Addiction to Temptation: His Mischievous Sweetheart Captivates Him-Chapter 293: What If the Past Is Exposed?

Natalie Vaughn felt a bit tired, and since she wasn’t feeling well, she ended up watching the race sitting on Zane Thorne’s lap.

They were wearing matching outfits, their looks and demeanor outstanding, and eventually, they were captured on the big screen.

No one could fail to recognize Zane Thorne’s face. Almost simultaneously as it appeared on the big screen, the on-site cheers reached another level.

Natalie Vaughn reminded Zane Thorne.

"Look, everyone here is cheering for you."

Zane Thorne glanced at the big screen and then looked for the camera capturing them.

Upon finding it, he made a gesture he used to love doing whenever he won first place, and the crowd went even crazier. Whether Zane would return to the track or not, he had disappeared from the racing fans’ view for too long and now suddenly reappeared, even making a champion’s gesture.

It felt as if a dead memory suddenly hit you, reminding you of the passionate moments in the past when you were amazed by watching Zane Thorne race.

Five years had passed, and no one had yet surpassed Zane Thorne.

Natalie Vaughn’s emotions were also stirred, and she mimicked Zane Thorne’s gesture to the camera.

Then, under everyone’s witness, she kissed Zane Thorne.

Zane Thorne let Natalie Vaughn’s actions unfold at first, but as the atmosphere intensified, he cupped the back of her head and deepened the kiss.

Only after Natalie Vaughn tapped his shoulder did they stop.

Their foreheads touched.

Natalie Vaughn chuckled.

"Are you going to let anyone watch the race?"

Zane Thorne playfully rubbed Natalie Vaughn’s nose.

"Weren’t you the one who kissed me first? I was just reciprocating."

Natalie Vaughn gave him a playful glare.

The surrounding audience noticed the couple from the screen was right next to them, and eyes turned their way.

There was excitement and best wishes.

Someone couldn’t hold back their emotions and specially approached Zane Thorne to speak.

"God Thorne, I really, really like you! I’ve watched every one of your races! I’ve recorded them all, and every racing season for the past five years, I would watch your replays! You will always be the champion in my heart!"

Hearing this, even Natalie Vaughn felt touched, to the point where the speaker was in tears.

Zane Thorne was silent for a moment.

"Thank you for your support. I hope you will continue to support me in the future."

The person was ecstatic at Zane Thorne’s response, not even considering what Zane’s words might mean.

After they left, Natalie Vaughn spoke.

"If you make a comeback, who knows what kind of sensation you’ll cause—everyone will be shocked."

Zane Thorne used to only care about his passion and his performance, never minding whether he had many fans or not.

Now, with Natalie Vaughn, he seemed to increasingly feel the excitement of being admired.

"Then I definitely need to work hard and win a championship as a comeback gift."

Natalie Vaughn couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

A championship, as a gift for the fans, is indeed romantic.

"So when do you plan to announce your comeback?"

The next race is in August.

"There will be an announcement of the contestants before the race, so I’ll announce then."

The most surprising is always the greatest surprise.

....

In this race, Hayden took the championship, while Jay Sterling made it to the top three, claiming third place. As for the runner-up, it was a racer from Danny’s Club.

Zane Thorne’s statement from back then still held true.

Neither he nor his club would let Danny or Danny’s Club win the championship.

Natalie Vaughn thought, that person must be fuming.

With the club achieving such good results, Natalie Vaughn decided to invite them to her place for a party.

Vivian set her eyes on Hayden the moment she saw him.

"Can you give me the contact of that champion?"

Vivian had never before been so indirect when hitting on someone.

Natalie Vaughn amusingly asked.

"Why don’t you just go ask him yourself, honey? That doesn’t sound like you."

Vivian appeared uncharacteristically flustered.

"Isn’t it true you Cinnabarians like subtlety? This guy is still too young, and I don’t want to scare him."

"Why did he catch your eye?"

"He’s amazing, winning among so many in the race."

Natalie Vaughn:....

"I prefer impressive people."

Natalie Vaughn:...

"Honey, would you be willing to help me?"

"I’m willing, but I won’t just give you his contact; I can introduce you."

Vivian readily agreed.

She assumed meeting face-to-face would be much more efficient.

Natalie Vaughn understood Vivian’s habits. She didn’t know if Hayden would fall for Vivian, but since he was from her club, Natalie always had to look out for him.

"You mustn’t force him."

"Do I look like someone who would bully others?"

Natalie Vaughn:...

Actually, a bit.

In terms of Hayden’s personality, Natalie Vaughn didn’t really know how to describe it. Even after knowing him for so long, the only moods she had witnessed were his high spirits during the races and when he saw Zane Thorne.

It was as if he was a child who only wanted to play with those he liked.

She had a feeling Vivian would encounter a brick wall with Hayden.

Sure enough, when Natalie Vaughn brought Vivian over, Hayden showed a lack of interest, but out of respect for Natalie Vaughn, exchanged names with Vivian.

Even with all sorts of compliments from Vivian, Hayden merely nodded slightly and replied in a very polite "thank you."

Vivian:...

"Honey, are all Cinnabar boys this cool?"

Natalie Vaughn didn’t expose Vivian’s disappointment. With Vivian’s charming looks and outgoing personality, she had always succeeded.

This time, she faced defeat with Hayden.

"Yeah, you couldn’t handle him."

Vivian didn’t believe it.

She turned her eyes to Jay Sterling.

"What about this third-place guy?"

This time, Natalie Vaughn immediately rejected.

"No way, he’s too young, he just turned into an adult. You can’t mess with him."

Vivian:...

Jay Sterling didn’t know he had become someone’s target. He was delighted with his third-place finish. It was the first time he participated in an international race and achieved such a significant result.

Even Zane Thorne couldn’t help but shake his head at Jay’s cheerful demeanor.

Miles Rhodes also came over to join the party.

"You’ve got quite a few talents under you. You had Dean Dempsey before, now Hayden is under your wing, and Jay Sterling is also impressive. When you come back, your club’s reputation will skyrocket."

In fact, it already had.

Just having Zane Thorne as the founder brought massive attention to ROX Club.

Zane Thorne never cared about all that. What he cared about was always the championship.

"Do you have any news about the August race?"

Miles Rhodes shook his head.

"But there’s something interesting. The day before the race, there will be a car show on the track, with many famous models invited, leading to more attention for this race."

Zane Thorne lowered his eyes in thought for a moment.

"What if those past events were uncovered?"