Chapter 2

As soon as I said that, the entire venue exploded.

Claire rushed over to snatch the microphone from my hand, glared at me fiercely, and warned me in a low voice.

“Do you know what kind of occasion this is? If this gets out of hand, it won’t benefit anyone.”

“Ethan, you’re a smart man, so if you don’t want your career destroyed right here, you’d better shut up now!”

She was no longer the gentle and lovely woman she had been before the match.

Now, to help Adrian deceive everyone, she did not hesitate to threaten me with my career.

I stared into her eyes and slowly rolled up my sleeve.

Facing the live camera, I raised my arm so everyone could see the bruises the finals had left on it more clearly.

“Although I wore a mask during the match, anyone who watched the finals should know very well where the injuries on my body came from, and besides, the organizers can also check my registration information to see whether the name on it is really Adrian’s!”

And Adrian, who stood beside me, said nothing at that moment and stared at me with a dark expression.

And I had no interest in arguing with him either.

Because a shameless fake like him was not worthy of being my opponent at all.

At that moment, the audience below pointed at the big screen behind me and cried out in shock.

“It’s the registration information, and the name on it is clearly Adrian!”

“I knew it, every time something like this happens, someone always jumps out trying to steal the spotlight, and this guy is shameless enough to even paint the wounds so realistically!”

I turned my head in disbelief and saw that the registration information displayed on the big screen was indeed Adrian’s.

In just one second, I looked at Claire again.

So she had been plotting to take my medal from the very beginning?

And the culprit walked up to me as if nothing had happened, took my hand, and said softly,

“Ethan, do you really have to turn yourself into a joke before you’ll stop?”

I looked at that delicate face, and my heart was filled with a mix of emotions.

This was the girlfriend I had loved for eight years, and this was the woman I had planned to propose to on the day I won the championship!

My throat went dry, and I could not say another word.

Claire brushed past my shoulder and walked to the front of the stage to calm the audience.

“What just happened was only a small episode, and I’m very sorry it affected our award ceremony.”

“My boyfriend is also a boxing fan, and he has always dreamed of standing on this podium and winning a gold medal of his own, so maybe he was too obsessed with that dream and lost control for a moment, and I hope everyone won’t take offense.”

This little episode passed very quickly.

I was dragged off the stage by security, and when I looked at the two people praised by the fans as the perfect golden couple, I gave a cold, mocking smile.

A perfect golden couple?

Then what was I?

A fan who had gone crazy because of his dream?

With just a few words of explanation, she denied all my years of hard work.

At that moment, unwillingness and resentment resonated in my chest, and I even tasted blood in my mouth.

But I was not willing to accept it.

I wanted to take back what belonged to me!