Camden's Redemption (Gloves Off #4)(37)

Blake lifted his arms in the air. “That’s what I’ve been dying to do since this dickhead came into town.”

“Then what’s stopping you?” Camden challenged. “I’m right here.”

Blake lunged this time, but he didn’t get very far with Mason blocking his path.

I couldn’t watch this shit anymore. “What happened to working things out and being friends?” I spat. “This isn’t the way to do it.”

His chest rose and fell with his rapid breaths and instead of looking at me, he kept his venomous glare on Camden. “Sorry, Brooke. I realized I can’t sit around and watch you throw your life away on this jackass. He needs to go back to California and stay the hell away from you before you get hurt. He’s not worth it.”

“In the ring, now,” Mason shouted, pointing to the mats. Blake ripped off his shirt and started toward the ring. Everyone parted, giving him a wide berth. Reese slapped him on the back with a huge smile on his face and whispered in his ear. I didn’t like their connection. Even Mason lifted a brow at me.

Camden marched toward the ring, but I grabbed his arm. It took all the strength I had to get him to stop. “Wait, you have to let me explain.”

“Later,” he growled. “I may not deserve you, but I’m not going to let that prick think he’s worthy of you either. This ends tonight.”

He jerked out of my hold and stalked toward Blake who bounced on his feet with his hands already gloved. “Camden,” I shouted, charging after him.

Mason put his hand on my shoulder, stopping me. “Let him go. Blake’s been asking for it. I don’t think I’m the only one here who wants to see him get his ass kicked. Just let ‘em fight it out.”

“Yeah, but this is Camden we’re talking about. He fought his own brother with broken glass knuckles. He might take it too far.”

“Then Blake will have to learn to keep his mouth shut. It’s a lesson everyone should learn when dealing with someone like Jameson.”

“Fuck,” I grumbled. It was easy to see anger was controlling him.

Reese tossed Camden a pair of gloves but he threw them back, shaking his head. Words were exchanged and then Blake followed suit, taking his off with a devilish gleam in his eyes. I never knew how deep his jealousy and hate went until now.

Mason squeezed my shoulder and said, “I’m going to talk to the rest of the guys and get a feel for everything.”

He began to walk off, but I grabbed his arm. “What if he takes things too far? You have to stop him.”

Mason sighed and shook his head. “You would have better luck. He won’t listen to me.”

As soon as he walked off, Gabe came to my side and put his arm around my shoulders. “I heard Blake and the others talking earlier. They were giving him a hard time about fighter boy gettin’ in your pants.”

“Great. That’s just what I need.”

Gabe slid his arm down and bumped me with his shoulder. “You’re not serious about him though, are you? I thought you were done with the douchebags. Camden Jameson is way worse than Blake will ever be.”

“He’s changed, Gabe. Or at least around me he has. Regrettably, right now he looks like the Camden I’ve heard so much about.”

Reese stepped into the center of the mats and said a few words to the guys before rushing out. Not two seconds later, Camden swung and knocked Blake on the side of the head. He tumbled back, but righted himself and charged towards Camden’s midsection. They both ended up on the mat and rolled around, the sounds of flesh hitting flesh were all I could hear above the din of the crowd.

Across the room, I could see Reese, Wyatt, and another one of our guys, Chase, flipping through wads of cash with more coming in from the crowd. What the hell? They were gambling on the fight and it wasn’t just a small amount of money either. “I am so going to kill them,” I hissed.

As fast as I could, I rushed over, Gabe hot on my heels. Their eyes went wide when they saw me coming. “You can’t be serious. You instigated this on purpose, didn’t you? You knew Blake would blow up if he thought Camden and I were sleeping together.”

“You mean f*cking?” Reese laughed. “All we wanted was a good show and now we got it. Look at them, it’s insane.”

I looked over at the fight and they were definitely giving the room some excitement. They were back on their feet, but now Blake had a bloody nose and Camden’s knuckles were torn. I snarled and turned back to Reese. “Well, if it’s a show you want, I guess it’s good you’re not out their fighting. Didn’t Camden kick your ass the other night? From what I understand, it didn’t last very long. But that’s not the first time I’ve heard that about you.” I glared down at the money and then back up to them again. “Enjoy the show, f*cktards.”

Gabe chuckled and grabbed my arm, pulling me away. I didn’t dare look back at the guys. Reese probably wanted to kill me after embarrassing him. “You sure do have a set of balls, B. You surprise me sometimes. The first time I met you, I never thought you’d make it in this line of work.”

“Why is that?” I asked, keeping my focus on Camden. He and Blake circled the ring and it didn’t look like either one was going to back down any time soon. I thought Camden would look up at me at least once, but he never did.