Chapter 27 The Challenge

"Inside a ring or out, ain't nothing wrong with going down, it's staying down that's wrong."

-Muhammad Ali-

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Julia decided to get dressed in something a bit more casual that day since she was attending a fighting championship. She switched up her dress with a cream colored V neck blouse and tailored trousers.

Just like his brother, Zain had purchased a VIP ticket to his own championship and mailed it to her the day before. It meant he was willing to win. She had never been to one of these events before and it was nerve-wrecking for her. She didn’t know why but in her mind, she created this image of a dark, soul wrenching place full of testosterone and reeked of sweat and blood.

Realistically speaking, she wasn’t entirely wrong. She knew there would be so much adrenaline in there and it made her nervous.

“You know you don’t have to go if you don’t want to.” James gently advised her before she left because he knew how nervous she had been.