Race 17

"2 laps, Red! You almost there!" I said to myself.

We had been racing for almost a few hours. I glanced at the rearview mirror of my car. I saw Einah's car following me. I stepped on the pedal to speed up my pace. But Einah didn't slow down, she even accelerated her pace.

I know Einah also wants to win this competition. But it's not time for me to give in to her. I can see the last lap. I glanced at the rearview mirror again. She was no longer behind me. I turned to my left, her car was next to mine. She turned to me and glared at me.

I grinned and sped up even more. We almost collided due to the speed of each car. I turned the steering wheel and drifted close to the curved track. I smirked when I saw her avoid the sudden drift I made.

I sped up and took the lead again.

I was too far away from him, I could feel the adrenaline in my veins. The final lap is only a few meters away. My chest was beating hard, and my hands were shaking as I gripped the steering wheel tightly.

My world seemed to stop when I didn't realize that Einah had caught up with me. We are only a few meters away from each other. So I stepped on the gas pedal with all my might to accelerate even more and lead her. This is not the right time for me to accept defeat.

The final lap was in front of us and I just closed my eyes.

In one week, I won all the matches from the Group stage until the elimination rounds.

Those are useless if I even lose today.

I opened my eyes and braked when I passed the final lap. I leaned against the backrest as I caught every breath.

Did I lose?

I saw Danny and my other staff running towards me. I took off my helmet, Danny suddenly opened the door of my sports car. He had a happy face and pulled me out of the car."

"Congratulations, Red! You win! " he said loudly.

The people around were also shouting loudly. They're celebrating...

Wait, What?!

I won!?

They lifted me suddenly, they handed me the championship cup.

I happily lifted the cup and the people watching shouted and applauded at the same time.

I saw Einah turn her back on the media and quickly leave.

They took me down and important people known in the industry came to congratulate me.

The media came to talk to me. But there was security blocking them.

It was a close fight between Einah and me. She almost beat me again.

My staff and I went to our own locker room after avoiding the crowd of media. I saw Easton there with his arms folded as he leaned against the wall near the door.""Another Torres is waiting for you. " Danny whispered next to me. I elbowed him, and he just laughed as he gave me a malicious look.

He said hi to Easton before he entered the locker room and Easton and I were left alone outside.

"What are you doing here? You should be there with your sister."

He left leaning against the wall and slowly approached me with his hands in his pants pockets.

"Is it bad to congratulate my girlfriend?" he said while grinning at me.

"Girlfriend?" I scoffed.

"Why, isn't it?" He slowly came closer, and I moved away from him.

He looked deeply into my eyes, and I was lost in his gaze.

"I-I didn't remember that you courted me and I said yes to you." He came closer to me and I moved further back.

"Hmm? You really don't remember? " he thought, like an innocent child.

I haven't seen him in almost a week, and he was not expected to be there to watch the tournament.

I bit my lip when I felt the cold wall behind me.

Dead end!

He immediately locked me in his arms, he leaned down to me. Our eyes met each other, he gently lifted my chin. 

I felt his fresh, minty smell. My heart beats fast, and I feel like I can't breathe.

Gad! It's like I suddenly miss him.

" You quickly forgot, I asked you if you could be my girlfriend and you said yes. "I raised an eyebrow at him.

"Baby, I know we haven't seen each other for almost a week. I didn't expect you to forget that right away. " He said, frustrated.

"C'mon Easton, I really don't remember being your official girlfriend. If there is, I will not deny it. " He licked his lips and his eyes were narrowed.

"How about when we were in Tagaytay? You don't remember? "

It was as if some kind of electricity flowed through my brain, and suddenly I remembered something in a flash.

My cheeks were red and he grinned at me.

"You remember? "

Sh*t! We were about to go home to Manila.

We are already in the car and ready to leave. And this Easton can't stop being horny.

"E-Easton, can we stop? " I told him while not stopping, thrusting inside me. He just smirked in amusement and held me tighter.

"W-We will go back to Manila, your farmers can see us here," I said while trying to push him away. But he thrust deeper. I couldn't help but let out a loud moan. I also felt the car shaking as he was thrusting so fast. He leaned towards me to seal me a kiss while his hand cupped my breast. I moaned again. He then kissed my neck. Then my earlobe,

"I like you so much, Red," he whispered. I shivered.

My head went all fuzzy as I was kissing him more passionately. When his lips made their way down to my cleavage and back to my lips,

"Be my girlfriend, Red." He whispered seductively into my mouth.

I blushed heavily. How could I say no to that?

I nodded my head yes.

He thrust even harder as the car swayed rhythmically with his thrust hips. My heart sped up as the feeling of pure ecstasy filled me. It took everything in me to restrain myself from screaming his name out in pleasure. We both reach the climax at the same time. He collapsed on top of me, breathing heavily as he looked at me. I looked at him with dazed eyes. His breath fanned over my face. I smiled softly,

" You said yes, there's no denying that, right? You are my girlfriend now," he assured me. I nodded in agreement.

I closed my eyes when I remembered what happened that day.

He really made sure that I couldn't say no to him.

I sighed and looked into his eyes. I gently pushed him a little.

"Okay, look. That's just our lust, Easton. That's why I said that. " He grinned and shook his head.

"Uhm... You said yes, Red. And you agree that you can't get that back. " He lifted my chin again and stroked it with his thumb.

"Why, Red? Don't you have feelings for me? " he asked seriously while his eyes were deeply staring at me.

My time seemed to stop because of his question. The only thing I could hear was my heart beating fast and loud.

What do I really feel for him?

I can't get enough of his attractiveness and everyone knows how many women fall for him.

Even me, I also fell for his charm.

"Red." with a husky voice.

I looked deeply in his eyes.

"I-I... I—"

" Let's celebrate later!" Danny said happily when he got to the locker room.

I immediately pushed Easton away from me.

The rest of the staff in my team followed him out.

They looked and stopped when they saw me and Easton.

"Are you not done talking yet?" Danny asked us curiously. While he was carrying my things,

"We just finished talking." I walked closer to Danny to get my things.

"Oh, why don't you invite Easton to your victory party later? " Danny said and he handed me my things. 

"She already invited me. " Easton replied, and I turned to him.

"Oh, that's greet!" Danny exclaimed.

I glared at him, but he just smirked at me.

"10 p.m. in BGC's exclusive bar, okay see you later!" Danny happily told him.

My other staff said goodbye to him and I never looked back at him.

When I arrived at my condo, I immediately sat down on the couch and leaned my head and back against its backrest.

I didn't realize that I had fallen asleep, probably because I was tired from a week of competition.

I woke up past nine o'clock. I quickly took a shower and got dressed. Wearing a red backless halter, mini dress matched red stiletto heels. I let my wavy hair down and put on some make-up.

After I finished getting dressed, I went to the basement and got in the car. I started the engine and drove away.

When I got to the BGC exclusive bar, I gave the valet my car key and went inside the bar.

It was noisy and smoky inside, the dance floor was so crowded that it was difficult for me to pass because of the crowd. I looked for them with Danny. I just asked the bouncer where Danny's table was. Since Danny was already known in this bar, the bouncer pointed out where they were.

I went to them. Danny was already tipsy when I got there.

"Danny." I called him. He turned around. And happily greeted me.

"You're already drunk, Danny. " I said, joking.

"No, just tipsy," he defended. I just laughed and looked around at their table.

" Where is Easton? "I asked him.

He pointed at me.

"Ayiie~ looking for Easton. "He teased.

"Just tell me Danny, where he is. " He pointed to a table on the other side. It's dark over there.

"He took two V. I. P tables. One table for us and one for you." he pushed me,

"Go, go, he has been waiting for you. He really wants you alone. "He came close to my ear. "Tell me if he's good too. " He whispered.

"You're really crazy, Danny. " I rolled my eyes.

I went to Easton, his body was leaning against the back of the couch while his eyes were closed.

"Hey." I called him. He opened his eyes. He turned to me,

"You here." He said hoarsely. "Sit, here. " He said, he made me sit next to him.

I sat next to him, but there was a little gap between us. When he noticed that, he immediately grabbed my waist and slowly pulled me closer to him.

"I said, you will sit next to me. " He whispered.

"I'm already sitting next to you," I reasoned out.

"But there is a gap between us." I rolled my eyes and gasped when he suddenly smelled my shoulder.

"W-What are you doing?" He glanced at me while still smelling my shoulder.

"I like your smell, it's addictive." He said seductively.

"You are so clingy. " He smirked.

"Only for you." Kissing my shoulder at the same time.

I ordered our drinks, Easton couldn't stop teasing me. His hand is naughtily roaming every corner of my body.

I drank three glasses of tequila and Easton only drank two glasses of whiskey.

I just watched Danny dancing on the dance floor and he was obviously drunk. Earlier, they asked me to dance on the dance floor because I couldn't get away from Easton's side because his arm was wrapped around my waist.

After a while, I felt dizzy, so I leaned on Easton's shoulder.

"Are you already drunk? " He asked me.

"Just a little tipsy." He made me lean against the back of the couch and stood up.

He took off his coat and put it on my shoulders. He extended his hand to me.

"Come on, I'll take you home. " I reached out my hand, and he supported me to stand up.

We passed by Danny's table to say goodbye to them and left the bar.

I closed my eyes because I was sleepy while Easton was driving. I became aware when Easton suddenly braked.

I looked in front of us, three black vans stopped and blocked our way. Men dressed in black and holding guns got out of the van.

Easton cursed loudly as bullets began to rain down on us. Easton immediately pulled me down, but it was too late. I winced in pain when I felt something pinch my shoulder.

I held my shoulder where there was a gunshot wound. Blood dripping from my shoulder, was shooting at Easton's car for three minutes.

We heard the vans leaving, so Easton took a peek to see if the shooter had left us.

I'm dizzy not because of drunkenness, but because of a lot of blood leaking out of me. Not only was there a bullet wound in the shoulder, I felt a bullet graze my side.

"R-Red!" called me in a panic. He saw blood leaking from my body. He immediately called someone on his phone to ask for help.

The last thing I felt was him carrying me out of his car before I passed out.