Is this destiny?

Loud music blasted while letters flashed on the screen:

\'New champion: Nyx!\'

Sarah washed her hands with help of two men in black suits while announcer screamed enthusiastically how this is the history in making.

"Nyx…", he approached Sarah when she finished washing her hands. "I have information that Mr. A is here. Do you want to challenge him?"

Sarah nodded in response.

Man widened his eyes. "Are you sure?"

"Yes. I would love to see him.", Sarah responded with a big smile.

Man almost-matched her big smile and stepped back in the middle of the arena: "Ladies and gentlemen, our newest champion, fearless Nyx wants to challenge our untouchable, undefeated Mr. A!"

Announcer was happy with the frenzy that this caused in the crowd and continued. "Mr. A is our absolute champion with 723 wins and no losses! Prepare to witness his greatness, because he is IN THE HOUSEEEEE!"

The crowd erupted in screams.

Sarah looked up at the screens, and saw new order of champions with their fighting statistics:

\'2. Shift -> Wins: 131, Losses: 2

3. Blackstain -> Wins: 108 wins, Losses: 3

4. Nyx -> Wins: 12, Losses: 0

5. n/a\'

…

In the VIP room, suffocating silence surrounded eight people.

"Do you think that this Mr. A will teach her a lesson in humbleness?", Liam was unable to hide malice from his voice.

Aaron frowned. "The more I know, the more I think that you don\'t have anything against Aiden, but your hatred is toward Sarah."

Liam pretended not to hear Aaron\'s comment.

Noah was anxiously shifting from one leg to another.

"This Mr. A looks like a big shot…", Paul mumbled at the sight of about twenty men in black suits clearing the way for one man dressed in black who was slowly walking toward the arena.

"Of course, he is.", Henry commented. "723 wins and no losses. He is dominating this club for a long time."

Aaron\'s attention got onto the phone which is vibrating in his back pocket. He checked and saw that the timer reached 0:00. So, he is out of time to confront Patrick… In his mind, Aaron imagined that they will talk to clear up the air between them, that Patrick will have some kind of explanation. Or maybe that they will end up fighting. But he never thought that the whole thing will just deflate like this. Aaron wondered, is he overreacting about Jessica? Is it possible that she is a cheater, driven by her urges? Is she the one pulling his nose from the beginning? If he was not treating her like a queen, but made his move when they were dating in high school, would he sleep with her as well? If that is the case, should he be angry at Aiden for taking the opportunity that presented himself to him? He still remembers that Aiden told him that he did him a favor… did Aiden mean that he did him a favor by exposing Jessica as a cheater?

…

Down in the arena, Sarah was in a daze when she saw Aiden make his appearance.

The announcer was shouting something, and the crowd was cheering, but for Sarah, everything became the background noise. Watching Aiden walk toward her, cordoned off from the curious and enthusiastic crowd with bodyguards while his eyes didn\'t leave her… ah, it made her heart race.

Aiden stepped into the arena and the announcer stood between Sarah and Aiden with microphone ready to capture any exchange that will happen during this historic moment (how he called it).

The moment Aiden got inside boundaries of the arena, camera showed both Sarah and Aiden on the big screens.

Aiden stopped two steps away from Sarah and extended his arm, palm up. Sarah placed her hand in his. He kissed the back of her palm and pulled her closer.

"How was it?", she asked him.

"Perfect, like you.", he responded.

Announcer was standing next to them, unable to understand what is going on. But he knows that two of them are slated to fight next. And the fight will be monumental!

"Ladies and gentlemen!", the man spoke into the microphone. "This is a historic moment of two undefeated fighters. Mr. A with 723 wins and 0 losses… and Nyx who maybe has only 12 wins, but in each of them she didn\'t leave her opponents a chance to fight back. Two masters… How will this fight end?"

Sarah looked at the overenthusiastic man. "I admit defeat."

"And Nyx just… whaaaat?" The man could not believe his ears. Instead of a big fight there is… nothing?

"I don\'t accept.", Aiden responded.

Announcer\'s eyes bulged out how shocked he was. He lowered the microphone, swallowed hard and spoke in a weak voice to Aiden: "This… Mr. A, if someone admits defeat, you need to accept."

Aiden looked at the man like he said something outrageous. "Says who? Is there a rule?"

Man frowned. "But you can\'t force her to fight."

Aiden chuckled. "I\'m not forcing her to fight. I admit defeat also… so it\'s a tie."

"A tie?", the man was not sure how to process this. "We don\'t have ties. It\'s either a win or a loss."

Aiden raised an eyebrow at the man who was obviously irritating him. "Says who?" Aiden pointed up toward the screens where information was shown:

\'1. Mr. A -> Wins: 723 wins, Losses: 0 losses, Ties: 1

2. Shift -> Wins: 131, Losses: 2, Ties: 0

3. Blackstain -> Wins: 108 wins, Losses: 3, Ties: 0

4. Nyx -> Wins: 12, Losses: 0, Ties: 1

5. n/a\'

The man stared at the screen above and blinked few times.

Announcer saw that the crowd is confused, and that these two will not fight. So, he might as well conduct a small interview… but he does not dare ask anything to Mr. A, so he faced Sarah: "Formidable Nyx, do you have anything to say about this?"

Sarah took the microphone and turned to look toward the VIP booth where their 8 guests are. She zoomed in with her Eve-vision to see them all standing next to the rail, looking toward them. "My last two fights show how anyone who dares to make a move against my man will end up."

She looked at Aiden who smiled dotingly at her.

Sarah returned the microphone to the stunned man and tilted her head, gesturing to Aiden that they should leave.

He wrapped his arm around her shoulder, and they walked out of the arena together, ignoring the confused announcer and the crowd who was unsure what to think about the situation.

Aiden glanced at Sarah\'s face. "Let\'s get you cleaned first."

"I washed my hands.", she visually inspected her hands. They are clean.

"You have some blood on your cheek.", Aiden informed her and grabbed her hand which was moving up. "Don\'t touch randomly. You will just smudge it."

In the arena, announcer got his phone and made a call. "Chad, what the hell is going on? Did you know that Mr. A has no intention of fighting?"

In the glass enclosed booth, Chad chuckled. "Yeah. He told me to update fighting statistics and add tie as an outcome."

"Why didn\'t you tell me? And what is with all the hugging?", announcer looked at the retreating backs of Sarah and Aiden.

"You were down there so you don\'t know. Those two are engaged.", Chad informed him.

"What? I\'m coming there, so you can explain all that…", he had difficulty understanding what is going on. He shook his head, ended the call and spoke into the microphone. "Fifteen minutes break until the fights continue!"

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