Chapter 56: Luna Removes Her Helmet, Revealing Jiang Wan Yue
“Mr. Shane, which car should we have Mr. Blackwood wash?” Luna asked, a playful gint in ber eyes She trusted Shane to deliver.
Shane instructed the crew, “Bring the car Mr. Blackwood will wash.”
A beat–up garbage truck rumbled into view.Most of the audience remained, curious to see what happened next.As long as Luna stayed, they would too.
A crew member read from a note into the microphone. “As per the agreement, Luna has won the hampionship!In addition to the three cars, our esteemed Mr. Blackwood will provide a personal car, wash service!”
The announcement echoed through the high–end sound system. Tonight, Mr. Blackwood will personally wash Luna’s… garbage truck! Let’s give Mr. Blackwood a round of applause! The crew member wiped his brow.He was caught in the crossfire between two powerful families. Please, let Mr. Blackwood direct his anger at Mr. Shane, and not at me,” he silently prayed.
The crowd applauded.Damon was trapped. The big screen remained on, broadcasting the entir spectacle.
Meanwhile, Sean was still pushing her motorcycle toward the finish line.She regretted her decision; running would have been much faster.Now, exhausted in her heavy racing suit, she trudged along, her posture increasingly awkward.
“Let’s go, Shane said.“It smells bad here.”
Damon felt it was a veiled insult.Luna had no interest in watching Damon’s humiliation; he’d be the laughingstock if he refused.
They left.
“Goodbye, Luna!” Timmy called out.
Luna didn’t turn. As the Solar Flare departed, Sean tried to leave the track, but Shane’s men stopped her. The official’s voice boomed again. “Ms. Sean, you have two kilometers left Let’s cheer her on!”
Sean was again under the spotlight.She covered her face, humiliated. Blisters covered her feet. She’d taunted Luna about crawling to the finish; now, she might have to do just that. Damon had the garbage truck cleaned by his staff. He wouldn’t touch it himself, and nobody dared force him.He merely oversaw
the ultimate compromise. the cleaning, the When Damon left Zhongxiu Mountain, Sean, legs trembling, knelt at the finish line, weeping in defeat.
Back at the Blackwood mansion, Timmy played with an imaginary steering wheel, making engine noises.Even late at night, his excitement remained undiminished.
“Dad, you forgot to get Luna’s contact information! But it’s okay, she’ll come to our house to get her car, right? Then I can see her again!”
Timmy was sent to bed.Damon spent fifty minutes in the shower, ensuring all traces of the garbage truck were gone.
He lay in bed, the roar of racing engines echoing in his dreams.He was in a car, Luna on his lap. Clothes brushed, breath quickened, the speeding car losing control.
for 56. Luna Removes Her Helmet.
Suddenly, Luna removed her helmet, her dark hair cascading down, enveloping his racing heart.She leaned over.
Jiang Wan Yue’s flushed face appeared before Damon.
BOOM!
Damon shot up, gasping for air, shaken as if from a nightmare.
Before he could process the bizarre dream, a chilling realization dawned on him.
He threw back the covers…