Domination in America, Starting from being a Boxing Champion

Chapter 044 Girlfriend?

"Link, Jesus from the car repair shop said this is a 1966 Pontiac GTO second generation, worth at least 200,000 US dollars, and there's nowhere to buy it. How did you get it for 100,000?"Daniel returned after taking the cars for a spin and handed back the keys, curiously bringing up the price of the car.

Link, hanging upside down from the rack and holding a 40-pound weight plate, waved his hand, "Don't disturb me, I'm working out."

Daniel turned his face to look at him, jokingly said, "Link, did some rich lady buy it for you?"

Link ignored him, and continued doing his sit-ups.

"Link, take a look at me, I'm not bad-looking either, and I've got muscles too. Why don't you bring me along, and we can conquer Miami's wealthy women together, how about that?"

Michael from the surf shop flexed his arms' muscles and winked suggestively as he spoke.

"Link, did really a rich lady buy you that sports car? Are you doing right by your late Grandpa Baker?"

James frowned, looking at him with a touch of sympathy.

"Scram, all of you scram!"

Link said darkly, waving the weight plate.

The three of them ran off laughing and joking.

Ding-a-ling-a-ling!

The phone rang. Link ignored it the first time, but on the second ring, James ran inside from outdoors, picked up the phone from the living room coffee table, and handed it to him, hesitating before saying,

"It's Taylor's call, I'd support you being with Taylor over that rich lady."

"Thanks, you can go out now."

Link took the phone, flipped over to sit on the rack, and answered Taylor's call.

"Link, is it true what they're saying in the news? Are you really dating Emma Watson?"

Taylor asked with a thick nasal voice, sounding like she was crying.

"Me and Emma?"

Link slightly frowned. Had the news about him dating Emma Watson been leaked by the paparazzi?

He jumped down from the rack and walked towards the counter, speaking to Taylor as he walked, "Fake news. I know Emma, but we are not dating."

"Really? You're not dating Emma Watson?"

Taylor's voice brightened, as if she had heard some very happy news.

"Yes, we are just friends."

Link shrugged his shoulders.

Yesterday, Emma had mentioned that her family and agency thought she was too young, and her fans were also young. She was supposed to maintain a pure, academically-oriented public image for now and it would be best to avoid any public relationships, so their dates had to be kept secret and not told to others.

Link did not object.

Having a girlfriend meant daily check-ins, phone calls to attend to, being there for her when she's happy, and comforting her when she's not. In short, it was troublesome and could interfere with his routine training.

Emma's suggestion suited him as well.

Since Emma's side didn't plan to publicly acknowledge their relationship, when Taylor brought it up, he was able to say without any burden that he wasn't dating Emma.

He arrived at the counter, turned on the laptop, and used Google to

Emma cheered up instantly, her voice turning joyous as she asked him to come over that night.

Link said that there were too many paparazzi around her these days and going now would make it easy to get photographed, which wouldn't be good. They should wait until the media frenzy died down.

Emma reluctantly agreed, planting several kisses through the phone before hanging up.

But before the phone was put down, the voice of Emma's aunt, Irene, came through.

Irene, in a stern and formal tone, told him that she hoped he would keep his statements in line with Emma's agency's publicity and not disclose their relationship to reporters.

It would be best to maintain silence in front of the media, claiming it was for Emma's best interest. Emma was only eighteen, and her fans wanted her to be like Hermione: intelligent, pure, and studious. A public romance would not suit Emma.

Link agreed.

After hanging up, he glanced at the time and realized an hour had passed since he had left the training rig.

He had lost a full hour of training.

Coach Liu was right; dating was a boxer's taboo.

Link decided to train an extra two hours to make up for the lost time.