Chapter 125: A Ruthless Scolding
The next morning Alex awoke pretty late. It was almost noon by the time he finally rose out of bed. But when he entered the kitchen to grab some coffee and some breakfast, he noticed that his mother was sitting at the dining room table with an almost disapproving look on his face. Thus, Alex sighed heavily while taking a sip from his coffee and sat down across from the woman, before asking what had gotten her panties in a twist.
“What’s wrong Diana? Did I do something to piss you off without realizing it?”
Diana quickly handed an itemized bill over to Alex, which contained all the expenses that Jade had accrued within the last twelve or so hours. It wasn’t much. There was the fee for the room, and some room service she ordered earlier in the morning for breakfast. But Diana seemed to be convinced Alex was using her money to put up one of the sluts he commonly fucked on the side and was quick to ask why he had done so.
“Why am I paying for this woman to stay at my resort?”
Alex simply sighed and did the unthinkable. He pulled out his credit card, and placed it on top of the paper, before sliding it back to her. Where he then, to the disbelief of his mother, apologized to her.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t know it would be such a big deal. If it is such a problem, I will pay for it out of my own pocket. Go ahead and charge me the due amount for last night, and then just let the charges accrue until I can find her a place of her own.”
Diana stared at Alex as if he was a stranger. There was no way this man would spend a single cent on a girl who he was just fucking as a side piece, which is why she thought he had charged it at her expense. But now he was willing to pay for it? She could not help but ask who this girl was.
“Is this girl one of yours?”
“No… Well, not yet at least… Who knows? After what I did for her, she might have developed feelings for me. Honestly, she’s just a girl I took pity on due to her circumstances, and nothing more than that at the moment.”
Once more Diana gazed at her son in complete and total disbelief before asking the immediate question which came to her mind.
“You took pity on her? Why? What could have possibly caused you to put a girl up for the night in one of my resorts, in a suite no less at your expense, if you are not trying to have sex with her?”
Alex was deliberately vague, as he answered the woman’s question with an almost defeated tone in his voice.
“You wouldn’t understand Diana… She’s been through a lot, and as someone who has my own childhood trauma that I’m trying to deal with, I felt sympathy for the girl.”
The moment Diana heard this, she immediately assumed that Alex was speaking about her, and began to cry. Alex simply sighed and shook his head before standing up and leaving the woman to sulk in her own tears. He had, of course, left his credit card behind so that he could pay for the expense, yet Diana did not make a move to charge him. Instead, she simply cried for some time as the guilt overwhelmed her.
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After his brief meeting with his mother, Alex left the penthouse behind where it took some time for Diana to recover from her guilt. But when she did, she decided to put things right. She thought she would start with approaching this young woman and trying to understand why Alex felt so close to her, despite the fact that she was clearly a stranger.
Diana knocked on Jade’s door, who quickly answered it, much to both of their surprise. Diana was almost horrified at the girl’s appearance, which was so abnormal to her that she could not understand why her son would be attracted to such a freak.
While Jade was surprised that someone she didn’t know had suddenly showed up at her place, and had grown quite timid. To the point where she could not even look Diana in the eye before asking about her immediate fears.
“Did… Did my father send you?”
Diana could tell that the girl was quite afraid of her, and was quick to rectify the situation as she introduced herself to Jade.
“No, I am Diana, Alex’s mother….”
Jade’s eyes lit up, particularly with curiosity, and partially with dread. As thoughts about this woman kicking her out began to overwhelm her heart and mind. Jade actually began to physically tremble as she begged Diana to let her stay.
“Please! Don’t kick me out! I have nowhere else to go! I didn’t ask Alex to set me up with this room, he just said he would take care of it! I can’t go back to my…. I can’t go back…”
Diana could tell this young woman definitely had some severe trauma, and was quick to calm her down.
“You can relax… I’m not going to kick you out of my resort. Alex has already offered to pay me back for your expenses, but I declined. Please, can I come in? There are some things I want to talk to you about?”
Jade was slightly less anxious when she heard that Diana did not come to kick her out, and thus she opened the door, and took a deep breath to calm her nerves, before leading Diana over to the kitchen area of the suite, where she offered the woman some water.
“I don’t have much, as I’m just getting settled in, but would you like some water?”
Even though Jade did not have to offer Diana such courtesy, Diana was surprised that she did, and decided to accept it.
“Sure… Thank you.”
After fetching two glasses of water, Diana and Jade sat down in the kitchenette, where Diana began to ask the girl about how she met Alex. This turned into a hourlong discussion about what had happened the previous night. Not only did Jade admit to attempting suicide, she even explained to Diana everything that she had told her son the previous night about her circumstances.
Naturally, Jade had left out the information that Alex had told her about himself. Specifically, because he asked her not to tell his family about what he had said during their discussion. After what Alex had done for her, Jade now saw him as her literal savior. He was the most important person in her life, and she would never betray his trust, even if it was to his own mother.
By the end of the conversation, the two women were crying and hugging each other, where Diana made a shocking offer to the girl. One that she did not expect to come from the woman.
“You poor thing! No wonder why my son let you stay here at his expense. You don’t need to worry about a thing! You can stay here as long as you wish! Not only that, but I will upgrade you to the presidential suite! I swear I will do everything I can to make sure you get into UNLV after you graduate. You don’t even need to worry about tuition. I will cover it!”
The presidential suite at the Pyramid Shaped casino, which Diana now owned, was an extremely luxurious room. One that Jade felt she was wholly undeserving of. Because of this, she was quick to deny Diana’s offer.
“Thank you, I really appreciate the help and all… But I am undeserving of such gifts. I am fine with where I am now…”
However, Diana was adamant, as she instinctively took the role of the mother that this girl never had. Diana grabbed Jade’s hand and assured her she had more money than she knew what to do with now.
“Don’t you were about a thing, sweetheart. I have recently gained billions of dollars through my divorce, as well as several of the more popular casinos in the city that generate hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of income a year. It is a miniscule expense for me. You just let me and Alex take care of you!”
With this, Diana had begun to make up for her past mistakes in some small way. In the hopes that she could become a better person. One that Alex might one day admire.
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Earlier that morning, before Alex had awoken, Vanessa met with a client at the gym for her side gig. After all, being a grappling trainer and mixed martial arts coach did not generate nearly as much money as was required to live well in America. At least not as a side coach.
Thus, she took on a personal training gig on the side. Where she mostly helped young and aspiring athletes maintain peak fitness. One of these clients who had been working with her for a few years now was none other than Chad Whitmore. However, the man was incredibly late to his appointment today. And when he finally arrived, he appeared to be in a dreadful state.
Thirty minutes had gone by, and Vanessa had rather impatiently waited for Chad to arrive. Thus, the moment she saw the man, she began to chew him out.
“Thirty minutes! Thirty fucking minutes! I have been waiting here for your sorry ass! And you don’t even have an apology for me? You’re lucky that your parents are paying me, or else I would have abandoned you long ago!”
Rather than apologize for his tardiness, Chad groaned. He was so unbelievably fucked up after doing a night’s worth of cocaine and alcohol that he literally felt like a walking zombie. As if he had already passed on from life and was forced to roam the earth for an eternity in a half-dead state as punishment for his sins.
He barely remembered what he did last night. But what he did remember was that he had run a train on some random slut with his friends after Jade had run off crying. Still, he couldn’t quite get Jade out of his mind, even while he was banging some random whore that Shaun had found. He did not know why, but despite her creepy hobbies, he found the girl to be incredibly attractive.
Unfortunately for Chad, he had blown his chance with Jade, and in doing so ran her straight into the arms of his rival. But he did not know this yet, and thus, he could simply groan in defeat. As he tried not to throw up in front of Vanessa. It took everything in his power to prevent himself from vomiting as he begged Vanessa to stop screaming at him.
“Please… Vanessa, I’m begging you… Stop yelling! My head feels like it’s about to fucking explode!”
Vanessa took one look at the man and shook her head in disgust, before scolding him for his actions.
“Jesus fucking christ, you college athletes are all so unprofessional. I’ll have you know that I had to bail on a frie—I mean one of my fighters last night in order to make it to this appointment on time, and in peak condition. Yet here you are hungover and it’s not even the weekend! What the fuck is wrong with you, Chad?”
Chad didn’t have the strength to argue with the woman, and simply sulked while she continued to rant about his lack of dedication and professionalism.
“I honestly don’t even know why I took this side gig. Dealing with you jocks, especially you American football players, has been an absolute nightmare. You all think you can do whatever the fuck you want whenever you want. If my fighters were acting half as bad as you all do, they would get their fucking asses whooped! Luckily for you, your parents pay men not to beat your ass!”
Chad scoffed when he heard this. He was about to tell Vanessa that she was a woman, and couldn’t harm him even if she wanted to, when he felt the need to throw up. Thus, he rushed over to the nearest trash bin and vomited out the contents of his stomach. All the while, the woman continued to scold him.
“Absolutely fucking pathetic! I mean, seriously! I have this new fighter, a guy who just came back from Korea. He is out partying every night, and yet he is always in the gym on time, and sober! Or at least sober enough to get the job done! You should seriously be more like Alex! That kid is going places!”
The moment Chad had begun talking about a young fighter from Korea, he had suspected that Vanessa was talking about Alex. But when she outright said his name, Chad became absolutely enraged, as he looked over at the woman with a menacing gaze, before asking her whether or not she was really training the Alex he knew.
“Alex? As in Alex Smith? You’re his fucking trainer?”
Nessa did not even bother to chastise Chad for his glare, and instead smirked when she realized that the young man had some kind of beef with Alex. Thus, she spoke with a hint of pride when talking about her most recent fighter, as if to deliberately provoke her current client.
“You know him? Yeah, that kid has some serious talent. He’s nineteen years old and already has his black belt in Jiu-Jitsu. It’s just a pity that he prefers to beat his opponents up with his eight limbs. Because with a bit of work, he could have been an ADFC champion. Man, what I would pay to see that boy tap out those fucking Dagis and Chechens! Unfortunately, he prefers to go balls to the walls insane with his striking… The absolute fucking psycho!”
It was at this moment, Vanessa caught Chad leering at her exceptional figure, which she was quick to comment on with a malicious gaze and a stern voice.
“Why is it that all of you American football players keep staring at my body every chance you get? Are you all down that bad? I thought you were supposed to be drowning in bitches! Yet here you are, staring at me as if you even have a chance with my fine Brazilian ass! You’re better than most… But still, even you have a bad habit of letting your eyes wander. Not like Alex, he may be an absolute piece of white trash, and a freaking sociopath, but at least he’s disciplined!”
Chad made a remark that simply caused Vanessa to laugh at him. One which he genuinely thought was an insult to Alex.
“Maybe he’s gay! Have you ever thought about that?”
Yet Vanessa immediately karate chopped Chad right in his insecurities, as she scoffed and rolled her eyes before making a comment on Alex and his ability with women.
“What? Have you been living under a rock these past few days? Did you not see the video of that boy proposing to those seventeen world class beauties? He has more pussy than any man can handle. I doubt he even thinks of me in that way. And if he does, then like I said, he’s incredibly disciplined, unlike you! Well? What are you staring at? Give me ten kilometers! On the double!”
Chad was forced to stomach his own bile as he desperately ran on the treadmill, as if his life depended on it. After being compared to Alex, and being called inferior to the man. Chad had a new fire burning in his gut to improve his performance.