Chapter 259 – The Clove Family (2/2)

Gary started to trail off there In the world of fighting, just hard asn’t enough Everyone worked hard Unfortunately, the cold hard truth was that while reflexes, flexibility, and strength could be is like talent that one couldn’t change And on the world stage, where the best fought against the best, those people had often been born with a natural advantage

Of course, beco even further He hi a Wereas surely different, even a fraction of what he was doing these days would have been impossible with his old body

“Anyway, recently I found someone else who is really interested in it as well He does a lot of Muay Thai fighting, and ever since the two of us have been practising quite a lot” Gary answered

He had learned that the best way for him to tell a lie, was to er didn't really have tocertain bits, the other person would just fill in the blanks

“I see, so you must be quite the fan of et close to Xin? To get to er as finally looking up Just as Gary was about to explain that it wasn't the case, the Altered just waved it off

“I', I already know that you had no idea Still, that is actually one of the reasons I wanted to talk to you Me and Xin's relationshi+p, the fact that she is my little sister, is supposed to stay a secret

“There's more than one reason for it, but I won’t bore you with any of the details If you hat’s best for Xin, I ask you to keep it to yourself Right now, it's even more important than before”

Gary nodded away, i, he didn't want to make her life any harder than it was

“Say, Xin, now that we have ti to happen to you?” Gary eventually asked “Why will you no longer be going to the Westbridge? Is it because of what happened? And where will you go, since you said you ht only come back on the weekends?”

To try to convince her parents, he needed to know the reason they wanted her gone in the first place

“Actually it's-“

“Dinner is ready” A beautiful woht as Xin opened the door Her hair was in curls rather than straightened like Xin’s, but it was undeniably the same ashen colour To put it siotten her good looks froed woman said, as she noticed the boy in the roo at hi us today Sorry I didn't introduce myself My name is Natalia Clove, but no need to introduce yourself now, you can do that at the dinner table”

After saying these words, Gary noticed so at his face No, looking htly above that… the hair on the top of his head

“Ah…it's e it?” Gary blurted out, since this was so to the systely, his response earned him a chuckle froht thattheroole table, with seats already sorted out, and each one had a naiven a seat right next to where the ulped down hard once again, but sat down, next to the corpulentthehim on TV There was a certain aura around him, an aura of confidence that Gary had felt around certain people before, Damion, Brandon…and Kai The aura of a leader

‘I feel like this dinner is going to be a battle itself’

“Welco him a handshake