"If you're not strong, just stop. I'm afraid your inside wound will relapse if you get hit again. He already knows your weakness!" Niko suggested while compressing Dean's bruised face.

"No no! You have to win this match, Dean. Or I can't marry my girlfriend. and she will give birth without a husband, ugh I can't bear it!"

Dean thought back to Bryana who would also give birth. 'I'll be back to see the birth of my child too,' he thought sadly.

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The match began again, with all his strength and strategic ability, Dean fought his opponent firmly while imagining that the man was James.

Bughhh bughhh

Fist after punch from Dean landed on the face and other parts of the man's body until the referee stopped Dean to give the man time to rest.

"Are you okay?" asked the referee looking at the man as if he wanted to make sure he was still able to fight again or not while Dean was oustill waiting for confirmation with his cold gaze imagining that his opponent was James.

The man nodded and took his stance again along with Dean who also took his stance. They looked at each other as if they hated each other. The match was so fierce they were looking for each other's weak positions so that one of them ended up carrying out the attack.

The man kicked the waist until it hit the stomach which still hurt before. Dean fell and closed his breath out of breath imagining his promises to Mike to get money, he also remembered that there was Brayana who always said that he was a strong and mighty man.

Dean got up again looking at the man sharply then counterattacked after the referee gave the warning.

"fight"

He attacked the man mercilessly in the leg so hard that he groaned in pain and was unable to stand up again."Arghhhh... I can't!" the man groaned and finally fell.

The referee stopped Dean. He turned to look at the man while giving a count from one to ten but the man still couldn't get back up. Dean finally won in the arena, just waiting for the judge's decision.

Dean walked up to the man and helped him up saying, "I'm sorry."

"it's okay, you deserve to win. you taught me that I have no right to be arrogant because I can still be defeated," said the man then put his arm around Dean.

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After receiving an examination from the doctor, Steven was alone with Raymond in his treatment room. He looked at his son who looked sad and asked, "Raymond, where is Monica? Didn't she come with you here and did you tell Bryana about my situation? She must be very disappointed that I didn't come to her house."

Raymond sighed, then sat down in the chair just to the right of the bed taking care of his father. "Dad, Bryana already knows what happened even she came here with her son and husband but something happened unexpectedly. James came and said that Dad had told him to kill Clarissa."

Stevan frowned to the point he didn't understand what Raymond meant. "What do you mean? how could James say that? He was wrong and careless."

"He did that because he was ordered by Gustave to be given the lure of money but when he received the money, Gustave shot him dead just like Kenzie accidentally spilled gel into the bathroom until you fell," explained Raymond.

"Kenzie?"

"Yes, Kenzie has betrayed by deliberately harming you. He fled after you were injured and after that, he was found shot dead in an old building basement." Raymond explained by bending his face, remembering how Bryana was the main victim in this situation. "And now Jill is back in Indonesia because Dean left her."

"Dean left her? How could that be?" Stevan asked, frowning?"Because Dean believed James's words. I haven't had time to ask James to explain the truth, but it turns out that he's already dead and Dean is already on his way to Indonesia. It happened so fast and I didn't know what to do because Bryana was angry with me, even Monica was angry because we hid such a big fact from Bryana and Dean," Raymond explained again at length.

Stevan was silent and remembering how Bryana had gotten back with him after a long cold war, now he was disappointed again. "She will hate me."

"I don't care if she hates us or not. We have to apologize to Dean and explain everything that happened in the past. bring him back to Bryana because Bryana is almost crazy without him," said Raymond. "She's pregnant, I can't imagine how hard it must have been for her to go through the days without the husband she loves!"

"Yes, I will apologize to Dean, because I also ordered James to kill Gustave without thinking," Stevan said, realizing his mistake.

"But the doctor said that you had to fully recover because your illness was very serious. Must be in perfect condition to travel long distances," Raymon said as he looked at his father who was already conscious but still using some medical equipment to help him survive.

"Yeah, at least call your sister and tell her. I will apologize to her husband," Stevan exclaimed.

"Why don't you just talk to her?" Raymond asked.

Stevan took a deep breath. then looked up at the ceiling. "I going to talk to her when I find and brings Dean back to her. Get things back to normal."

"Okay then, I'll call her," Raymond said with a relieved smile. His father's consciousness from the coma had made him very happy and returned to his enthusiasm for fighting Gustave's crimes. 'And when things are back to normal, I'll be happy again with Monica,' he thought remembering the face of his wife he always missed.

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after being declared victorious, Dean came out of the building along with Niko and Mike, as well as the coach and his supporters who seemed very happy with his victory. he had changed into black shorts and a white t-shirt, and the wound on the corner of his lip was plastered. the man also handed over the problem of the prize money he got to Niko because he felt he didn't need the money, the most important thing was that he was still allowed stay in his rented house as long as his heart is still not calm.

"Thank you for your support. Even though I'm a new player, but you guys are very enthusiastic to encourage me," said Dean with a warm smile at his supporters who were a group of young men or adults who clustered nearby, precisely in front of the kick-boxing match building.

"Next time you have to fight again and we are all confident that you can go international!" said one of the supporters of medium stature with a typical Indonesian face.

Dean just smiled and nodded because he didn't know what to do after this. he immediately invited Niko and Mike to go home because his body felt tired and sore.

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During the trip by riding Mike's Jeep driven by Niko, Dean was silent staring at the outside scenery while remembering Bryana. He couldn't stop thinking about his wife, even more often it came to his mind than the sweet memories he had with Clarissa.

'Should I go back now? But .... I'm afraid that I will hate her because she is Stevan's daughter, I also don't want to live on the luxury she has from Stevan,' he thought full of longing and doubt