Seduced 1
million dollars and my glory. It was my first championship final ever and I just couldn’t lose it to the injury. At least, not at the moment when my opponent was almost done.
    Only a few minutes were remaining for the end of the match and I was leading the point tally by a huge margin. I had to take a leap and hit him with whatever I got.
    My opponent somehow gathered the strength to get up on his legs. I pushed my left hand on the mat and jumped to my feet. A slight jerk to my right shoulder shot pain through my entire body. Hitting him with my right hand is not an option for me today. He charged at me; I moved left and dodged him. I had to make sure that I got in the right position before I hit him. He charged at me again; this time I took him on my left.
    He was breathing heavily. He didn't have a lot of stamina either, and as he struggled to save himself, his right side was wide open for my right arm. If I could have hit him with my right hand, I’d have won the match that moment. But I couldn’t move my right hand. I could only push him to the ropes using my left hand. My right was tucked to my torso like it was stuck to it with glue.
    His eyes lit up as he looked at my right hand. He understood my condition and he charged at me again, but this time throwing jabs on my right side. I had no other option but to take him on my right. He swung his jab fast on my right shoulder, and a pain seemed to emerge from the earth, shaking me to my core. But I took that moment of pain and converted it into the strike with my conviction and will power. I hit him hard with my left hand on his skull and he fell to the ground. Still on the verge of passing out from the pain, I jumped on him, hitting him with my right elbow and getting a K.O.
    It was a marvelous win for my career, but it also finished it on the same day. I got my million-dollar reward, but I was declared incapable of playing in any further championship matches. My shoulder and back ligaments were torn in that fight and I only aggravated the condition by continuing to the finish. The doctor ordered me to complete a full year of recovery from the injury and no more MMA for a lifetime.
    Present Day
    “Fuck you,” I muttered, while hitting the punching bag with my right hand. A sharp pain shot from my right shoulder. The pain was a signal for me to stop practicing, so I pushed the bag away in disappointment. Whenever I tried to use my right hand pasta certain threshold, it started throbbing.
    I took out my yoga mat and tossed it on the ground. I’d been trying a few new things like Crane and Half Moon from last few days and I decided to focus on that.
    I did some forward falls at first and then went into Down Dog. My right hand was hurting slightly, but I ignored that and went straight into the Crane after Down Dog.
    Unfortunately, it was too much for my right hand. The moment I put pressure on it, something tore apart inside and I roared in pain as I felt like someone just tore apart my right hand from my body. I fell down on the ground, the pain choking my every sensation. I laid there thinking about my own doom.
    “I think you need some help.” A woman’s voice came out of nowhere. And surprisingly she sounded like Nikki. My mind had really started to play games with me. How could Nikki be in my house? Still, I turned to the origin of sound. Nikki was standing there looking at me.
    “You...”” I tried to ask, but couldn’t complete it due to pain.
    I stood up, and my pain was still going in my head, but the anger was pushing me, too. She was the reason I had to fight with that jerk and get injured again, and now she was standing in my house without my permission.
    I pushed her back on the wall with my left hand. I was so angry that I thought I would hurt her. But then excruciating pain shot through me again and I fell back on the ground.

Chapter 6
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    N ikki
    I watched him in silence from the little gap between the closet doors. He moved

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