While Vicky sped off, Aurora reduced her speed until the others were in front of her. She didn’t care about the race anymore. While still absentmindedly following the others, she didn’t notice the fact that the red reduced his speed. It was only when he was near her that she noticed it. “Hey, little one, do you think you can beat me in this race? Remember that you’re just a girl, and this place is not for girls like you,” he whispered, his voice rough and full of malicious intent. With that said, he pushed Aurora off the track.
After seeing that she had fallen out of the racetrack, he placed both hands around his mouth and shouted, "Someone fell off the racetrack!" This prompted all the racers to stop. They all turned back and came in to assess the situation, putting aside their race. Everyone discussed how it happened. The red racer stomped his leg on the floor, saying, "I told you it wasn't good to have this girl with us. See the problems it's bringing us now," pointing as if he was right all along. Sky, who was still shocked by the girl falling off the track, said, "Damon, calm down. We must first call the ambulance," his voice serious. Vicky, on the other side, went to check if Aurora was okay. What she saw made her smile. Aurora, on the other hand, after being pushed down, had some problems steadying herself and the bike until it stopped. She then got down to inspect if anything was out of place, removed her helmet, and let her hair flow down freely on her shoulders. Thanks to the bike’s shock absorber, she was able to be safe. She then glanced around to assess her situation. But when she thought about the origin of her present dilemma, the only thing she described him with was ‘dumb child’. "I was silently enjoying myself on the side, but he still saw me as a nuisance. What a really dumb child! But since he saw me as a threat, why not scare him now?" With that thought in mind, she climbed back on her bike, warmed up the machine, and put back her helmet. Because of the noise at the top, they failed to notice the noise caused by the engine. Vicky, who was the first to notice the sound, moved forward to take a look. What she saw made her smile. She turned to walk away and climbed on her bike, but Sky held her wrist with his brows furrowed. "Your friend just fell down the little cliff, and all you want to do is continue the race," he said, his voice laced with slight disbelief. Vicky was slightly stunned since he was the nearest to the cliff. How could he have reached her side so fast? But she reined in her emotions and offered him a smile. She spoke with truthful seriousness, "Tell your friends to come; let’s continue the race. No need to worry about her; she is fine." Sky looked into her bright black eyes that seemed to speak the truth. He still seemed to worry about the other but decided to trust her words. He alerted his friends to come, and they continued the race. But before that, he called an ambulance. When hearing this, his friends were quite surprised because from what they knew about Sky, he was a guy with a strong sense of responsibility. Since he was the one to propose the race to those girls, they thought the race would be annulled. However, he decided to continue. They still obeyed and went to climb on their bikes and continued the race. As usual, the green and the white were at the front, followed by the others. Unknown to them, the red guy was all smiles inside his helmet. When the race continued, Sky leaned towards Vicky with a little bit of worry, still not totally convinced. "Are you sure it was the right decision? She could have been hurt," he asked, his voice still laced with uncertainty. The other party just chuckled, "Don’t worry. If she was weak, I would have worried, but she isn’t," she spoke as if trying to soothe a child. "But how can she be o-" he was still talking when he felt a shadow hovering over him. It felt like time flowed slowly around him as the shadow of the bike passed by slowly and landed in front of him. Aurora drove her bike at a low speed just to have a view of how she could leave this cliff. Until she saw a concave slope, she broke into a wide grin. She rolled twenty meters back and then went at full speed. Thanks to her speed and the slope, she found herself in the air for a moment, and gravity brought her back down enough to land back on the racetrack. She appeared a few meters away from the green and white racer. That is where he noticed the black bike, but what surprised him was the girl sitting on the bike as if she were not the one that just fell from the sky. He now understood why Vicky didn’t show too much of a hint of worry, as if she knew that Aurora would have come. He was still reveling in his surprise when something suddenly popped up in his mind. "If she had this type of skill, how could she be in an accident apart from..." He didn’t have the courage to finish, but it was apparent that it wasn’t a simple accident. He looked behind at his friends, who all stood still in surprise by what happened earlier. Vicky, who was looking at her friend from a distance with her face full of relief hidden away by the helmet, it was true. Even though she appeared not worried, her back must be drenched with cold sweat, but she was okay seeing Aurora back. Her gaze still fixed on her friend’s back, she opened her mouth after a long moment, her tone as cold as an ice cube, “Now you saw it for yourself. With her level of skills, do you think it was a simple accident?” It sounded like a question, but it was more like a matter of fact, her no more spotting a hint of a smile from earlier.The tension was heavy among them. Sky, who heard the voice, felt a chill running down his spine. What she said was true; with her skills, an accident on her side was something impossible, which means that one of his friends must have pushed her away. But when he tried to guess, there were two that came to his mind: Weber, the brown one, had a fierce sense of competition but would not stoop low to the point of committing these types of mishaps. That left him with the red one, Jack, since he has a difficult personality to deal with and is also a bad loser. It can only be him since he must have felt threatened by both girls’ talent and decided to take care of the black one since she appeared to be the smallest and easiest to bully, but he must not have expected her to come back in such a way. He was still processing what happened when Vicky signaled him that they continue. He approached and asked, still surprised by what she said."How heartless can you be? You still want to continue th
Sky watched as the girls disappeared from his view before taking out his phone and making a call. "Find Jack Thomson and bring him to me," his voice as cold as ice, different from when he was talking to both girls. That was all him; he can smile and laugh with you, but when you step on his bad side, then he will become merciless, especially because he is from that family.As both girls left the Magnolia Corporation in haste, they reached the milk shop. It was already forty-five minutes past three, and the butler was already present, waiting for them. They parked right in front of him, got down from their bike, placed the helmet on the back of their bike, and walked towards the butler with a contented smile hanging on their lips.The butler bowed and smiled, “Welcome, Miss Vicky and Miss Aurora. Was the outing fruitful?” Vicky answered and started narrating what happened, except for the part where Aurora got into a little mishap. The butler nodded while listening attentively with great
As Aurora arrived home, she rushed directly into her bedroom and took off her black garments and underwear. She stepped into the bathroom to wash away the filth she accumulated during the day. The cold water gliding down her body felt so refreshing that she let out a comfortable sigh. She looked straight ahead as her mind drifted back to what happened earlier. She thought about those three men from earlier and let out a chuckle before her eyes darkened. (To think that I almost killed them, they must be lucky) she mused. She stepped out of the bathroom, already dressed, with a towel hanging on her head when her aunt entered her room. She looked at her aunt with an inquisitive look as it was the first time she ever entered her room. She would always send Nana if she had something to say, but her aunt merely glanced around in disgust before speaking, her voice as cold as usual. "Meet me in the parlor when you're done," she didn't even look at the girl in question before turning around
She opened the message only to see, "You must have received the mission already." She answered with a yes and dropped her phone back on the bed. But a few minutes later, her phone made another sound, and she picked it up only to see that it was another message from her friend: "When will you achieve the mission?" She pondered over the question before typing back, "In three days from now." After responding, she reduced all the volume on her phone and lay back on the bed, staring aimlessly at the ceiling until she fell asleep. When she woke up the next morning, the sun was already high up in the sky. She freshened up and went to the kitchen, only to see a family of three having breakfast together. "This will be a very long and torturous breakfast if I join them." She was about to turn back and leave when her eyes met those of her aunt. Her aunt smiled and warmly called her over"Join us for breakfast," she said, hearing it she had chills running down her spine. Her aunt must really be l
At first, she did ask me if I wanted to back out, but I refused because the fact of having a client asking for my services felt more pleasant, like someone needed me even if I was hiding behind another identity. Until she refrained from asking, but in the organization, there was no head. Since Vicky was the one to gather information about our different missions, she was like a switch connected to various computers. The slight difference is that the other computers didn’t know the identity of their colleagues. In the organization, she is known as ‘Shadow’. No one knew about her identity in the organization, but since she was the one to bring me into the group, I know about her. The only information she made me know was that I was the youngest.The organization itself was non-affiliated with any other groups or mafias, so even mafias can contact us for a job if they wish not to be suspected. The organization only has one rule, and that is no one is supposed to know the other's identity
She took the vacuum cleaner from behind the stairs and cleaned the house from top to bottom without entering the bedroom, and then mopped the floor. The house is big to clean for just one person; obviously, it would take a few hours to completely clean the house. It was better to avoid any scenes because when she remembered being seventeen, she was sitting in her room when her aunt barged in, claiming that I stole nana’s favorite jewel. I denied that I only entered her room to clean, but she was already rummaging around my shabby things until she pulled out a necklace. It was really eye-catching. When I tried to explain further, my aunt gave me a sound slap that made me think I was seeing stars. She asked nana to bring a belt, and after a while, my cousin was back with a black leather belt and handed it to my aunt. Seeing it, my body involuntarily shivered. She waved the belt in front of me, saying, “I already warned you to enjoy what you have been given but do not covet more than t
The days passed by more quickly, and today was Friday, the famous day of the blind date. The past few days were more hectic because I had to be rushed from right to left by Nana to do my hair and arrange my nails. Even if I had to impress on the famous blind date, they didn’t want to use money unnecessarily in bringing me to beauty salons. Instead, I had my hair and nails done by someone who is used to helping Nana when she is supposed to attend balls or ceremonies accompanied by her mother. After I was done with the preliminary steps to make a breathtaking creature, I now had to go and meet Nana to see which dress would go in accordance with all the efforts made on my hair, especially.She walked towards Nana's room and knocked. When she heard a sound inside, she immediately knew that her cousin was there. She was more certain when her cousin opened the door with a beauty mask on her face. Her cousin first took her sweet time to look at Aurora from top to bottom before ste
Later, she carefully dried her silky black hair and took a comb to meticulously brush it. She tied it in a half-high ponytail because she considered the efforts placed before were just to treat it, making it feel more like a hair treatment rather than styling it. She then took a hairpin and placed it on the band holding her hair in place. She left her room and descended down the stairs. As she took the last step of the stairs, she came across her uncle, who almost knocked her if not for her fast reaction. He stared at her for a few minutes from head to toe without blinking until his usual cold eyes showed emotions of anger and disgust. He grabbed her by her collar and yanked her towards him until they were at eye level. He asked her, "Why aren’t you wearing a presentable dress and accessories, or is your goal to sully our family?".She looked at him with a perplexed look before glancing to the side. "I went to meet Nana to borrow a dress, but she refused," her unc