In a hurry, Jessy pats himself with the towel and, with a gaze full of pride, looks at his sister.
'Jina…. I will be a worthy brother, I promise from now on, no one will disrespect me again.
He immediately presses the button Lora told him about earlier, ordering breakfast for his sister.
Back in his tiny rented room, pushups were Jessy's only workout.
Though it wasn't enough to beat Thomas but he never let a day slip without pumping at least a 100 pushups.
50 in the morning, just as he wakes up.
50 in the evening just before he sleeps.
While others had a bowl of ice water to dip their face in as their morning routine,Pushups were Jessie's daily routine.
'Here we go!' Jess thought while exhaling.
He immediately dropped to the floor and positioned himself for pushups.
He lowered himself slowly, arms bent, chest hovering inches above the floor. The fluorescent bulb overhead flickered.
1…2…3…Heat built in his shoulders, arms trembling, but he pressed upward with full force.
29…30…31…His breathing stuttered, but he tightened his core, refusing to let his elbows splay outward.
47...48...49...50.
From outside came the distant echo of a food cart rumbling down the hall, reminding him of responsibilities waiting at the hospital.
In that split second, half bent over, one hand on the floor, he froze.
As he realized, "I missed my shift at the restaurant."
Money was tight. Jina's medical bills would keep piling up if he didn't find a better way to earn. But before contradictions could claim him, a small voice interrupted.
"Jess, don't you get tired of those lousy home workouts?" Said Jina with her mouth stuffed with cookie crumble.
"I aaaaa, like to keep myself fit, you know!" Jessy said, not wanting to burden her, he's trying to improve his physique to protect himself from being beaten by bullies.
'Maybe I should refrain from telling her about the bodyguard job, at least until it's confirmed that I will get that job'
"Eat your veggies if you wanna get bigger I will have to go now, stay safe!"
Said Jessy with his right hand patting his sister's head warmly, with pure smile.
Heading straight to the address listed in the flyer using the most advanced transportation technique ever known since the beginning of human time.
It's called walking. Technically, that's correct;
When he finally reached his destination, half an hour later, he saw a huge building.
It's a strange-looking high-security facility, more like a private training ground than an office.
With his heart almost skipping a beat, he enters the facility and notices around 20 other applicants waiting in the lobby.
'Hmm, do I stand a chance against these guys?'
Analysing the room, something caught Jessie's attention.
All the workers there were wearing a unique blue uniform with white shoes, but what stood out the most was that….
They all had a buzz cut!
'Let's hope that bodyguards don't need such a haircut too, I wonder how I would look like though.'
Suddenly, cute Burnett with green emerald eyes started waving at him!
For Jessy, that's a once in a lifetime phenomenon, being a smelly guy with an arched back, red eyes, and cowardly behaviour, he was never acknowledged by any female other than his grandfather and sister.
But today, that wasn't the case.
As their gazes met, Jessy started rubbing his eyes, but he felt a burning desire to man up.
It's called "Purpose".
Getting himself together, he headed straight forward to where the girl was standing.
With a nice and welcoming body language, she said, " Hello, my name is Tessa! You?"
Jessy was astonished; he wasn't used to people treating him fairly.
He was always looked down on, left alone if not… he was heated.
With a curious look, Jessy talked with her a bit, asking her about her story, what she was studying, etc
Turns out this girl has a polar opposite background to that of Jessie's!
She's a 19 year old high ranking student, tennis player with rich parents.
"Mind if I ask, what brings you here? I mean, why take a job if you already have loving parents and …"
Before completing his sentence, Tessa's gaze immediately turned cold, sending shivers down Jessie's spine!
'Maybe she hates her parents??'
Thought Jessy trembling, he was afraid that she would accuse him of being disrespectful or rude, he didn't want his first impression to be like that!
Not that he wouldn't know how to deal with it, but he wants to secure this job more than anything else.
"You are not hired yet. You will go through a trial period, you'll have to earn your place".
Tessa replied with a strict demeanor while looking him up and down with skepticism.
'What the actual….?' With a puzzled look on Jessy's face, he thought, 'Is she a worker here?'
"Please excuse my language," Jessy replied with a sigh, looking at his worn-out shoes.
Suddenly, a man covered in sweat and almost out of breath came running towards Jessy.
"Miss. Tessa!" "Miss Tessa," said one of the workers who was wearing the blue uniform.
"An urgent phone call for young miss, it's Sir Akula! "
'Lazordy Akula the owner of this facility? What does he want from Tessa?'