Avery’s pov

Melissa lets out a cry of shock beside me, her hands flying to her mouth in a gasp. “Oh shit.”

Xade doesn’t flinch though and wipes the blood away with the back of his hand and looks over at me before he squares off with his opponent. once again. This time he doesn’t look over at me again and wins the match by a knockout.

As the referee lifts his hand in the air to announce him as the winner, he jerks his hand out and storms out of the ring, heading to the back. Looks like he is pissed off. We should let him calm down before going to him.” Melissa suggested with a wince.

I nod but had no intention of not going over to him. I came here for him anyway, I needed to speak to him. There’s no way I’d let our years of friendship go down the drain like this. We deserved more.

‘I’m just going to use the washroom. I’ll be back.” I made an excuse.

Kyan nods while Melissa asked. ” Want me to go with you?”

I shook my head no and thankfully she doesn’t tag along. It doesn’t take me two minutes to sneak into the back where I find Xade. His head is on the locker and his shoulders are rising and falling quickly.

He stiffens as if knowing it was me.

“Xade?” I called out to him softly. There’s a sound coming from his throat and it sounds weird. I gasp and flinch when he’s suddenly crossing the room toward me. I press my back to the door, my throat running dry.

tilt my head up to look at him. I gulped. The look in his eyes is wild.” You’re driving me crazy V,” he snarled. My heart speeds up and I try to ignore how the glistening

brush against my neck. He breathes in. “F*ck. I don’t like him touching you or the way he looks at you. I don’t like that you reek of him,” he snapped, pulling back as if I had

brows furrow with concern. “Xade?” my voice is

shakes his head and turns around. ”

surprise. He had been avoiding me the entire day, ignored

let him.

floor I glared at his tense back. “I’m not going leave until we

out a very dry laugh that made me swallow. “Talk? I don’t want to talk to you right

his words landing a blow right to my chest. My throat ached. and I swallowed the lump, my breaths coming out shaky.” What

you know I am hurt and you hate when I am hurt. You hate it even more when

muscles as he clenched his

as he marched back over to me. “You want me to look at you?” he seethed, making me take a step back but

“I-

instead of pushing him away, my arms

else existed except for us, a world where he and I

his eyes

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