The Phantom Heiress Rising From The Shadows

Chapter 502:

As she leaned in for a closer look, Jade blocked her path with a firm stance. “Why are you staring at my car?”

Jade understood that Brenna’s mechanical prowess could decode any unauthorized tweaks easily.

“Catch you on the track,” Brenna said, pivoting toward her own vehicle.

Jade watched Brenna go to the area where the crimson-accented racer was parked, its custom alloy wheels and aerodynamic curves captivating every photographer’s lens.

“Style over substance,” Jade muttered begrudgingly, slipping into her car. Memories of their last competition flooded her mind—how she had pushed her machine to the brink, sacrificing it in a desperate bid to catch Brenna’s taillights. In the end, her car lay in ruins, nearly totaled, and she had still failed to defeat Brenna.

That defeat had always festered like a thorn in Jade’s side.

for that alias “Night.” Years had passed since she last

she caught sight of her cockpit’s illegal modifications. It struck her that victory might demand some dirty tactics. Even if it meant tarnishing her own reputation, she

starts, one-minute intervals separating each

that Jade had inexplicably secured permission to start at the same time as her. Because

the starter’s signal, accelerating like arrows released from a bow. Within moments, they vanished from the oval track’s view,

Jade fought to keep her grip. Her white-knuckled hands clutched the steering wheel as she

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all other sounds as she zeroed in on the road. The

noticed Brenna still held her ground, a car length back. Five minutes in, and Brenna had not closed the

skills had waned;

Confidence surged through her.