Chapter 5 A DEAL

"Excuse me?" Hailey whispered her voice barely audible but carrying a tone of defiance.

"You heard me," Kamran replied, his voice deep and commanding. The smirk on his face remained, making Hailey's skin crawl.

Smacking his hand away, Hailey snapped

"I am not someone you can manipulate; you what, keep your stupid mercy to yourself!"

Anger flashed in Kamran's eyes, his brow furrowed as his aura shifted to one that made Hailey step back instinctively.

"what about a fair fight between me and you? "Hailey's words sliced through the tensed silence.

"Okay," Kamran said crushing the butt of his cigarette in an ashtray.

"Just like that" she asked

"oo no sunshine, not like that. If you win, I will give you your freedom, but if you lose, you get to be my property, my slave," Kamran said with a sinister smile on his face.

Hailey's heartbeats could be heard as she thought about the proposal; she wasn't weak; she should be able to take him down.

"Deal, when do we fight" she asked

Kamran pressed a button on the table and almost immediately Asher came in

"You called me boss," Asher asked

"yes, prepare a room for her this night and station guards around her room any wrong move from her kill her, "Kamran said nonchalantly

"is that all, boss"

"Tomorrow, there will be a duel between me and her; tell the mobs to be there as early as six, "Kamran said, entering another part of the room.

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3RD RESIDENTIAL WINGS*

Hailey's body ached when she got to the room Asher brought her to; the room was small but suitable for a thief like her. She didn't have the energy to look around, so she just laid on her bed straight. She was about to shut her eyes when Kamran's face appeared in her head, and she bit her lips and mouth wall.

Just a little bit more time and she will get out of this hellhole.

She chased his thoughts away and tried closing her eyes again, Kamran's ice-cold face appeared

"Any wrong move from her kill her" she could hear his voice resounding in her head.

"icy death," she muttered, using the cloth to cover her body completely.

The time is currently 3am, at least she should get 3 hours of sleep before tomorrow's bustling.

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Hailey walked briskly as she followed Asher to the training ground. She could hear the whispers from the mobsters as she walked past them; of course, she knew what they were probably thinking right now.

She could see Kamran's back from where she was. His biceps are ripping from his darkly tattooed arms under the black shirt he was wearing and his grey sweatpants are slightly loose.

She was trapped deeply in her own fucked up head that she didn't even realize when they arrived at the training ground, not until Asher stopped.

She nearly jammed into him, but she was quick to stop, and their eyes met. She could feel the hate radiating from them.

"Grab your gloves," he told her, throwing one at her.

"Thank you," she smirked slightly before going to Kamran, who was already at the center.

She pulled on the gloves quickly.

She looked at him, studying him from her angle; each step he took looked like he did a lot of thinking before taking it, and that made her conclude he was calculative, as they say.

She looked at him, his expression was colder than it was yesterday, and she charged forward.

She raised her fist to his face, but before she could reach it, he grabbed it and flipped her, landing her on the ground.

She landed with a groan, but she sprang up again and threw him another punch. That one didn't even get to his chest before he grabbed the hand again and this time, he twisted it and flipped her again.

Stubbornly, she sprang up for the third time and raised her leg, she tried kicking him, but before her boot could reach his face, he grabbed her leg and threw her off.

She landed far away from him with another groan, and she got a cut on her forehead and face, too. She remained there unable to stand.

"Get up"his order came.

She remained there, unable to stand.

"Get up, Hailey," he repeated, and she stood.

Her trials resumed, but none of the punches reached him.

He was like a mountain, so hard and impenetrable.

"is DON knowingly doing this? that bitch won't be able to beat him in hundred years to come" Spnix said.

Their eyes are still on the fight, and right now, Hailey has thrown 120 punches at Kamran, but none has reached him.

He's perfectly throwing and flipping her away every day with a satisfactory glint in his eyes

She's just starting.