Chapter 35

Xander walked out of the locker room and snuck around the back door so the audience wouldn’t see him. Making his way to the Champion’s Area, he saw Cassandra flirting with one of the boys from the gym seated a row behind her.

Yeah, some date she is. Whatever has two legs and a heartbeat, I guess.

“Oh, Xander. I was just meeting your friend Brad here. He’s so strong! Come to think of it, I don’t think I’ve seen anyone so strong. Except maybe you.”

Cassandra cuffed her hand around Xander’s biceps.

“Feel free to go sit with Brad if you want. He could probably use a good hug and kiss.”

Cassandra slapped Xander’s thigh, and then placed it back on his leg, working her way up towards his stomach.

“I think you could use a good hug and kiss, Xander. After the fight is over, why don’t we go have our own little wrestling match back at my place? I’ve got a few good finishing moves.”

Xander felt his cock getting hard. He pushed Cassandra’s hand off of his leg and moved himself a few inches further from her.

“Don’t do that to me. I’m not always looking to get laid, okay? You might be, but I’m just here to watch my best friend fight, alright?”

Cassandra scoffed and folded her arms under her breasts.

“Okay, Mr. Uptight, what’s got you so tense tonight? I don’t remember you ever turning down a good time.”

Xander spun in his seat, prepared to tell Cassandra to fuck off, when he stopped. He stared over Cassandra’s shoulder, moving her head slightly out of the way to get a better look.

Molly? No. That can’t be her.

In case it was her, Xander took the hand he had used to move Cassandra’s head out of the way and slyly grazed her cheek, pretending he was really just taking in her beauty the whole time.

“I’m sorry, Cassandra. I’ve been stressed out lately and I invited you here so I could have a good time. You do make it hard to say no, if that makes you feel any better. I want nothing more than to take you in the back right now, but I have to be here for Johnny.”

Cassandra’s frown disappeared, “Oh, Xander, I was starting to wonder if maybe you were gay or something.”

Xander dropped his hand from her cheek. “Gay? What do you mean g—”

A tap on his shoulder stopped Xander midway.

“Xander? Can we talk for a second?”

Looking over his right shoulder, Xander saw Molly standing in the aisle right outside of the cordoned off VIP area.

She looks stressed. But this Cassie chick is hangin’ off of me and I can’t exactly explain to her who this person is.

“Who are you? Journalist? I’m not fighting tonight, Miss, I’m just here to watch my buddy. Find me another time.”

Xander saw how badly this hurt Molly, but as he looked around, he saw all of his friends who were listening in. Only one of them knew about Molly and Ryan didn’t know any details, just that Xander had probably slept with her.

Molly slung her purse over her shoulder and pulled her dress further down her legs.

“Come on, Xander, you know exactly who I am. I’m serious, this is really important. Please? Can we talk? Honestly, it’s the least you can do after ... you know ...”

Cassandra tilted her head to the side and looked quizzically at Xander.

“Xander, do you need me to take care of this annoying bitch?”

Oh God. Here we go.

“Sorry Ms… whoever you are. I don’t think you heard Xander, but he doesn’t know you and he doesn’t want to. He already has a woman, okay? She’s standing right here and she’s not afraid to tell you to back off of her man.”

Jesus, I really wish she hadn’t say that.

Molly put her hands up, surrendering to Cassandra and more importantly, to Xander.

“Xander, let me know when you’ve grown a pair and then maybe we can talk. You’ve got my number.”

Molly turned on her heels and walked through the crowd. Xander could see that she had come to the fight with Elodie, but they weren’t sitting down any longer. They both gathered their things and left the stadium.

“Hey Cass, what the fuck was that? I didn’t bring you here so you could tell off strangers. Plus, you’re not my woman, okay? What makes you think you are? I didn’t propose to you or some shit, I just wanted to bring a date to my buddy’s fight. We’re not an item now or whatever it is you think we are. Just ... look maybe I should just drive you home… this isn’t working.”

Cassandra put her hand up to smack Xander across the face, but reconsidered.

“You know, normally I wouldn’t let someone speak to me like that, but to be honest, I was way over it the moment you forgot me in the car. I’ve been eyeing some other man candy. See you never, Xander.”

Cassandra pulled her shirt further down and adjusted her bra for maximum cleavage.

“You’ll regret watching me walk away, ‘Beast’,l or whatever it is they call you.”

Not as much as I regret talking to Molly like that.