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Five
Months Later

The roar of the crowd going wild and cheering for the
fighters in the ring echoed down the hall to the room where Mason was warming
up for his fight. His hands were taped and ready to go, and on the other side
of his fighting shorts was the logo for MMA Pride. Instead of going back to the
force, he decided to follow his dreams and do it right this time, even though
it took him months to make the decision. When he was offered a sponsorship, I
could see it in his eyes that he didn’t want to turn it down. I was glad he
took it.

It just so happened that we were back in Vegas where
everything began in the first place. However, this time we were at the MGM
Grand Garden Arena, and instead of the audience being around five hundred
people, it was about fifteen thousand.

A knock came at the door and Matt Reynolds stuck his head
out to the side, his boyish grin spreading from ear to ear when he spoke, “Hey,
man, I’m sorry but I’m about to steal your woman so we can take our seats.
You’re almost up and I don’t think you want your hot, pregnant wife walking out
there by herself.”

Mason rolled his eyes and made sure to flex his muscles.
“You know if I win this fight my next one will be with you for the title. You
do know that, right?”

Matt chuckled and shrugged a shoulder. “Oh I know. I guess
it’s a good thing I know how to kick your ass, isn’t it?” Quickly, he
acknowledged me and said, “I’ll be right out here when you’re ready.”

I nodded. “Give me one second and I’m yours.”

He shut the door and I couldn’t help but laugh. Even little
Mason thought it was funny because I could feel him dancing around in my belly.
I was nineteen weeks pregnant and Mason and I had just found out it was a boy a
few days ago when I went for my ultrasound. Madison came with us as well and I
had never seen her so happy. She couldn’t wait for her little brother to come.

“I can’t believe Matt’s still single,” I said, glancing at
the door he just left out of. “You would think he’d have women fawning all over
him.”

Mason snorted, rolling his eyes. “Oh, he does, but he says
he’s waiting for someone like you to come around. He said that if I can score a
woman like you then he could. I seriously need to kick his ass, don’t I?”

We both laughed, but then were interrupted when the phone
rang.

“Hello,” I answered.

“Mommy, it’s me,” Madison squealed. While Mason and I were
gone for the night, Melissa had volunteered to keep Madison while we were away.
Madison loved spending time over there because of the twins so I didn’t feel
too bad with leaving her.

“Hey, Maddie, are you okay?”

“Oh yes! Aidan threw up all over Uncle Brett and I laughed.
It was really nasty,” she said, giggling. “Has daddy fought yet?”

Mason was listening in and spoke into the phone, “No, baby,
I haven’t yet. I’m about to though. Do you want to send me a good luck kiss?”

She squealed. “Yes! Here I go!”

Putting her lips to the phone, she made the loudest kissing
noise I’d ever heard. “Did you get it?” she asked.

Mason smiled. “Yes, baby, I got it. We’ll see you tomorrow,
okay?”

“Okay,” she said. “I love you.”

“We love you, too, honey,” I murmured back. “Now get to bed
it’s getting late.”

We hung up the phone and it was time to let Mason have his
moments of peace before the fight. Leaning down, Mason kissed my slightly
swollen belly and whispered to our son while rubbing him gently, “Take care of
your mother, little man. One of these days you’ll be a fighter just like me.”

“You’ll do great tonight,” I uttered wholeheartedly. “Fight
hard, and know that whether you win or lose, you will always be a winner in my
eyes. You won my heart a long time ago.”

Mason smiled and kissed me gently on the lips. “And you’ve
won mine. That’s all that matters.”

Matt waited for me outside the door just like he said and
walked me through the arena where we had front row seats. The music began to
play and the lights went wild. Mason’s opponent walked down the aisle and
entered the octagon ring with his fists pumping to get the crowd riled up. They
cheered and hollered for him, but then the music changed. It was Mason’s turn.
When he walked out, the cheers got even louder and the whole floor felt like it
rumbled. The second he got in the ring, he came over to the side I was at and
kissed his fingers before placing them over his heart. It was his salute to me,
and my stomach always fluttered each time I’d watch him do it.

Once the announcer made the introductions and the bell rang,
Mason was on fire. Over the past few months he’d gotten even better,
unstoppable. Matt groaned beside me so I looked over at him, furrowing my
brows.

“Are you okay?” I asked.

Slumping in the seat, he chewed on his thumbnail and sighed.
“He’s going to kick my ass next month, isn’t he?”

Gazing back up at Mason, I couldn’t stop the grin from
spreading on my face. “Yes, he will,” I murmured to myself. “He’s a fighter.”

He’s
my
fighter.

The
End

Fighting
for Love - Second Chances, #4

(Matt’s
Story)

Coming
Feb/March 2014

L.P. Dover is the bestselling author of the Forever Fae
series, as well as the Second Chances standalone series, and her NA romantic
suspense standalone called Love, Lies, and Deception. She lives in the
beautiful state of North Carolina with her husband, her two wild girls, and her
rambunctious kitten called Katrina.

Before she began her career in the literary world, L.P.
Dover spent her years going to college and then graduated to cleaning teeth,
which she loved doing. At least until the characters in her head called her
away. She has never been the same since.

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