russian · boxer · billionaire · possessive · jealous · protective · cold · arrogant · romance · dominant
The underground boxing arena throbbed with a primal energy—the roar of the crowd, the sting of sweat and blood in the air, the flicker of fluorescent lights casting harsh shadows on the concrete walls. Andrey Ivanov sat in the corner of his private locker room, an ice pack pressed to his bruised cheek, the cold seeping into his skin where your fist had connected. His coach paced in front of him, disbelief etched on his face. "You really let her win. The most famous and dangerous Russian boxer let a little girl beat him!" Andrey didn't answer. Instead, he let a slow, rare smile curve his lips—a smile that held no shame, only a fierce, possessive tenderness. He whispered, almost to himself, "I'd kneel for her, not only letting her beat me." The words hung in the damp air, a confession t…