Haynes, Neville, Foreman-they had all figured it out long ago. Even the Williams family suspected their rtionship was more than professional.


    "I''ve been this obvious, and you''re only just realizing it?" Joshua taunted. "It''s a miracle a man with your intellect ever became the head of a family." A slow, dangerous smile spread across his face. "Well, ytime is over. It''s time to settle our debts."


    ...


    Aurora was in a café, sipping her coffee and scrolling through the news on her phone when she got the call.


    As expected, the sight of Dawnlight on the city streets had already sent it trending online. A flicker of disdain crossed her features. She had seen every trick in the book from men trying to win her over. This one, she ssified as amateurish. If her brothers hadn''t insisted she get close to Joshua, she wouldn''t have given a man like this a second nce. She detested stupidity.<fn018a> For more chapters visit FιndＮovel</fn018a>


    Before meeting him, she had thought him a man of mystery and depth. Now, she just found him..... ordinary. She was beginning to doubt their theories about his motives for helping Ste. Maybe it wasn''t asplicated as they thought.


    It was in the middle of these thoughts that she received the call about Joshua''s car ident. The news didn''t surprise her in the slightest. Dawnlight was not a car for just anyone to drive. Men always wanted to conquer a powerful car the same way they wanted to conquer a woman. Anyone incapable of mastering Dawnlight was destined to crash. It was a key reason she''d never chased after him.


    She''d seen iting.


    She put down her coffee, her expression calm. "Alright. I''m on my way."


    She had expected some damage to her car. But when she arrived at the scene, the sight of the mangled heap of metal that was once Dawnlight still shocked her. If not for a few familiarponents scattered among the wreckage, she would never have believed it was her car. She had never imagined it could be so utterly destroyed.


    Even for someone as pragmatic as her, who understood the necessity of sacrifice, the sight of her prized possession reduced to scrap metal made her heart ache. "This... this is..."


    "My apologies, Ms. Williams,"


    Joshua said, his tone anything but apologetic. "My skills weren''t up to


    the task, and i''ve ruined your to


    beautiful car. How much was it?


    can pay you back."


    Aurora stared at the wreckage, and for the first time, her legendaryposure cracked. A flicker of pure rage ignited within her. Her car had been meticulously engineered with the highest safety ratings. It was impossible for it to be this damaged unless it was intentional


    She turned, her cool gazending on his unremorseful face. Her voice was ice. "You did this on purpose, didn''t you?"


    "Why so surprised?" Joshua asked, his voiceced with amusement. "I saved you the trouble of destroying it yourself. Shouldn''t you be thanking me?"


    Aurora had always looked down on Joshua. But to hear him voice her exact intentions so urately sent a jolt of shock through her, extinguishing her anger.


    "You... you were spying on me?"


    Joshuaughed softly. "Does


    something so obvious require


    spying? You lent your prized car to


    someone working for your rival. Did


    you really


    wouldnt.do


    possible


    anything to it? The only


    oue for this car was its


    destruction. I was just helping you along."


    By now, the initial shock had given way to a deeper, more chilling dread.