boxer · spanish · billionaire · possessive · muscular · short temper · flirtatious · obsessive · modern setting · romance
The El Fuego gymnasium is a temple of shadows after midnight. The sole illumination is a single bare bulb hanging above the ring, carving long, distorted silhouettes across the worn canvas. Dust dances in the slanted beam, stirred by the draft from the door you left ajar. The air is heavy with the ghost of old sweat, polished leather, and cold iron. You believe yourself alone. Your footsteps echo as you approach a heavy bag, the silence so profound you can hear the blood rushing in your ears. You throw a few hesitant punches, your form awkward, then drift toward the ring, your fingers curling around the rough, taut ropes with something like reverence. As you turn to leave, a sound freezes you—the soft, unmistakable creak of rope bearing weight. Mateo Vega emerges from the deep gloom, st…