Chapter 57: Candice / Staredown

Adam is a very lucky man now that he has everything.

Just the act of remembering a girl’s name is enough to impress them because of their high status.

So many women want to be with someone like Adam, so it’s not surprising for him to see Candice smile from ear to ear, hearing Adam remember her name.

Even though she gave him her number, Adam didn’t call or even text her back, which was greatly disappointing to Candice.

But she knew that guys like Adam must have so many girls flooding his messages, so why would he give a fuck about someone like her? She is someone who comes from a middle-class family and only has her looks.

Guys like Adam must encounter and talk to at least ten girls like her every day. So his remembering her name made her think she still had a chance.

Candice is not wrong. Adam, though, finds her attractive, but doesn’t think much of her. He hasn’t even thought of her for a second since the first time they interacted.

But he does have use for her. Candice is someone Joe has had a crush on for ages. If he fucks this girl, it would mess Joe up real good.

Adam won’t let such a great chance escape from his grasp.

He stares at the girl before him and can’t help but admire her sexy figure; she is no less hot than Ruth. Long Brunette hair, sexy curves attributed to her big breasts, small waist, and wide hips. Her thighs are thicc, and her legs are long.

Plus, the clothes she has on add to her sexiness. Tight black crop top, and small blue colored jean shorts.

She is also blessed with a decent face.

Adam won’t mind having her on her roster.

"How could I forget such a beautiful girl’s name?" Adam says, smiling charismatically.

Candice blushes under the influence of Adam’s charismatic smile. A guy like Adam is hard to come by, and Candice is fawning all over him.

If Joe sees this, he would burst a vein in his head from sheer anger.

"Stop, I am not that beautiful~" she says.

Adam steps a little closer, making Candice’s pupils dilate, her cheeks blush, and her heart race, having Adam standing so close to her.

"Do you think I am a liar?" Adam asks, staring intensely into her eyes.

His tall and wide stature feels overwhelming, and adding his handsome face to the mix, Candice couldn’t keep her thoughts straight.

She shakes her head in denial.

"Good. What are you doing this evening?" Adam asks.

"I am free!" Candice immediately replies. But she is not. She has other plans, but since Adam is asking, she decides to ignore that. Adam is much more important.

"Great, meet me at the Imperial Theater. Let’s watch a movie together," Adam suggests.

"I would love to, at what time?" Candice asks excitedly.

"6 PM," Adam answers.

"I will... meet you there~" Candice says, putting on a beautiful smile.

"Me too," Adam says, gets inside his car, gives her a wink, and drives away.

As she watches him drive away, Candice squeals in excitement. She then immediately rushes back to her house to plan for tonight.

She plans to make an impression on Adam so that he won’t struggle to remember her the next time.

Candice walks into her house and sees her mother, dressed in clothes that cover every part of her body, sitting on the couch, watching a religious program.

Candice groans, seeing her mother like this. She decides to ignore her and rush back to her room.

Her mother notices Candice and tries to call her, but Candice is already rushing up the stairs.

’What will I do with this girl?’ her mother thinks, seeing Candice wear such revealing shorts. As a religious woman, she believes that women should cover themselves up and only reveal themselves to their husbands.

Seeing Candice not share the same values as her brings her great disappointment.

’I hope her father is going to talk some sense into her,’ She thinks and goes back to listening to the religious figure on the TV.

Candice walks into the room and immediately starts going through all her options in her wardrobe.

She wants to look sexy for Adam, but doesn’t want to come off too desperate at the same time.

As she tries on multiple clothes in front of her mirror, her phone suddenly buzzes. She looks at it, and it’s a message from a guy she had been recently talking to.

[Can’t wait to hang out with you tonight,] the message reads. Reading the message, Candice frowns.

In the heat of the moment, she forgot about this guy. The other plan that Candice had was a date with this guy from her college. He is one of the stars of the college rugby team, so she didn’t mind going on a date with him, but when Adam appeared before her and asked if she was free tonight. She immediately disregarded him.

Adam is much more impressive than this guy. Adam is far more handsome and richer than this guy for Candice to choose this guy over Adam.

She picks up her phone and types [I changed my mind. I am not going out with you. Don’t text or call me again] she typed and sent it.

Candice is a heartless woman.

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Adam drives to his gym. He is really loving the MMA learning process as he is learning far more about his body.

He can do so much more with his superior body, so he wants to see what mastering mixed martial arts will bring. Can he push it even further than is possible? Maybe even go beyond human limits.

He already feels superhuman with the stuff he can do, but he has never been pushed enough to know. Maybe once he starts getting into the harder training methods, he will learn something.

Adam arrives before his gym and parks his car in the usual spot, and makes his way towards the entrance.

Just as he is about to enter, he sees a group of guys walk out with mischievous smiles on their faces. They seem to be a close-knit friend group as the boys have their arms around each other’s shoulders.

They see Adam and stop. The guy in the middle with pale skin and blond hair, who seems like the leader of the group, stares into Adam’s eyes as Adam stares back at him.

The guy is about the same height as Adam, and one is observant, one can tell that this guy is strong.

Wide shoulders, long hands, and ripped, veiny forearms with some calluses on his knuckles.

Adam and the guy stare into each other’s eyes for a few seconds, reading each other. "Let’s go, boys," the guy says and walks past Adam while his boys follow him, each of them turning their heads and looking at Adam for a while before leaving.

Adam looks at them and wonders what this is all about. They look like fighters, as all of them have signs of wear and tear from sparring constantly.

Adam wonders if they are students of this gym.

’Whatever,’ Adam thinks and enters the gym.

As Adam enters the gym, the blond leader of the group turns to look at Adam enter the gym.

"Jack, why did you let that guy disrespect you like that? You should have taught him a lesson," one of his friends suggests as they found Jack’s behavior weird.

Jack is someone who never lets anyone disrespect him. If anyone challenges him, they would end up brutally beaten and broken.

So when the boys saw Jack and that stranger lock eyes like that, they thought Jack would confront the guy for blocking his way, but he just walked past him.

"It’s nothing," Jack says and continues walking. Seeing that he has no intention to answer them, the rest decide to shut their mouth.

Even though they are friends with Jack, they fear him much more.

’Who is that guy?’ Jack wonders. While his friends didn’t understand Jack’s behavior, Jack was just being cautious.

Jack has been training since the age of four, and he has built up an instinct when it comes to gauging whether someone is dangerous or not.

So when he stood before Adam and locked eyes with him, his instinct told him that the guy before him was dangerous. That is why he decided not to escalate the situation, even though he felt disrespected by Adam for blocking his path.

Jack is not afraid of a fight. In fact, he lives for it, but he is not going to get in a fight with a potentially dangerous opponent without knowing much about him.

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Adam enters the gym and sees Lamai standing before the ring with a frown on her face.

’What’s gotten her this bothered?’ Adam questions.

For the two days he has talked and trained around Lamai, he has never seen her in such a deep thinking/frowning state. ’Maybe it’s related to those guys I saw,’ Adam thinks, and approaches her.

"Who were those guys?" Adam asks about the guys instead of her bothered state to not rile her up. By asking about those guys, he could just come off as curious.

"It’s nothing, don’t worry about it. Change into your training clothes. We are going to turn it up a notch from today onward," Lamai says, ready to put Adam through a hard time, seeing how easily he has taken to this sport.

Even though she has just taught him the most basic of stuff, it is still hard for complete beginners like Adam turn learn. So seeing him just breezing through it is pissing her of a little.

Today, she wants to show Adam just how rough MMA can really get.