Hailey's face flushed red at being called out. "You know exactly what you're thinking! We're both women, you think I can't see right through you?"
It was Chloe who was acting like a vixen, shamelessly making eyes at another woman's fiancé.
And now she was making it seem like Hailey was the petty one.
"That's enough!"
Adrian shot Hailey an irritated look, his eyes filled with impatience.
He used to think Hailey's demure, girlish nature made her obedient and easy to control.
Now... he just found her annoying and a liability.
As expected, there was a world of difference between someone from a modest background and a high-society heiress.
She had no idea how to read a room!
"If you're not going to issue the challenge, then get out of the way," Serena said, her lips pressed into a thin, impatient line, her expression icy. "Block our path again, and we'll handle it according to the rules of Apex Horizon Speedway we cripple troublemakers."
Adrian's gaze was heavy as he stared at Serena for a long moment.
His eyes finally shifted to the Ghost, lingering on the bike's iconic logo.
His expression grew even darker.
"Well, Mr. Cole, my hands are tied," Chloe said, spreading her hands with a look of disappointment, her tone laced with a hint of playful sorrow. "And I genuinely wanted to help you."
Her drawn-out, melodious tone was wickedly enchanting.
It was enough to drive a man wild.
Adrian pressed his tongue firmly against the roof of his mouth. His gaze swept over Ghost one last time before returning to Chloe.
"I'll sign the contract."
His voice was low and gravelly. "I can afford fifty million."
It was just Brianna, and at most, the even less threatening Serena.
There was no way he could lose.
Even if Serena brought Brian into this, he would still have to abide by the Overdrive rules.
It would be an undeniable loss for them.
It was just a contract.
If he won, Ghost would be his, and the deposit would be returned.
He would also be able to... display his magnanimity in front of Chloe.
"Adrian!" Hailey grabbed his arm again, her sweet face unable to maintain its innocent expression. "Don't be impulsive That.. Miss Barnes is obviously doing this on purpose! Who just happens to carry a contract around with them?"
"Shut up!" Adrian coldly flung her hand off.
If she hadn't interfered, he would have already borrowed the "Dark Serpent GT" from Chloe and challenged Brianna. He wouldn't
have needed to signa contran
scramble to raise fifty million dollars.
Hailey stumbled back a few steps, nearly falling.
or
Her eyes reddened as she looked at him in disbelief. "Adrian..."
Adrian didn't even glance at her, his expression cold and sharp. "I will have Ghost."
Hailey's eyes burned with anger.
She watched her own fiancé spend a fortune and act like his life depended on
getting the motorcycle of a woman he'd never even met.
Her stomach churned with fury.
She was so angry she could have screamed.
Adrian hadn't even spent five million dollars on her in total.
And now he was throwing away fifty million without a second thought!
In Adrian's mind, was she worth less than that racer, Skye?
A woman who'd been gone for four years, who could have been used up and
discarded by now, or might even be dead-was *she* really worth all this?
Watching Adrian take the pen from Chloe and sign his name on the contract, she stomped her foot in frustration.
Adrian was in no mood to comfort
Hailey. After signing his name with a flourish, he immediately picked upe his phone and, with impressive speed, transferred the
fifty-million-dollar deposit into the account Chloe specified.