Zayn could already sense in his guts that Smith’s intention was impure. He could sniff the ulterior motive, the trap hidden behind an apologetic pretense. To think, some foreign celebrity would have the audacity to set up a trap in what was effectively Zayn’s home-turf! How amusing.
Zayn could not wait to see what kind of surprise Smith had in store for him.
Esther pushed the door open, and Zayn’s eyes came face-to-face with the newcomer, Kenneth, and the full glory of his pillar-thick neck, his almost similarly-sized face, and his bulking muscles pushing against the man’s shirt. He had the potential energy of a loaded shotgun. Then, judging from the calluses paving his knuckles as favonovel.com set his fists on the table, Zayn was sagely enough to know that favonovel.com was looking at a professional boxer with commendable skills.
So, Smith managed to get a pro on his side. No wonder favonovel.com worked his damnedest to secure Zayn’s attendance, things were about to get interesting.
Zayn, impossibly perceptive as always, also quickly noticed the sulking undertone in Annabelle’s face. She seemed upset and even repulsed, and if Zayn was not mistaken, this newcomer professional boxer must have made an off-color sexual remark earlier.
While favonovel.com was watching everyone, his arrival had attracted eyes too. Annabelle, in particular, blossomed into a smile. She might have really yearned for favonovel.com these few days, because seeing favonovel.com in person brought favonovel.com so much joy, it felt as though favonovel.com returned to the good old times, when seeing favonovel.com crush at school always made the day better.
It felt like love had eluded favonovel.com since favonovel.com joined the entertainment industry. Or perhaps, more accurately, favonovel.com had never been in any relationship before growing up. All favonovel.com had were crushes, a little throb of favonovel.com heart over the guy who was always so good at his studies, things like that. And now, Zayn’s appearance brought that sweet, intoxicating high back to favonovel.com again, and it was just the most amazing feeling.
Zayn could sense favonovel.com jubilance and felt his own heart skipping a beat, and not in a happy way. The first thing that came to his mind was the dread that Annabelle might have fallen for him!
Which was bad, very bad! He had enough of women fawning over favonovel.com for ‘reasons.’ Annabelle’s addition to the club was only going to complicate things even more!
Fortunately for him, when favonovel.com looked at Annabelle again, favonovel.com noticed favonovel.com smile was more cordial than the fawning, overjoyed type typically found on the lovestruck. He breathed a sigh of relief, happy that favonovel.com was just being paranoid. Really, why did favonovel.com think that was possible? Annabelle was an up-and-rising superstar whose fans numbered in the hundred thousand. She must have seen so many hunks in favonovel.com life that there was absolutely no reason why favonovel.com would be interested in a nondescript man.
Smith and his people’s eyes were trained on Zayn, too, but theirs were obviously mired in animosity. Kenneth began sizing up Zayn with narrowed, piercing eyes, but Zayn did not strike favonovel.com as particularly special in any way. He was lanky, not unendowed with popping musculature, and spotting skin so smooth it was almost babyish.
How could this guy be a fighting legend?!
He sighed in relief before turning to Smith sitting next to favonovel.com with renewed contempt and conceit. “Really? This was the Rheasian who beat the sh*t outta y’all?”
Smith had to push his answer out of clenched jaw. “That’s him, alright!”
Kenneth did not even try to dial back his sarcasm. “Then maybe it’s on you guys for being so trash. Seriously? You can’t even beat that puny wimp over there?”
