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CHAPTER 144: The Return to Racing

Author: Tommy Wright
last update publish date: 2026-03-26 21:10:22

Emily POV

Six months after Sebastian Cross fled to Switzerland, life found an unusual rhythm. Lotus

Automotive sold for eight billion. Sebastian accepted, overpaid dramatically, and

immediately discovered he'd bought an expensive shell. We retained all IP, key personnel,

and the Formula One team.

Lothan-Lotus Racing prepared for our debut season. I stood in the team garage at

Barcelona testing, watching mechanics work on our cars during their eighteen months of development.

"Emily, we have tele
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  • Goodbye My Billionaire Ex-Husband Watch Me Win    CHAPTER 144: The Return to Racing

    Emily POVSix months after Sebastian Cross fled to Switzerland, life found an unusual rhythm. LotusAutomotive sold for eight billion. Sebastian accepted, overpaid dramatically, andimmediately discovered he'd bought an expensive shell. We retained all IP, key personnel,and the Formula One team.Lothan-Lotus Racing prepared for our debut season. I stood in the team garage atBarcelona testing, watching mechanics work on our cars during their eighteen months of development."Emily, we have telemetry from Davies Hartley's run, " my race engineer called. "Fastestlap of the session. The car's performing beyond our projections."I studied the data. Hartley was twenty-three, aggressive, hungry and that's exactly what we needed.Our second driver, Mercedes refugee Lucas Werner, provided experience and consistency."Tell Davies to push harder. I want to see where the limit is."Nathan appeared beside me."You're in your element. Haven't seen you this alive sincebefore house arrest.""Racing

  • Goodbye My Billionaire Ex-Husband Watch Me Win    CHAPTER 143: The Testimony

    CHAPTER 143: The TestimonyVanessa POVI could barely sleep and it all kept replaying in my head, the kidnapping attempt, the hands grabbing me, Blakecame out of the Lothan tower to save me like someone from an action movie.At 6 AM, Emily knocked on my door."The press conference is at 10. Witness protection is still an option.""I'm testifying. I've been a shameful secret for too long. It's time to be honest about what I was."She studied me. "You've really changed.""I try every day, it doesn't erase the past but maybe it balances it slightly.""Did Jason love you? Really?"The question surprised me. "He loved the escape I represented. I was more of a distraction to him and I knewwhere I stood in terms of the relationship we had but I was rebellion against responsibility. And I loved whathe gave me security, feeling special. That wasn't love,Emily, that was transactional with emotional glazing. We were both lying to ourselves or I'd rather say I waslying to myself that I could

  • Goodbye My Billionaire Ex-Husband Watch Me Win    CHAPTER 142: Controlled Narrative

    Blake POV Santiago pulled up and article from his tablet and Sebastian’s statement lit the screen. He'd already spin about the ongoing investigation painting us as thugs.His daylight kidnapping was rewritten in real time. Sebastian had posted a statement:Today, one of my former contractors was assaulted by Lothan Industries security whileattempting to conduct legitimate private investigation. The Lothan family's violent responsedemonstrates the thuggish tactics they employ. I'm filing charges against Blake Thompsonfor assault and considering civil lawsuit for excessive force. This is what happens whencorporate bullies feel threatened by legitimate business competition."He's spinning the kidnapping as legitimate investigation," I said. "Making us look like theaggressors.""We have video evidence," Marcus countered. "Security cameras captured everything.Sebastian's contractor explicitly said they were taking Vanessa by force. This is desperatespin control.""Desperate or ef

  • Goodbye My Billionaire Ex-Husband Watch Me Win    CHAPTER 141: The Rescue  Blake

    Blake POVI watched security monitors as Vanessa exited the building and walked toward thestreet. Professional habit monitoring everyone who left after sensitive meetings.My phone buzzed. Santiago."Blake, we have a problem. Three vehicles just converged on Vanessa's position. Black SUVs,no plates visible, professional formation looking like an abduction team."I was already moving. "Alert security. Get Emily and Marcus to the safe room. I'm going afterVanessa.""Blake, you need backup""No time. Call NYPD, but I'm not waiting."I grabbed my sidearm from the office safe and ran for the elevator. Watched security feedson my phone as I descended.Three SUVs had boxed Vanessa in. She was backing away, pulling out her phone. Six menemerged professionally moving with military precision."Vanessa Brooks," one said, loud enough for our street cameras to capture. "Mr. Cross wouldlike to speak with you. Come willingly or we will make this difficult.""I'm not going anywhere with"They d

  • Goodbye My Billionaire Ex-Husband Watch Me Win    CHAPTER 140: The Unexpected Ally (Part 2)

    Vanessa POVThe weight of that small drive held more than data, it held years of secrets buried beyond the boardroomsand the broken lives of Sebastian's innocent victims .I'd carried my own guilt in my chest as well, every name, every transaction and every moment I'd turned ablind eye and called it business.When Blake opened that conference room door, I wasn't simply walking into Lothan Industries.I was walking into a reckoning.Marcus Lothan sat at the head of the table. Emily Zhou beside him. Both watching me in silence loadedquestions behind their tongues .Could they trust me?The harder question was I'd spent seven years out running from the truth, now it was whether I trust myself.Emily pointed to a document file while it was projected . "This shows Sebastian planted a mole namedPatricia Walsh in Marcus's company twelve years ago. We prosecuted her eighteen months ago forcorporate espionage. You're saying she was Sebastian's from the beginning?""Yes. Patricia Walsh was

  • Goodbye My Billionaire Ex-Husband Watch Me Win    CHAPTER 139: The Unexpected Ally (Part 1)

    Vanessa POVI hadn't spoken to the Lothan family in seven years. Idisappeared into a new life-therapy, education, career counseling, everything needed tostop being "the mistress" and become just Vanessa Brooks but spoke with them a few years ago after a scandal that almost got me killed.Now I was watching the news about Sebastian Cross's hostile takeover of Lotus Automotivetriggered something. Recognition and familiarity with a face I'd hoped never to see again.I pulled out my phone with shaking hands and dialed Emily Zhou's office number, the oneI'd saved years ago but never called."Lothan-Zhou Automotive, how may I direct your call?""Emily Zhou, please. Tell her it's Vanessa Brooks. She'll... she might not want to talk to me,but it's urgent. About Sebastian Cross."Long pause. "Please hold."Three minutes of waiting. Then Emily's voice, cautious and cold."Vanessa. This is unexpected.""Emily, I know you have no reason to listen to me.. I'm sorry, especially after the last

  • Goodbye My Billionaire Ex-Husband Watch Me Win    Chapter 64: Montreal Misson

    Blake POVThe flight to Montreal took two hours. Emily insisted on coming despite Nathan's protestsabout safety. "Petrov's my mother's murderer," she'd said. "I'm facing him personally."We landed at Pierre Trudeau Airport and drove straight to Rue Saint-Laurent. The addressled to a decrepit apar

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  • Goodbye My Billionaire Ex-Husband Watch Me Win    CHAPTER 61: The Deal with Margaret

    Blake POV Margaret Volkov sat across composed saying "You want revenge on Richard," I said, watching her carefully. "This isn't about the truth. It's about using us as weapons against someone who double-crossed you."Margaret's expression didn't change, but something in her eyes was different. Am

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  • Goodbye My Billionaire Ex-Husband Watch Me Win    Chapter 67: Father and Daughter

    Blake POVI monitored the federal facility breach in real-time through FBI communications.Margaret's assault was professional, brutal, and terrifyingly effective."She's through the outer perimeter," the FBI coordinator reported. "Killed four guards,disabled security systems, moving toward the ma

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  • Goodbye My Billionaire Ex-Husband Watch Me Win    Chapter 62: Richard's Arrest

    Marcus POVThe FBI arrived at Lothan Industries headquarters at dawn. I watched from my office asfederal agents escorted Richard out in handcuffs, seeing him in shock and rage.My brother. My trusted partner years. The person I'd trusted with family finances,company operations, and my deepest con

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