Flora’s Guide to a Second Chance at Love and Life

"It's impossible!" Luke's eyes were bloodshot, almost popping out, as his whole body shook with anger. "How could the car be fine? If nothing was wrong, why did it just lurch forward? What did the Reyes family offer you to take their side?"

The referee's expression turned icy cold. He thought Luke was being utterly ridiculous.

"Listen up, Luke," he said, emphasizing each word. "The car moved half a meter forward after stopping because Miss Flora didn't pull the handbrake. And right at the finish line, there was a slight downhill. If you can't grasp that, then that's your problem." She didn't pull the handbrake?!

The referee's words hit Luke like a bombshell.

Everyone around was just as shocked. No one had considered such a simple reason. They felt a bit foolish for not realizing it sooner.

"Not pulling the handbrake, is that really it?!"

Kruz's lips twitched; he had been imagining all sorts of scenarios, wondering if Flora had some kind of magic trick up her sleeve.

"You think that's all there is to it?" Connor gave him a cool look.

Of course, it wasn't that simple. Not pulling the handbrake might sound trivial, but it showed Flora's incredible control over the car. That little incline was almost nothing, yet Flora noticed it and calculated everything perfectly, crossing the finish line just a second before Luke.

would dare to pull off something like that? Even with all the

had strategy and guts. And she

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passionate than anything he'd said before. He still felt his

words settled, the crowd burst into

back to his team, his face pale

"Hold it together."

sit down. They'd already lost; making a scene would

Flora went out of her way to humiliate me!" Luke's anger was

lost this race? The Reyes

relay race, ten people form a team, with positions decided by drawing lots. After running four hundred meters, the next person takes

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opponent. If not, the other side keeps going.

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