Chapter 224
Out of the blue, ric wrapped his arm around her waist, and she couldn’t help but
let out a surprise gasp.
“Is everything alright?” The girl tried to open the door, though Victoria was unsure
whether the girl did it out of worry or suspicion. However, the door was still locked,
so she couldn’t open it no matter how she tried. “I can’t open the door. Are you
alright? Say something!”
“I’m alright.” Victoria tried her best to calm down. “Just lost my bnce for a bit. I’m
fine now.”
“Really?” The girl was still dubious. She looked around and bit her lip. When she was
changing, she thought she heard a man’s voiceing from Victoria’s side of the
room, and it sounded like ric. Hence, she came to check out, but the voice was
gone by the time she was there. It was as if what she had heard earlier was just a
hallucination. At the thought of that, the girl couldn’t resist asking, “Are you really
alright? I think you should open up and let me check on you.”
“It’s alright. I’m almost done. You go on without me.”
“How about I get Mr. Floyd here for you?”
Victoria mused for a bit and nodded. “Sure.” God knows how long she will stay here
if I don’t say that. I need her to leave right now.
As expected, the girl quickly said, “Give me a minute. I’ll get him right now.” The girl
had been wondering if ric was in the room, but now that she had confirmed he
wasn’t there, she left.
Once Victoria was sure the girl was gone, she turned around and flung ric’s hand
away. Then, she opened the door. “Out.”
He merely looked at her and didn’t budge.
“Last warning. Out.” She pursed her lips.
He stared at her in silence, thinking about something. After a while, he left abruptly.
Once he was gone, silence returned to the room. Victoria was still fighting with
herself, wondering if she should carry on. Nevertheless, she still changed into her
horse–riding attire in the end. The staff member got her the smallest size. Aside
from the tightness around her chest, everything else felt fine. After she was done
changing, she emerged from the room.
“What? She tripped and fell?” A bemused Jordan was led to the dressing room, and
he cocked his eyebrow, thinking, Does she want to do it in the dressing room? Wow,
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she’s wilder than I thought.
Just then, he noticed someoneing out of the locker room. It was ric. Jordan
and the girl stopped in their tracks. The girl’s name was Zoe Mask, and her eyes
went wide upon seeing ricing out of the room. “M–Mr. Cadogan? You were
in the room?”
Interested, Jordan cocked his eyebrow. “Why are you here anyway?”
ric ignored them and went ahead. Zoe wanted to go after him, whereas Jordan made his way to the
dressing room as he remembered Victoria was still waiting for
him there. However, just as he had just taken a few steps, ric called out to him,
“Jordan.”
“What?” Jordan turned around.
ric looked at him coldly. “Where are you going?”
“It’s none of your business, is it?” Jordan grinned. “I heard my partner has sprained
her ankle in the dressing room, so I want to check on her.”
ric narrowed his eyes, and Jordan had no idea why he did that. After the
exnation, he turned around and was about to go in, but then he froze on the spot
for a moment. He was staring straight at Victoria, who had changed into rider attire.
She looked handsome in that red and white outfit. Her waist looked even smaller in
those clothes. Her shoulder looked even more beautiful, and her hair stood out
more with the white backdrop. Jordan stared at her dumbly. He didn’t expect she
would look so stunning with her hair down while donning rider attire.
His heart skipped a beat, and when he finally snapped out of it, he gulped
subconsciously. “I see you’ve done changing, Miss Selwyn.”
Victoria looked at ric for a moment before averting her gaze and approaching
Jordan. She nodded. “Yes.”
There was barely any distance between them, and her beauty struck Jordan even
more. His heart started to beat faster again. “Then, let’s go.”
She mused for a moment, but she didn’t leave right away. Instead, she smiled. “I’ve
no experience in horseback riding, and I’m scared of it. But since you asked, I’ll be more than willing to
have fun with you. Though, I hope you’ll make some time for me after this race so we can talk about
work.”
“Of course,” answered Jordan almost instinctively. “We can talk about anything you
want.”
Victoria paused for a moment at his response before smiling. “Thank you.”
“It’s nothing. Let’s go.”
She followed Jordan, and they went into the racecourse. Zoe stood beside Victoria,
staring at her with astonishment. “You look beautiful in that.”
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Victoria looked at her. “Thank you. You too.”
“My name is Zoe Mask, by the way.”
“Victoria Selwyn.”
”
Thedies shook hands, and the staff members led two horses toward the riders. All
preparations were done. The starting and finishing points were set. “There’s a red
g on the top of the mountain in Eastton. The first to retrieve the g wins. There
will be cameras along the way, and traffic’s been halted. Not a single car cane
in for an hour.”
Victoria listened in, and she smirked. Capitalists sure do whatever they want.
Zoe said, “Mr. Cadogan will most likely want to win, but… I want to spend more time
with him, so I’ll help you slow him down.”
After she said that, ric got onto his horse. So, she quickly said, “I’ll be going now.”
Then, she trotted over to ric.
Jordan approached Victoria. “We should get on the horse now.”
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She was about to nod when ric led his horse to her and looked down from above.
“Get up.”
Zoe was in utter disbelief. Did he just ignore me?
Jordan was bewildered as well.
Only Victoria pretended she didn’t hear him. One second went by. Two seconds.
went by. Three secondster, ric’s patience ran out. He said coldly, “Didn’t you
hear what I said? Get. Up. Here.”