Rivera's final warning lingers heavily inside the living room long after the words leave his mouth. For the first time since storming into the house, Miguel Cabello no longer responds immediately.
The anger inside him still burns, but now another feeling begins surfacing beneath it, one far less comfortable than rage, because part of him understands what Hugo Ramirez truly represents.
Miguel understands enough to know that antagonizing Ryoma Takeda and antagonizing Hugo Ramirez are two different things.
Even now, with humiliation still crawling beneath his skin after days of media accusations, some quieter instinct continues warning him not to push this situation too far.
Unfortunately, the memory of those articles resurfaces again before the hesitation can settle inside him. Every headline sounded like another public insult thrown at his face, repeating the same accusation until even he could no longer ignore how the boxing world was beginning to see him.
