Chapter 130: Dragging Your Rival Through the Mud Part II
Alex was at MMA practice, sparring with a heavyweight, when he received the messages regarding Emily’s change in affection towards Chad. The sight of which made him smirk.
[Emily is furious that Chad is cheating on her!]
[-50 Affection from Emily to Chad!]
[Emily’s Affection to Chad: 45/100]
[Emily is furious at Chad for wanting a harem like you!]
[-10 Affection from Emily to Chad!]
[Emily’s Affection to Chad: 35/100]
Alex snickered when saw this, while dodging under a solid left hook by the heavyweight contender. He was amazed that with just one day’s work of sabotage; he had caused Chad to drop from being five measly points away from conquering Emily, to only slightly above him in terms of Emily’s affection. However, while he was celebrating with a flurry of strikes which overwhelmed the heavyweight. Alex saw one last message appear that completely and utterly stunned him.
[-30 Affection from Emily to Chad!]
[Emily’s Affection to Chad: 5/100]
Alex was so stunned by the fact that Chad had actually assaulted Emily that he lowered his guard, and titled his head in confusion. Leaving his chin wide open to an attack. And because of this received a solid uppercut from the heavyweight contender, which dropped Alex to the floor. Though Alex wasn’t knocked out cold, he hit the canvas and struggled to get to his feet on his own.
If this was an actual MMA fight, his opponent would have jumped on him and finished him with more punches and elbows. Luckily for Alex, this was just a sparring session, and so that Heavyweight contender quickly helped Alex to his feet.
Alex’s mind was absolutely jarred by the sudden impact of the heaviest hitter in the sport of Mixed Martial Arts, and also by the fact that Emily had just been assaulted by Chad. Luckily for him, the heavyweight had stopped after dropping him, and was quick to check on his condition.
“Sorry about that man, you alright?”
It took another two seconds for Alex to get control of his thoughts, and when he did, he nodded his head, before assuring his sparring partner that he was alright.
“Yeah.. I uh… Just got a bit distracted there. I’m good bro…”
The heavyweight simply patted Alex on the back and cracked a joke at his expesne with a playful tone in his voice.
“Gotta keep those hands up, man!”
Alex didn’t have time to explain to the man what caught his attention, which was the cause of him lowering his guard, and leaving his chin exposed in a way that was just asking to get knocked out. He simply nodded his head with an almost bewildered look on his face. The heavyweight was about to ask Alex if he was sure that he was alright, when Vanessa called out to him.
“Ayo Alex! You’ve got a call. It’s important! Get your ass out of the cage and get over here!”
Alex thanked the heavyweight for the sparring session before scrambling out of the cage while pulling off his gloves. She looked at him a bit funny, as if she somehow understood why he had so suddenly been dropped. And asked him with an almost sincere tone in her voice.
“Are you perhaps psychic? I’ve never seen you lower your guard like that? Don’t tell me you’re actually aware that your little friend is in the hospital?”
Still a little fuzzy from the massive shot he had just taken, Alex accidentally blurted out Emily’s name while asking about who was on the line. It was not that he was actually genuinely worried about Emily. But rather that Alex just got hit with the equivalent of a ford escort. The fact that he had not been absolutely flatlined by such a heavy and clean shot was a testament to Alex’s chin and its ability to take damage.
“Is Emily alright?”
When Nessa heard this, her face turned serious, as if she genuinely believed that Alex was actually psychic. Though she had many questions for the man, she quickly handed the phone to Alex. Which when he placed it to his ear, only to hear heard sobbing on the other end.
“Alex… Is that you… I hate to bother you at such a time… But you’re the only friend I have left! Can you please come visit me at the hospital? I’m so lonely and scared!”
Alex sighed and rolled his eyes. Ultimately, he agreed to visit Emily at the hospital. Not because he was genuinely concerned about her wellbeing. The fact that she was even allowed to call him meant she was fine.
Nor was he ever going to simp for the girl. There was only one reason why Alex had agreed to her request. To rack up affection points. And now that Chad had done something so incredibly fucking stupid, like assaulting his girlfriend. Alex knew the time was ripe to win Emily’s favor.
Thus, after agreeing to meet up with Emily, Alex took his fair time. First completing his day’s worth of training and then showering. Once he was fully changed into a pair of clean clothes, he drove off to the hospital. Whereupon entering Emily’s room, she frowned and criticized him for taking so long.
“What took you so long!?! It’s been over an hour since I called you!”
Alex didn’t bother explaining to the girl why he took his time getting to the hospital, and instead shrugged it off with a simple comment that made it seem like she was being ungrateful.
“I’m here now, aren’t I? So what do you want?”
Emily was annoyed by Alex’s callous tone, but was too emotionally wrecked to bother condemning him for it. Instead, she broke down in tears, as she cried and bitched about Chad.
“That fucking bastard! He lied to me! For all these years! Cheating prick! And then… Then when I called him out on his bullshit! He attacked me! He actually attacked me!
Seeing as how Emily simply wanted Alex to be a shoulder to cry on, Alex sighed and got up from the seat he had just sat down in and headed for the door. This action shocked Emily as she called out to him and demanded that he stay behind.
“Wait, where are you going!?! Please don’t leave me here alone! I’m begging you! Stay!”
Alex turned around and gazed at the girl who had once meant everything to him. He could only shake his head and pity her. What she needed right now wasn’t more lies. But instead the truth, which he was quick to give her, even if she hated him for it.
“You know that when we were kids, I was head over heels in love with you. You remember, right? I mean, you pretended like you didn’t notice, but you and I both know the truth, now don’t we?”
Emily simply blushed in response to this and averted her gaze. She couldn’t help but ask why Alex was bringing up ancient history now, of all times.
“What does that have to do with anything?”
Alex, however, shocked the young woman, as he shook his head and sighed with a pitiful expression on his face, before continuing his train of thought.
“Back then… I would have given you the whole world had I been able to. Did you know that? But all you ever did was use me. I mean, was I ever even really your friend? No matter how much I wanted to be something more meaningful to you, in the end, I was nothing more than your pet.
When Chad wouldn’t give you the attention you wanted, you got it from me. That’s the only reason you ever kept me around. I know this now, even if I was too stupid to realize it back then. But do you really want to know what is so fucked up about all of this? If you had simply chosen me, instead of Chad, we wouldn’t be here right now, now would we?
I wouldn’t have needed any other women in my life. It would have just been me and you against the world! Everything I have now would have been yours. The luxury penthouses, the million dollar super cars, the expensive yachts, and the private jets. All of it would belong to you, as much as it does to me. That is assuming you had you chosen me, and actually waited for me to return to you.
But that’s not the reality we live in. Maybe in another life, that would have been our fate. But now? Now I have 18 beautiful women to welcome me home, and you’re stuck with a two-faced douche like Chad who treats you worse than shit. It really makes you think, doesn’t it?
What exactly do you want from me, Emily? Do you want me to sit here and listen to you cry about what happened to you, and bitch about Chad being jackass like the good old days? Those days are over, Emily… Times have changed! You had your chance, and now you have to live with the consequences of your choices….”
After saying this, Alex walked out of the room without paying a second thought to Emily. She, of course, had broken down into tears, and began to curse Alex for being such an asshole.
“You dick! I hate you! I hate you so much! Things were fine before you returned to Vegas! I wish I had never met you!”
Alex, of course, heard this, and saw the system notify him that Emily’s affection towards him had reached a critical state.
[Emily blames you for all the problems she has endured since you first returned to her!]
[-14 Affection from Emily!]
[Emily’s Affection: 1/100!]
[Emily’s affection is in a critical state. If you lose one more point, you will never be able to conquer her!]
Yet despite this warning from the system, Alex smirked as he walked away, because he knew exactly what would happen next. After all, he had chosen his words very carefully. And sure enough, in the next moment, his points starting rising, and quite rapidly at that.
After all, Alex had ensured that Emily would sit alone and think about his words, which reflected on their childhood. Where he was a kind, and sweet boy, who would do anything and everything for her. She began to reflect on how she had abused this relationship, and ignored Alex as anything other than a tool to be used to her benefit.
All the while, she had chased after Chad for years on end. And where had that gotten her? Exactly where she was today. Emily broke out into tears as she ran out into the hallway looking for Alex, who was just about to enter the elevator. She broke out into tears and began shouting at him from across the hall for all the doctors, nurses, and administrators to hear.
“Wait! Don’t go! Please! Please don’t leave me! Please, Alex I’m sorry!”
Meanwhile, Alex was looking at all the system notifications he had received regarding Emily’s sudden change in affection towards him.
[Emily regrets using you!]
[+4 Affection from Emily!]
[Emily’s Affection: 5/100]
[Emily misses your friendship!]
[+10 Affection from Emily!]
[Emily’s Affection: 15/100]
[Emily is terrified of losing you!]
[+30 Affection from Emily!]
[Emily’s Affection: 45/100]
Upon seeing how he was once more right back where he started when he first returned to Vegas, minus five points. And that Chad was now at the absolute bottom of Emily’s affection. Alex smirked as he decided not to enter the elevator, and instead approached the girl, who was crying on her knees in the middle of the hospital wing.
Surprisingly, he offered the girl his hand, and after pulling her to her feet, he wiped the tears from her eyes before wearing a smug expression on his handsome face.
“You shouldn’t cry, Emily… You’re a lot less pretty when you do that….”
Emily shocked Alex by hugging him, while giggling in response to his comment with a pretty smile on her face. She could not help but shake her head and sigh as she let her thoughts out loud.
“You’re such an asshole, did you know that?”
Alex simply chuckled when he heard this, and did not say a word in response, silently confirming that he was indeed an asshole.