Publisher's Synopsis
Love is like a roundhouse kick, you never see it coming the second time.
-Aaron
I fell in love with the first guy I got close with. Not out of convenience, but fate.
We shared everything--the same apartment, the same trainer, the same gym, and ultimately, the same dream--to become famous and successful UFC fighters.
But the reality was much different from the dream. It was a bitter pill to swallow knowing that if we wanted to find success, we couldn't do it as lovers.
I only found the strength to walk away from him because my drive to succeed was greater than my need to be loved. Or so I thought...
-Cortez
Once upon a time I was a fool in love. A naïve kid with starry eyes. I thought being a great fighter was all it would take to launch me to the top. I had so much to learn. And the hardest lesson of all was finding out the one man I thought I could trust, who would never betray me, could rip my heart from my chest and crush it in his fist like I never meant anything to him.
Lesson learned. Don't shit where you eat. Don't sleep with your coworkers. And above all, don't ever fall in love with your rival opponent...again.
