Love Punched | COMPLETED

19. Unwanted Changes

(Lila's P.O.V)

"You're not being serious, right?"

I stepped back, my brows lowered and gave Diego a strange look.

Madison Beer's Dear Society played in the background but for once, it wasn't distracting.

Diego's eyes glinted with amusement, "What if I am?"

"This Friday fight?"

"Uh-huh."

I turned away and drank some water, contemplating how to respond. "Not only do you want us to switch so abruptly from Kickboxing exclusive to MMA for fights–"

"It is not abruptly. Besides.....both you and the Leopard are trained in it. We knew this would happen sometime soon. You're prepared." Diego cut me off and I huffed.

He was right of course.

But I wasn't done, "That's not my biggest concern. With how much I see Derek here, I'd say you're priming him up for being one of us!"

With a raised brow I watched as the man chuckled, "And what if I am?"

I narrowed my eyes dangerously at him.

I didn't need Derek here in my safe haven. He was already a nuisance and now he was invading every place I could possible call mine. His presence was becoming something I was getting used to and that was not what I wanted.

In fact, keeping the fact that I was the Wildcat of Ladenhill he seemed so intrigued by was pretty hard when we were literally just a room apart when training.

If it came down to a proper fight between him and I then....things would be interesting to say the least.

"Listen, you have this month to prepare yourself and have some MMA fights with the usuals here to get into the groove of it." Diego paused, "Though you and I do enough of MMA too."

I rolled my eyes and folded my arms. "May is already over. With June right around the corner, we need to start making a move, Diego."

He nodded seriously and with eyes set in determination, spoke, "How about we start with the Mayor?"

I smirked, "Yeah, sounds good. I've wanted to get back to Veronica for a long time now."

Diego did crunches effortlessly while speaking to me. "And the letters?"

"Ah, yes." I recalled the fact that the pattern of the letters being delivered had changed. "Instead of the two once a month, I'm getting a letter each week now."

"He's getting restless too."

I frowned, "I just wonder why he still hasn't made a move. He could have done everything he says in letters to me in person years back."

"True." Diego stood up and grabbed onto the pull up bar as I watched silently. "But he's also a wanted man and he marked you as prey. Granted you were never his target but that's how things turned out."

"So it's the chase?" I blankly surmised.

He looked at me and I'm sure he would've shrugged if he wasn't doing pull ups. "Possibly. But don't underestimate him. Just like you've been preparing so has he. You turning 18 is mainly what everyone is waiting for. Once you're legal...." He jumped down and I sighed forlornly.

He made a very good argument.

Ray wouldn't make a move till then. So it was best for us to start with the corrupt people of the town. And the first to go would be the Mayor of Ladenhill.

Diego added, "It seems like Ray is getting impatient though what with your birthday approaching and that's going to be our in to lure him out to Ladenhill. You know that."