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“Don’t. please.” Ellie clung to Adrian’s arm. “It’s not worth it.” She didn’t want him to get hurt.
“Yeah, pussy.” Marc stepped outside of the coffee shop, Adrian right behind him. “Listen to her. You don’t want that pretty face messed up.”
“Time and place. Name it.”
“Adrian, don’t.” Ellie yanked on his arm but of course, he wasn’t listening to her.
“My club—”
“No. It won’t be a fair fight.” She let go of Adrian. Marc was a professional fighter. Adrian wasn’t.
“I would never cheat,” said Marc.
Ellie was pretty sure her jaw hit the sidewalk. “You would never cheat?”
Marc had the decency to look embarrassed but then he ruined it by opening his mouth. “Fighting is important to me. I’d never cheat.”
“Where and when?” Adrian’s voice had taken on an icy quality that made El
