Ashleyâs pov I gave in. I fucking gave in. I squirmed in anxiety everytime Blake sent a jab towards Austin padded hands. Thwack, Thwack.
The sound was begining to irritate me, a lot. I was being stupid, afraid that heâll get hurt when the only thing he was doing was throwing punches at Austinâs raised hands.
I sighed, seated down on the mat, palms pressed down on the smooth surface as I look at my husband. I tilt my head, studying his stance.
He looked like he belonged here, like he knew every step. Confidencce oozed from him, recognizable to anyone. He looked happy. I bit into my bottom lip. The least I could do was be happy that he was enjoying himself. Thwack. I cringe.
âI canât believe Austin dismissed us to train this motherfucker.â One of the teen boyâs grumble as they near me.
I turn to face him. He was the one named Leo. Blonde hair, green eyes with a sharp jawline. He seemed like the cocky type.
âYeah what an asshole, heâs here playing with a guy who looks like he doesnât know the first thing about boxing.â The brunette spits. He must be Harper.
I rolled my eyes at the two. âYeah like the two of you know so much about boxing? From what I witnessed a few minutes ago.â I looked at their shocked faces. âWell letâs just say even a kid knew more than you two.â
The blonde, Leo glares at me. âYou talk as if you know yourself.â He growls lowly. I pretend to clean my nails. âOh but I do know.â
I lift my eyes to his. âIn fact I can beat you in a match with ease.â I smirked. What the hell was wrong with me? Provoking a teenage boy because he called your husband a motherfucker? Yeah that wasnât me.
Then who was it, a ghost?
Again conscience this isnât the time. Leo scowls, unpleased then snorts as if hearing the biggest joke of his life. âYou? Oh please girls like you canât box.â
I rise to my feet, marching towards him. I peered at him, glaring into his green eyes. âHow about I show you exactly what girls like me can do? What you say blondie, you and me right now.â I spat.
Okay I needed to calm down.
1/4 He snorted backing away. âI wouldnât want to hurt a girl.â
âWhatâs going on here?â The voice belonged to Aust in who slipped under the ropes and walk over to us. Blake close behind, sending me confused looks. Honestly I didnât know what came over me. Was it the stress of everything that finally caught up to me and I had to vent out my frustration on that poor innocent teen boy?
âDonât know what crawled up this old ladyâs ass and died.â Leo shrugs nonchalantly while Harper snorts out chuckles behind him.
Okay he was not an innocent teen boy.
âWhat did you say to my wife?â This time it was Blakeâs voice, deep with withheld anger. He walks up to Leo, glaring at him murderously. Leo raised a thick brow, smirking slightly from getting Blake irritated. From how tense Blake was I definitely knew he was about to show his anger in a very brutal way. I didnât want that to happen, not only because the kid is dumb but Blake also couldnât get into a fight.
Austin weasels himself between them, successfully pushing them apart. âLook boys calm down.â He turns to Leo. âLeo apologize to Ashley.â Leo scowls. âApologize? Sheâs the one who said things to me first.â Austin turns to me and I shrug.â He referred to Blake as a motherfucker. Just wanted to put him straight, that is all.â Leo snorted. âYeah by challenging me to a boxing match?
Pathetic.â I narrow my eyes at him. âWhat, afraid Iâll beat you Leo and have your friend over here.â I nudge my head at Harper.â
Laugh at your losing face?â âA girl like you can never beat someone like me. I mean look at your size, youâre tiny compared to me.â He boasted, puffing his chest and straightening his form.
I raised a perfectly arched brow. âIf you knew a lot about boxing like you claimed, youâd definitely know size doesnât matter.â
He glares into my soul, yet I couldnât help but laugh at him in amusement, Austin looks between the two of us and nods.
âThen itâs settled, letâs see what you got Reed.â He states, turns around and walks away. âReed?â Harper asked in confusion, but no one answered him as we were busy glaring at eachother.
âHope you know what you just got yourself into.â Leo hissed, folding his arms over his chest.
âWeâll see.â I smirked.
âHey Austin man, youâre not serious about letting Ashley fight this kid? What if she gets hurt? â Blakeâs worried voice questions as he follows Austin.
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Not only alld i look like any chipmunk compared to him but he packed on muscles while I have been eating like a cow for months.
Still I had faith that I could win. I had Blake as a trainer afterall.
âHereâs the rules. This is all a game and not to seriously harm anyone. Got That?â Austin asked, looking between the two of us.
We both nod.
Austin continues, âGood. There will only be one round. Whoever knocks the other down first wins, Simple.â
Leo and I both nod. Austin nods, âGood, letâs start,â
Leo and I smacked each otherâs gloved hand and backed away from each other a little. I hopped on my feet, eyes trained on Leo. His stance was good but he lacked confidence.
âYou got this Ashley.â Blake cheered. If I didnât have the mouth guard on I would probably have laughed at how loud he yelled, âYou can take him down easily!â
Leo glares and charges at me. He was too easily angered and thatâs what will cause him the match. Sidestepping him I whirled around the same time he does and sent a right hook straight to the side of his face, just like how Blake taught me years ago.
His eyes widen in shock when he stumbles down on the mat, falling ungracefully. Well that was easy. Austin rings the bell. I rolled my eyes. When did he even get that?
âThe winner of this match is Ashley Reed.â Austin yelled. I rolled my eyes again. He was taking this too seriously !
Removing the gloves from my hands I let them fall to the mat. I then removed the teeth guard and smiled down at a still shocked Leo. âDonât take it hard kid, you just need to work on your anger issues and confidence. I suggest when you get in the ring with an opponent you leave your anger issues out of the ringâ
I give him a hand that surprisingly he took. He straightens, nods and turns around. âDude youâre lucky Reagan wasnât here to witness this. Sheâd laugh for days. I mean come on, you always try to show off in front of her. Losing to a girl?â I heard Harper tell Leo.1 I furrow my brow. Reagan? Perhaps not the Reagan Iâm thinking about.
âShut up.â Leo grumbles after he removes the guard.
I almost squeal in shock when arms wrap around my waist, turning me around and lifting me up. I look down at a smiling Blake and couldnât help the grin that nearly split my face in half.
âThat was badass Ley.â He praised. 1 Ley. He called me Ley.