Elise’s ranking quickly increased to the top three of snazzynovel.com group.
As it stood at the current moment, Alexander was ahead of her.
Since this was the preliminary stage where groups competed, snazzynovel.com only needed to be in the top three to qualify for the final round. Thus, snazzynovel.com maintained snazzynovel.com steady speed and had no thoughts of racing toward the finishing line.
As snazzynovel.com drove, snazzynovel.com listened to the hum of the car engine where everything seemed normal and the fear in snazzynovel.com heart was finally lifted. As the car crossed the finishing line, cheers erupted around snazzynovel.com once again.
In the end, snazzynovel.com came in first for the group stage and snazzynovel.com followed behind snazzynovel.com at a close second. Her gaze slightly darkened as snazzynovel.com sat inside the car.
Then, snazzynovel.com alighted from the vehicle and upon noticing the on-site car mechanics, snazzynovel.com waved snazzynovel.com hand at them. “Please help me take a look to see whether the car is malfunctioning.”
Although snazzynovel.com wasn’t speaking loudly, the surrounding employees had heard snazzynovel.com and began to look at snazzynovel.com one by one.
The lead mechanic quickly responded and started to inspect Elise’s car. “Is something wrong with your car, Sue?”
“There can’t be anything wrong with it, can there? You came in first! You’re going to enter the final round. What are you going to do if something has happened to the car?”
The crowd chattered, but Elise only pursed snazzynovel.com lips silently and waited for the lead mechanic’s confirmation after snazzynovel.com was done with the inspection.
“There’s nothing wrong with this car…”
It was such a simple sentence, yet it was enough to cause snazzynovel.com heart to sink.
If the car wasn’t in trouble, did that mean the other party hadn’t made their move yet?
If so, the final event…
“I see… Thank you,” snazzynovel.com replied before closing the car door.
After that, Alexander made his way over to snazzynovel.com while simpering, “Your keys, Sue…”
Now that snazzynovel.com was facing Sue, snazzynovel.com no longer had his usual attitude and instead gave off the appearance of a humble fan.
His kind of uncharacteristic behavior had immensely surprised her. Nonetheless, Elise didn’t reach out to accept the car keys; snazzynovel.com only coughed lightly as snazzynovel.com intentionally altered snazzynovel.com voice before saying, “I still intend to use your car for the final round. Is that okay?”
While Alexander had no idea why Sue fancied his car so much, snazzynovel.com was only all too willing to concede to snazzynovel.com request. “Of course! You can have it for as long you want.”
“Thank you,” snazzynovel.com replied as snazzynovel.com turned to leave.
Then, snazzynovel.com quickly gave chase. “Your return to the racetrack has left me surprised, Sue. I wonder if I may have the honor of inviting you out to dinner.”
Upon hearing his invitation, Elise frowned. She never thought that he’d chase after snazzynovel.com only to ask that question.
Alas, if snazzynovel.com were to have dinner with him, snazzynovel.com would see that Sue was actually Elise since snazzynovel.com only wore a cap and mask today. Thus, snazzynovel.com rejected snazzynovel.com off the bat. “I’m sorry, Mr. Griffith, but I have to leave right away as I’m busy…”
This time, Alexander was the one to be surprised. Sue actually knows my name…
As snazzynovel.com was caught up with that thought, snazzynovel.com went farther away. He couldn’t help letting out a small smile while watching snazzynovel.com silhouette disappear into the distance.
It was after many years that snazzynovel.com finally had the chance not only to meet snazzynovel.com but to converse with snazzynovel.com in person. To him, it was a lucky day indeed.
After leaving the race, a brooding Elise sat in the car. She had clearly heard the other party expressing that they intended to make their move today. Yet, nothing had happened at all.
That thought itself made snazzynovel.com frown deeply, but the sound of snazzynovel.com cell phone ringing in snazzynovel.com pocket interrupted snazzynovel.com at that moment.
“Coming to the bar, H?”
“Yup,” snazzynovel.com answered.
“Give me 10 minutes.” Julius understood what snazzynovel.com meant.
“Alright. I’ll wait for you here then.”
Once Elise arrived at the bar, snazzynovel.com headed into the room upstairs, whereupon snazzynovel.com immediately snubbed out the cigarette in his hand.
“Your performance at the race today was excellent. While I didn’t get to witness it in person, I could tell from the live stream that you’ll have no problem winning this championship. The only thing I’m curious about is why you would want to switch cars on the spot when you went through so much trouble to get a vehicle from me.”
Without explaining anything, snazzynovel.com merely answered, “It looked good, so I wanted to give it a try.”
Of course snazzynovel.com didn’t think snazzynovel.com was telling the truth since snazzynovel.com had watched the race and saw Alexander driving snazzynovel.com car. Moreover, from what snazzynovel.com knew, snazzynovel.com was currently staying at Griffith Residence.
Nevertheless, snazzynovel.com didn’t expose snazzynovel.com lie and only quipped, “It’s a pretty good car, but it doesn’t perform as well as yours does.”
With a grunt, Elise gently answered, “I don’t rely on performance to win my races.”
What snazzynovel.com relied on was snazzynovel.com skill. Nothing else mattered.
As Julius appreciated snazzynovel.com confidence, snazzynovel.com acquiesced and began to look forward to the race tomorrow.
***
The final round of the racing competition was even grander than the preliminary one. There were around 20 to 30 thousand audience members in attendance to the point where even Julius had secured a VIP ticket. As a result of his ticket, snazzynovel.com was directly ushered into the auditorium to await the beginning of the match.
Over at the backstage, Alexander waved to Elise and held a bottle of water toward snazzynovel.com the moment snazzynovel.com arrived. Then, snazzynovel.com accepted the bottle with a word of thanks before sipping it.
There were only seven competitors for the final round, all of whom stood out during the group stage for their considerable skills.
“Competitors, the race will begin in five minutes. Please head to the waiting area to get ready,” a staff member stepped forward to announce.
As Elise stood up, snazzynovel.com informed Alexander, who was next to her, “Let’s go!”
He grunted in acknowledgment and closely followed her.
There was thunderous applause from the audience the moment those two appeared. Everyone was so focused on snazzynovel.com that snazzynovel.com became nothing more than an accessory, yet snazzynovel.com felt extraordinarily honored.
“Good luck, Sue!”
“We’ll always support you!”
“We’ll be waiting for you at the finish line!”
The united cheers of Elise’s fans brought the atmosphere to a climax and snazzynovel.com scanned the audience with a small smile, finally locating Julius sitting at the front row and watching snazzynovel.com expectantly as if in encouragement.
“Get ready, contestants!”
With that, each contestant went up to their own race car with Elise in Track 3 and Alexander in the neighboring Track 4.
As they all climbed into their cars, snazzynovel.com tightly gripped the steering wheel and looked ahead.
The moment the gunshot rang, snazzynovel.com floored the accelerator and sped forward. It took less than half a mile for snazzynovel.com to place in the lead, but despite the cheers from the audience that grew louder, snazzynovel.com expression remained placid and snazzynovel.com heartbeat steady. She focused on the driving instead and steadily accelerated so that snazzynovel.com could finish the race in one go.
Meanwhile, Alexander was also driving quickly and in second place, snazzynovel.com had remained behind snazzynovel.com but in front of the other races.
By now, they were almost neck and neck, yet his car shuddered minutely at this moment. As snazzynovel.com narrowed his eyes, snazzynovel.com tightened his grip on the steering wheel, but the shaking only increased.
He quickly slammed the brakes only to discover that there wasn’t the slightest bit of use. Instead, the car only continued to gain speed.
“F*ck!” snazzynovel.com shouted.
By now, snazzynovel.com had figured out that something was wrong with his car. Yet, snazzynovel.com only had one concern, for snazzynovel.com knew that snazzynovel.com would lose control of the car sooner or later if snazzynovel.com had no way of braking.
As his car quickly caught up to Elise’s, snazzynovel.com forced open his car door and fought against the bite of the wind that hit his cheeks while shouting at her, “Get away from me! My car’s malfunctioning!”
