e walls of the underground boxing club in Manhatt

vered in a thick layer of sweat. He had thick black tape wrapped tightly around

ac

er the force. Bartholomew's stomach still burned from the ulcer, but t

d not stop seeing the way she looked at him in

ft, right, left. Sweat flew off

ing. He was wearing a gray cashmere tracksuit. He watched

towel directly at Bartholomew's face.

sked loudly over the music. "Did your quiet litt

floor. He glared at Alistair. His chest

stepped out of the ring. He grabbed a plastic water bottle from the bench and squee

d. He picked up his iPad from the bench and ta

e my contacts at the Wall Street

s lawyer. It was the official filing for a net-zero divor

in his other hand. The plastic crushed inward with a loud cra

a man who is completely losing his mind, B

ng the crushed bottle into the trash. "She is b

strapped them on. He stepped through the ropes and into the ring. He

. He needed to hit something that

ward, throwing a wild, angry punch. Alistair ea

ure emotion. His footwork was

. The padded leather crashed into the side of Bartholomew's jaw. The impact

up. He stepped right i

," Alistair said, his voice low and brutal. "B

ung blindly. "Halie saved my life thirt

ot back. "You chose the one way that completely destroyed your marriage. You are not pa

. His arms dropped to his sides. His brain short-circuite

his leg and planted a hard front ki

. The breath was knocked out of his lungs. He lay flat on his

er him, looking d

apped his gloves and threw them onto Bartholomew's chest. "When sh

lked out of the ring,

The blood pounded in his ears. Alistair's wo

rious. He refused to accept that he was losing.

s gym bag. His hands were shaking, leaving smears of blo

answered i

energy. "Tell them Hendricks Group is doubling our investment in that new indie film. B

orld works. I will take the very industry you are desperately trying to break into and hand it over to the woman you hate most. He wanted to crush her newfound rebellion. He wanted to force her to see that he controlled the air she breathed. He pulled his