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ring. When he sprang toward her, she wrapped one arm around his neck and punched him on the stomach. Their sweaty skin tingled as they touched, sending sudden sparks of electricity across her body.
    A clanging sound went off, signaling the end of the round. They took a break for a few seconds just to gulp down water. The clanging sound came back to indicate the start of the next round.
    Again, they got ready at the center of the ring. It was Mike who attacked first this time, lunging at her with a jab, cross, and hook combination that hit the side of her head gear. She reeled back, losing her balance in the process and instinctively grabbing his shirt as she fell backward. The abrupt grasp caught him in surprise, and both of them fell to the ground with a loud thud. 
    Carrie found herself gazing into his gray eyes, his moist red lips about two inches away from hers. She could feel his raspy breathing and even sense the fast beating of his heart. With their bodies pressed together and their legs intertwined, she could feel some sort of tension building up between them. Or was it a powerful attraction?
    “You got me, Cox,” he suddenly whispered. She didn’t know what he meant with those words, but they definitely had an impact on her.
    To her disappointment, he got to his feet then. She started to bring herself up but then saw him extend an arm toward her. Wow, a first-time gentlemanly gesture, she thought. She took his hand, again sending shivers down her spine with that simple touch.
    He pulled her to her feet so forcefully that she hit his hefty chest, making her breathe in his natural manly scent. A part of her wanted to sidle up to him and lay her head on his shoulders, which made her reprimand herself in silence. Instead, she straightened up fast and faced him directly. She was surprised by the mixture of concern and admiration in his eyes. The sense of superiority was gone. The arrogant look had disappeared. Then he told her gently in a somehow startled tone of voice, “You have the eyes of your father…”
    Carrie was taken aback. She felt as if a bucket of ice had been poured over her head. Immediately she snapped back to reality. How dare he talk to me about my dad!
    “I haven’t personally met him, though,” he said, shrugging.
    Carrie didn’t want to discuss her father with anyone she didn’t know well. And at that instant, she suddenly saw Mike Gomez once again for who he really was – a stuck-up space fighter who didn’t care about anyone else but just wanted the recognition and honor. He was a heartless cyborg who’d somehow been obliged to teach a class in the academy and thus couldn’t do anything else but terrorize his students and make them feel belittled. She suddenly felt so stupid and silly for getting attracted to him and for thinking that maybe there was something more beneath the mask.
    “Excuse me,” she said coldly, walking away and taking off all the boxing gear as she went. She jogged toward the supplies counter and stashed her gear there. Then without another word, she sauntered toward the door and left him. She didn’t even see the torn look on his face as she marched back toward her dorm room.
    It was only a little past nine in the evening. Carrie had not had anything to eat yet, which the grumbling of her stomach reminded her of in spite of her troubled feelings. She was in no mood to go anywhere else as she stretched out on her bed in her sleepwear. She had every intention of sleeping the hunger off when the doorbell rang.
    She reluctantly climbed out of her bed and slowly went to the door. The exhaustion from her time at the gym was now settling in. When she saw the tray of her favorite pasta and milkshake along with a basket of mouthwatering desserts, her eyes lit up and her stomach complained again. She brought in the treats and looked at the card they came with. It read: Carrie, you deserve to be treated like a princess as your dad would have wanted.
    Her eyes began to