Believing that, he had bent over backward trying to please Hailey, hoping she would pull some strings and connect him to the Lancasters, the wealthiest family in the city.
Yet, despite sinking hundreds of thousands of dollars into Hailey, he never even caught a glimpse of a single member of the Lancaster family.
And then the Wynn family went bankrupt?
The company changed hands overnight and was completely liquidated.
He had sworn to his grandfather that he had secured a connection to the Lancasters.
But...
He had been played.
Played by the Wynns.
Played by Hailey.
His grandfather had been so furious he had nearly beaten him half to death.
To teach him a lesson.
His grandfather packed him off to a grueling boot camp abroad, claiming it was the only way to build his character and teach him how to be a proper heir.
Inside that camp, he was stripped of his phone and internet access, enduring brutal physical training in total isolation.
It took everything he had to claw his way out, using his grandfather's upcoming birthday as an excuse. Coupled with his stellar performance in the camp...
They had finally made an exception and allowed him to return to Elyndor.
He had spent three months in that hellhole.
It had nearly driven him insane.
Now, he was practically vibrating with a suffocating rage that he had no way to vent.
During his time abroad.
Whenever he was pushed past the point of sheer exhaustion.
His mind would conjure up the image of Serena's breathtakingly cold face.
And then, Hailey's sickeningly fragile, soft expression would follow.
The sheer hatred he felt for both of them was enough to make his blood boil.
His perfectly paved life had derailed entirely after that night at Apex Horizon Speedway.
It was all because of Serena.
He was buried in debt, scarred with a humiliating tattoo, and banished from the country.
And Hailey was no better...
He gritted his teeth, a flash of pure venom crossing his features.
Right at that moment.
Darius suddenly pointed out the window and gasped. "Holy shit! Adrian, look at that! There's a chick on a motorcycle over there, and she is an absolute badass!"
"Damn, damn, damn! What kind of riding is that? How is she going that fast in this traffic? Does she have a death wish?!"

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