Nervousness flashes over her face, and this time when she goes for my legs, and I fall to the ground, I grab Aurora’s leg and drop her ass to the mat. Before she can sit up, my thighs wrap around her neck and I squeeze.
“I can get used to seeing you between my legs,” I taunt her.
Aurora struggles against my hold, then mutters, “Yield.”
When we climb to our feet, she says, “Teach me how you did that.”
I go through the motions with Aurora, and when I’m sure she has the hang of it, I instruct, “I’ll attack, then you get me in a chokehold.”
“Okay.”
We take our positions, and when I sweep Aurora’s feet from under her, her right leg slams into my calves, and I go down. She twists her body, and as I hit the mat, her thighs wrap around my neck.
A proud chuckle escapes me, and not thinking, I slap her on the ass. “Good girl.”
“Are you busy with training or foreplay, Mr. Petrov?” Instructor Nikolai shouts from across the room.
“Shit,” Aurora gasps, and pulling away from me, she scrambles to her feet, then loudly snaps at me. “Keep your hands to yourself, asshole.”
I love how she’s trying to cover for us. It’s cute.
“A little of both, sir,” I call out to Instructor Nikolai just to tease Aurora.
She widens her eyes at me, then whisper-hisses, “Do you want the whole world to know about us?”
Chuckling, I start to bounce on the balls of my feet as I circle her. “Yes. Do you have a problem with that?”
“Yes,” she growls. “It will get us killed.”
Darting forward, I grab hold of her in a chokehold. With my mouth close to her ear, I say, “You’re worth dying for.”
“You’ve lost your mind!” Successfully she flips me over her shoulder.
Landing on my back, I quickly flip onto my feet and turn to face Aurora. “Haven’t you heard? Love makes a person do crazy things.”
She shakes her head, then walks away from me. I go after her and almost burst a fucking vein when she tells Instructor Nikolai, “I’m ready for a fight.”
“No, you’re not,” I snap.
Instructor Nikolai glances between us, then shouts, “Clear the floor. Miss Almeida versus Miss D’Angelo.”
Christ!
I have no choice but to step back as Aurora and Paula move to the mat.
At least she’s fighting a woman.
It’s not that I don’t think she’s ready. I just wanted more time to make her better.
Aurora takes a fighting stance, and when Paula slowly circles her, my girl keeps her eyes locked on the enemy.
I cross my arms over my chest, and when Paula lunges forward, slamming a fist into Aurora’s face, I have to force myself to stand still.
Aurora quickly catches herself and darting forward, she twists her body in the air and plants a kick against the side of Paula’s head.
Aurora immediately drops like a ton of bricks, and I see a flash of pain on her face as she scrambles to her feet. She doesn’t place her weight on her right foot.
Fuck.