Hardin's POV“Freda, come back here,” I said in a loud tone, but she did not respond as she walked out of the room. I was quite surprised that I was not angry with her for walking out on me as I heaved a sigh, and lay on the bed. I felt uneasy thinking about it and rolled to the other side of the bed trying to force myself to sleep, but each time I tried to close my eyes, all I saw was Freda. I opened my eyes abruptly and decided to go and check on her in her room. I walked slowly out of my room and headed for her room. As I approached her room, I heard chatters coming from Shelby's room, and I knew that was why she came into my room in that manner. In no time, I was in front of Freda's door and I knocked, thinking that she had locked the door from the inside. I turned the doorknob and surprisingly, the door opened, and I walked into the room but found the room empty. A thought struck my mind to check the bathroom and I walked towards the bathroom, knocking on the door before opening

Hardin's POVI did not take the time to guess what she was about to talk about but kept mute and waited for her to talk. She took a deep breath, tilting her head away slowly as if she were thinking of how to say what she wanted to say.“I'm waiting,” I said in a low tone as I moved closer to give her a kiss, but she moved away slowly, avoiding my kiss.“It's about the training I told you yesterday. I just want to learn how to defend myself from people.” I said in a low tone slowly as if I were counting my words as I spoke them.“And by people, you mean Shelby,” I said, and suddenly, she heaved a sigh, tilting her head away slowly. “Is she not enough reason why I should learn how to fight? I can't continue to live my life like this. She is such a bully and difficult to live with. Me alone know the kind of troubles that I faced most times that you are not at home.” She explained, gesturing her words with her hands, and I could only watch her as she spoke.“Like I told you yesterday, yo

Freda's POVI woke up feeling energetic as I already made up my mind to commence my training by myself today. I quickly stood up from the bed and went into the bathroom to freshen up and get ready for my training. Not long after, I came out of the bathroom and quickly got dressed in my training kit. With full energy, I headed out of my room to the training ground. I walked along the hallway and my gaze fell on Hardin. I feigned ignorance as I went on to the training ground and in no time, I arrived. I heaved a sigh as it was my first time being in such an environment. I walked slowly around the whole place and tried to get familiar with the whole place before starting anything. I started off briefly with some of the simplest tasks and just as I spent a little time there, I began to hear footsteps approaching, and I raised my head to see who was coming. I heaved a sigh of frustration as my gaze fell on Shelby, walking swiftly towards the training center, and stopped abruptly, bursting

Hardin's POV“You need to trust me and allow Jim to train you. He is the best at it.” I said, and she heaved a sigh, patting her hair to the back as she remained quiet. I waited anxiously for her to talk, but she didn't, and the silence began to grow longer. I cleared my throat, but she did not seem to want to talk to me at the moment.“Freda say something,” I said, and she tilted her head to look at me, heaving a sigh before talking. “What do you want me to say?” She asked in a low tone, and I forced out a breath. I did not like the way that she was being stubborn about the whole issue. If only she knew that I was doing all these in her interest. She would have agreed a long time ago.“I am not pleading with you, neither am I asking you for permission. I am telling you now that Jim is going to be your trainer, and you don't have a choice about it.” I said with finality in my tone, and she cleared her through slightly to talk.“I know that you don't care about me. You have never care

Freda's POVI woke up abruptly to the loud clap that I heard approaching me. I tilted my head from side to side as I tried to be familiar with where I was, and then I suddenly remembered that I was not in Hardin's mansion anymore but Jim's. My gaze suddenly fell on Jim, as he was already dressed in his training kit. “It's six in the morning. Can't we start by eight?” I asked in my groggy voice, but he only chuckled before he replied.“That's the first lesson I want you to learn. You have to be ready to leave your comfort zone and push your limit a little further.” He said, and I rested my head on the pillow. I yawned as I thought of how my room was back in Hardin's mansion. It was the first time sleeping on another bed other than my bed or Hardin's, and it felt so strange.“Get up. Get up. Get up.” He said as he tapped me rapidly and I jolted. I stood up reluctantly from the bed and walked to the bathroom to freshen up. “I will give you five minutes. I told you it's going to get int