The Cherished Wife by Chweety

Chapter 142



When Noelle heard the click of the seatbelt, she snapped back to reality and pointed at herself. "You want me to race?" she exclaimed. "No, no! I can't! I may have a driver's license, but I'm a rookie. Just driving safely is already an achievement for me. Racing? No way! And this isn't even a professional race car!"

"Nelly, don't be afraid. I believe in you!" Charles squeezed Noelle's hand, encouraging her. "You never know your limits until you try. I didn't know how to race before either." His calm voice acted like a spell, guiding Noelle.

Noelle blinked, looking uncertainly at Charles. "But I don't know how..."

"When I'm in a bad mood, I like to race. Pushing myself to the limit helps me forget everything. Try it out, okay?"

"Fine!"

Noelle took a deep breath, opened the car door, and switched places with Charles.

Then, she took another deep breath with her eyes fixed on Charles. "I can do this."

hands!" Charles buckled his seatbelt and gently touched

Noelle stepped on the gas pedal and accelerated steadily, pushing

wheel tightly. Charles sat beside her, providing an invisible strength

speed increased. The quiet night road

racing, her speed was still

could be this wild.

beside her, watching Noelle's excitement grow with the increasing

pressed a button that lowered the windows, allowing the

stung her face, but Noelle felt exhilarated. "Charles, racing really

seeing Noelle's improved mood.

Noelle accelerated further.

past Noelle's, too fast to identify. Noelle excitedly pressed the gas pedal harder to catch up. Soon, more cars zoomed

grew anxious and looked at

Charles raised an eyebrow,

their

actual