บททั้งหมดของ I No Longer Dream of Tender Nights: บทที่ 21 - บทที่ 26

Outside the rally training camp, three years later in Ravencia, a few racers of foreign descent lounged in the rest area, chatting as they watched the track."Did you hear? There's a dark horse from Virelia this season. Only been racing for three years, but he's already swept every championship back home. It's his first time competing abroad. A lot of people are betting on him, but honestly, I don't see what the fuss is about.""A Virelian racer? I wouldn't underestimate him," another tall driver said, clicking his tongue. "You forget that Virelian coach? In just three years, she trained five female F1 champions. The rest of us men have barely recovered from that humiliation."Jessica, who was sitting nearby, couldn't help but smile. She shook her head and turned back toward her own team's lounge.She pressed a cold bottle of water—fresh from the ice chest—against the face of her coach, who was resting with her eyes closed."Ms. Dotson, those losers are talking about you again. To

Unbeknownst to Darren, he was already the centerpiece of everyone's discussion before he even showed up at the training zone.His mind was occupied by one thing and only one thing: to inherit Jeanne's will and finish every race for her. He would take every single top spot for her. Maybe then, when he met her in the hereafter, guilt would weigh on him less.He'd heard stories before he came. Stories about the rise of a legendary coach overseas. The racers she trained won the Ivy Championship. A clean sweep.Though the coach only took female trainees, he wanted to give it a shot. Right after he went into the locker room, he stopped one of the staff members. "Hi, do you know where Team Zero's coach is?""Coach Today?" The staff member pointed at a nearby space. "She was just there a while ago. Her trainees are there. You can ask them.""Thanks," said Darren as he hurried over to Jessica. "Hi, where's your coach? I need to talk to her. It's urgent."Jessica sized Darren up. She answe

Darren looked in the direction of the voice. When he saw the man behind that voice, his jaw dropped. "What are you doing here, Theo?"Theo put an arm around Jeanne's shoulder. She did not try to fight him, and he pulled her closer. "You sound surprised. I am her fiance. Of course I can be here."Darren looked like a bolt of lightning had struck him out of nowhere. His mind exploded, and the sound deafened him to anything else. "You're her… But that's impossible! He can't be… he can't be your fiance, Jeanne!"He teared up again, and his lips were trembling.Jeanne pulled Theo's hand off her shoulder and held it in hers. Their fingers started to intertwine, and she held them up. She wanted to show it off to Darren."You sound shocked. Of course he's my fiance. I was single before I met him, remember?"Darren was muttering under his breath. "No, this can't be… It's impossible…"Every word coming out of Jeanne's mouth was stabbing his heart, again and again. Then he gulped. "No, I w