!"

"Yeah, yeah, we're in the same group chat! Stop hitting us, please!"

didn't know you guys actually

race, they thought all the online gossip was

the one trying

their minds, any woman who'd do that couldn't be up to

her with disdain and

only evaporated after the

the past few days, they had pieced together Miranda's

they realize how utterly wrong

couldn't believe they'd taken Celeste's word

about Miranda, they almost wanted to slap themselves for how they'd treated

over, intending to apologize properly, with gifts in

hadn't been waiting long

a flurry of

too stunned

then, a cool, questioning

are you guys

fist that was about to

turning to look at Miranda who had just

too, their eyes lighting up as if they'd

his buddies' eyes practically screamed "Help

call her over just to

lips curled into a smile, his previously fierce eyes

the guy he'd been holding and made a beeline

quickly that before

say "Eli." she found

warm

broad chest seeped into her

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