[Forty-Three]

|Chapter 43|

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𝗟𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰

𝖤𝗑𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗆𝗎𝖼𝗁 𝗂𝗇 𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝖿𝖾𝗐 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝖽𝗌

I decided to wake up early at 6 a.m. this morning to work out, and of course, I'm going to drag Seb with me.

I already washed my face, brushed my teeth, and changed into my outfit so, now I'm about to wake him up.

"Baby," I kiss his cheek.

"Mhm," he shuffles a bit.

"I want to get a workout in with you before we start the day."

"Ok," he sighs. It takes him a few minutes before he climbs out of bed, hugging me.

"Good morning."

"Good morning," he says with a raspy voice, slapping my butt and walking towards the bathroom.

I scroll through TikTok until he's done and he strolls out of the bathroom with a black t-shirt, pair of gray joggers, and black Nikes.

I go up to him and pucker my lips and he gives me a chaste kiss.

He takes my hands and asks, "Are we going to my gym?"

"Is it far?"

"No."

"Ok then yeah, that's fine," I walk into the kitchen to grab water bottles from the fridge. "Baby do you want cold or room temperature water."

"Cold is fine."

"Here you go. Can I drive?"

He pecks my lips and smile, "No."

"You're no fun," I pout.

"Come on," he chuckles.

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When we pull up to the gym, he parks to the back and I'm confused.

"Why didn't you park to the front? I wanted to see the whole building."

He sighs, "There's a lot of guys here right now."

"Are they all strangers?"

He smiles, "No, I consider them my family, but I don't trust them around you."

"Well, I want to meet anyone you care about so, come on."

He groans and says, "Fine, but stay close to me."

"Yay!"

"You look beautiful baby," he tells me as he opens my door.

"Thank you," I smile. "You look good as hell right now but let me stop," I mumble, looking away.

He gently pulls me into him and a sly smirk appears on his face, "Why are you acting all shy? You could speak up."

I blush, looking away, "Come on, Seb." I move out of his hold to walk ahead of him.

Before I could get a good distance, he slaps my butt and says, "Thank you, baby."

He swipes his card when he gets to the door and when we enter, there's another door to walk through. "Seb, why do you need two front doors. It's a gym."

"Safety precautions."

"Safety from what?"

"Unwanted people."

"Oh, ok." Weird.

"Wait here for a second, love."

"Mhm." I guess he's going to warn them or something. Now I'm a little nervous.

Seconds later the door opens and he pulls me inside, whispering in my ear, "Don't be nervous baby."

"Ooo, who is she?" someone says as I walk in and there are about 10 other guys in the room. Emilian pulls me into him from behind and wraps his arms around my waist.

"My woman, so back up Danny."

"Emmy got a girl?" A tall black dude says laughing along with the two guys beside him. Emmy?

"We were shocked too," Anthony says, walking in with Tyler. I wave at them and they do the same.

"Shut up and let her introduce herself." They immediately quiet down.

"Um, my name is Elara and it's very nice to meet you all," I say nervously.

"Nice to meet you too Princess," Danny says blowing me a kiss.

"You got any siblings?" another guy says.

"Yes but not for you," I respond.

"Damn, ok then."

Emilian speaks up, "That's Luci's girl so you weren't getting her anyway."

"Come on man. How did you two, out of all of us, get girlfriends."

"Because we're loyal and most of you aren't," Emilian speaks up.

A short dude walks from the room where Anthony and Tyler came from and, he looked at me and Seb confused.

"Who's this Em?"

"My woman."

"Why is she here?"

"Why does that concern you?" Seb responds.

He puts his hand up in defense, "I was just asking."

"Well, we're going to the private area. I'll see you guys in a bit."

"Why can't you guys work out in here?" Danny asks smirking.

"Bro, you are extremely lucky my girl is here," I look up to see Seb glaring at him intensely.

I grab his hand and whisper, "Chill, baby."

"Bye, we will leave you guys to get back to whatever y'all were doing," I tell them and Seb leads me to a secluded area in the gym.

"Why is there a boxing ring? You guys fight?"

He shrugs his shoulder, "Sometimes."

I step into the ring and grab the gloves from one of the corners. "Come on."

"Love, I don't want to hurt you."

"Seb, you're not going to hurt me. I can fight."

"Fine but I'm going easy on you."

He takes off his shirt and grabs the other pair of gloves, smirking at me.

We touch gloves and share intense eye contact. I throw the first punch and he immediately dodges it. He then tries to throw a left hook but I see it coming and quickly duck. I smirk.

That catches him off guard and I use the opportunity to punch him twice in the stomach. He moves backward and says, "Damn baby."

I stick my tongue out and step back asking, "Who's that guy with the attitude?"

"Someone."

"Like?"

"He's my brother's best friend."

"You and your brother don't get along?"

"Nope."

"Why?"

"Because he's disloyal and we disagree on many things."

"Hm, I'll keep that in mind." I attempt to punch him repeatedly and he blocks every single one.

"I thought you said you could fight."

"I'm tired," I say trying to catch my breath.

"Drink water, baby," he kisses my forehead and passes me a bottle.

I take a big sip and tell him, "I think I'm going to start my workout before I have no energy left. I'll see you in an hour."

He chuckles, "Ok, love. You can connect your phone to the speakers if you want. Call me when you're done."

"Okay, have fun with your friends!"

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