Chapter 4

A few steps away, Leo rushed over to help Tiffany up.

“Why did you push me? This has nothing to do with me!”

Tiffany leaned into his arms, on the verge of tears. “I just wanted to explain things to Chloe, but I got so angry.”

As she spoke, she held up her hand, and the red scratch instantly filled Leo with concern.

His voice was agitated as he yelled at me:

“You’re always like this, always bullying others by relying on your family background! How could I ever like you?”

His words made me stumble back two steps, stunned.

Bullying others?

The last time I “bullied someone” was when Leo was being harassed and mocked for being an orphan. I had stepped in to help, pelting the bullies with small stones, even breaking one’s head, and was later punished by my father for it.

Now, I was being accused of bullying.

If that was the case, I said with a cold laugh, “The other day, you abandoned me to go save *her*. Did you receive your punishment?”

Both their faces changed.

Leo hadn’t expected that I, who loved him desperately and never let a single finger on him be harmed, would punish him out of jealousy.

A strange emotion flickered in Leo’s heart.

But Tiffany cried out, “It’s all my fault, it has nothing to do with Leo. If someone needs to be punished, punish me.”

After she said that, I fainted.

Leo’s face drastically changed. He picked me up and walked off, coldly saying:

“I’ll go home and accept my punishment.”

I watched their retreating backs and only found it amusing.

I unlocked my car, stomping on the gas, and sped towards the racetrack.

I desperately needed to vent the anger and frustration bubbling inside me.

After a few laps, I pulled over, still feeling restless.

As I reached the service area and took off my helmet, a voice came from behind me.

“I can’t make it to your birthday party; I have to go out of town for work.”

Kai’s voice was cold. He walked up to me, frowned at my sweaty appearance.

“Didn’t you just get over a cold? How many laps did you do?”

I forced a smile. “Weren’t you watching? Coming to warn me now is a bit fake, isn’t it?”

When I first got on the track, I’d seen Kai in the distance, looking displeased.

As if my presence at the racetrack, which he managed, was some kind of “defilement.”

Kai’s body stiffened at my words. He scoffed.

“Who was watching you? I was just worried something might happen on my track. And did you hear what I just said?”

I nodded. “I heard you.”

Kai turned to leave, but I called out again, “But I don’t agree.”

He clenched his fists.

“What do you mean? If you’re going to publicly announce you’re marrying Leo, why do you need the rest of us there as mere decorations?”

I brushed aside a strand of hair and lit a cigarette.

“Who said I’m marrying him? What if I’m marrying you?”

Annoying my arch-rival was a pleasure I indulged in.

As expected, Kai’s face instantly flushed. He gritted his teeth and said:

“You should stop making jokes like that.”

I smiled brightly.

“I’ll joke all I want. Deal with it. I’m the heiress here.”

Kai averted his gaze. “Heiress, want to race? If I win, please allow me to be absent that day.”

I raised an eyebrow. “Oh, really?”

I hadn’t quite gotten my thrill from racing earlier, and a competition was the best way to distract myself and vent my frustration.

Still, I hadn’t realized Kai hated me so much.

To avoid attending my birthday party, he dared to challenge me to a race.