His sudden change in attitude confused Ruth. She could not figure out whether he was smiling out of anger or mocking her. Ruth then came up with an idea. She got up, walked to his side, hugged his arm, and sat down on the couch. “I watched Aquilo Lovehart’s races last night. Guess what I discovered.”Abel looked at her and went along with the conversation. “What is it?”Ruth said mysteriously, “I know him.”Abel widened his eyes. “Not only do I know him, but I also even raced against him abroad at a race my friend organized.”Abel was surprised, but he finally understood why she was so confident. However, he remained cautious and asked, “What’s the difference in skill between you two?”Joey and Aquilo were about the same in their level of skill. Even if Ruth had raced against Aquilo before, it was still too risky. After all, the stakes were really troublesome to Abel. Ruth was simply too rash. Even though Abel was right there, he did not manage to stop her. “I’d say we’re qu
Right after he hung up, his father called him again. This time, the ringing went on for much longer, which showed just how anxious he was. Joey hesitated for a few seconds before he went to a quiet place and answered the call. “What?”“Are you insane, you idiot?! Why did you join the friendly race?! I warned you plenty of times to behave, but you just refuse to listen! Look at what happened! You—”It was the same angry spiel. Joey could already memorize the whole thing. He hung up and even turned off his phone. Meanwhile, before Keith could finish speaking, he heard the mechanical beeps of a busy ringtone. When he called Joey again, he could not even get through. In his anger and anxiety, he ordered his secretary to get his car ready. Then, he left the meeting he was having with his employees and went to the club. ......The race started amid the sound of cheers, and it ended while the spectators continued cheering. Aquilo came in first, as expected. A handsome man in
Abel was shocked that Joey had not left yet and still wanted to race against Ruth. Aquilo was also surprised because he was not expecting Joey to be here. And what did he mean by that? Was he implying that he had a race with Ruth?Aquilo gave them a puzzled look before he gave Joey a questioning one. However, Joey did not look at him. He just stared at Ruth and said teasingly, “But this is the first time I see someone who’s not vying to get into Aquilo’s bed but is instead trying to get into mine.”…What?Ruth did not even know what to say as she stared at Joey. After a few seconds, she said, “Being confident is good and all, but being overconfident just makes you stupid.”Joey just thought she was being stubborn and did not mind. He just gave a signal with his hand. Someone drove a Lamborghini over and parked it in front of them. Joey gave Ruth a challenging look and walked past her to get into the car. When he sat in the driver’s seat, he grabbed the steering wheel with o
“Joey finally got into the mood for a race, he definitely needs a Lady Luck.”“That’s right! That was such a pointless question!”“Are you going to choose one from among us? We’re all willing!”Joey’s fangirls began offering themselves. Aquilo could no longer watch and went to stop Joey from marching to his own death. He drew close to Joey and whispered, “Do you know who she is?”Joey just quirked a nonchalant eyebrow at him. “I don’t care who she is. She’s the one who flirted with me first.”Aquilo was skeptical. “She flirted with you first?”However, Joey did feel a little guilty when he said this to his best friend. After all, the root cause was that Joey was the one who flirted with her first and got angry because of her attitude. In the end, he was the one who had made that bet. He waved Aquilo off to signal that he did not want to talk about this anymore. Then, he shouted at his fangirls, “To all the girls who want to sit in my passenger’s seat, you can queue up now!”
When Abel saw that Ruth was answering him seriously, he finally felt satisfied. Just as he was about to say something, Joey grew impatient. “What’s with the hold up? Are you going to race or not?”He had never been ignored like this before. This woman was going overboard with her entire act of playing hard to get. He was actually beginning to think that she really did not care about him.“Of course, she does,” Abel said coldly. “But, if you want to race against her, you’ll have to get through me first.”His words caused everyone else to fall silent. A number of Joey’s fangirls looked over, and their eyes lit up in excitement. They had been focused on Joey just now and did not notice this other handsome man appear in the club. Both his looks and temperament were outstanding. Joey smirked and looked at him mockingly before he stared at Ruth. “You want him to race against me? I’ll make this clear: I’m only racing against one person today. If he races against me, the results of th
Ruth did not even know what to say to this. What was this? Did he have too much money to spare?Just when she was about to say something, Abel said, “Hang on tight.”They had come to a very steep and sharp bend. Abel did not even slow down. He turned the steering wheel. The back wheels of the car had such great friction against the road that sparks flew. Ruth was caught off guard. She fell toward the driver’s seat and crashed into Abel. Her chest rammed against the center console, and it hurt so much that she grimaced and wanted to curse. At that moment, Abel elegantly placed his hand on her head and pushed her back. “Be good now. If you do that, I can’t overtake him with ease.”“…Excuse you?!” Was Ruth to blame for Abel failing to overtake Joey?!Ruth returned to her seat and glared silently at Abel. But Abel’s gaze remained trained ahead. He was focused, and his face showed no emotions as he steered the car with a natural ease. It seemed like he was not at all affected
Under Ruth’s puzzled yet displeased gaze, Abel moved his hands over the steering wheel and gear shift smoothly while he stepped on the gas pedal. Then, his Bugatti Veyron began to pick up speed and went neck-to-neck with Joey’s car again, even though it had never been able to speed up all this while during the race. However, unlike the previous time, Abel did not give Joey any chance to react. He beat Joey to the punch and drew closer to Joey’s car, just like what Joey did earlier to force Abel back. In fact, what Abel did this time was much more dangerous than what Joey did. He inched closer to Joey’s car. Joey was shocked by Abel’s reckless action and instinctively steered away to quickly avoid the Bugatti Veyron. At that moment, Abel sped up again and switched lanes to drive ahead of Joey. Before Joey could calm down, this new move shocked him once again and caused him to step on the brakes. He cussed, “F*ck!”Cheers filled the finish line as the crowd geared themselv
Joey raised his chin and challenged Abel. “Set a time. I’m challenging you to another race!”He was intent on teaching Abel a lesson.Ruth was startled by Joey’s voice, and she finally realized that there were people around them. She instinctively took a step back and awkwardly smoothed out her hair. Meanwhile, Abel just watched as Ruth stepped out of his embrace. Then, he turned to Joey, and the desire in his eyes faded away, only to be replaced by a cold, hard stare. “You’re no longer worthy of challenging me.” His voice was filled with displeasure. As he spoke, he helped Ruth adjust her coat and pulled her into his arms possessively. Joey could no longer think straight. “I’m not worthy? Why don’t you ask the people who I am? You took her place to race against me just now, didn’t you? I’ll give you the chance to set whatever requirements you want for the next round! Accept the challenge if you’re a man!”Ruth cleared her throat and patiently explained what Abel said, “He’s