Yale didn’t dare say another word. “I’ll go right now.”

Just as he was about to hang up, Tyler added coldly, “And find out where Rachel’s been all these years.”

Yale froze. “Mr. Hunt, do you mean Ms. Lloyd is back?”

“Yeah.”

Yale was genuinely surprised. “She’s still alive!”

Tyler was already running low on patience. “Didn’t I tell you to check on stuff? Why are you still blabbering on?”

“Yes, sir. Are we still going to Bostevia in a few days?”

The trip was already planned. Tyler was supposed to fly over to finalize a business deal. But with everything that just happened, Yale figured it was better to confirm with him.

After a brief silence, Tyler replied, “Things in Bostevia aren’t looking great lately. I heard our potential partner over there has been secretly talking to other companies. If we sign a deal now, it could get messy down the line. Cancel it for now.”

Yale covered his mouth and held back a chuckle.

After hanging up, Yale went to deal with the car situation. By the time he arrived, the car had already been towed. He had no choice but to pay the fine.

When he reviewed the traffic footage, the driver turned out to be Rachel.

He clicked his tongue in disbelief.

Rachel hadn’t just grown guts over the years, she’d practically sprouted wings. Not only had she driven off in Tyler’s car, but she had parked it smack in the middle of the road.

In all of Yurelia City, who else would even dare to pull something like that on Tyler?

That little stunt made headlines in no time. Tyler was forced to head back to the office to handle the PR fallout. Once things got rolling, he didn’t stop until midnight.

Even an average person who blocked traffic like that would be held accountable. The fact that Tyler was a public figure only made things worse.

A storm had already broken out online.

“Oh my goodness! I can’t deny that this was hot, but we do need to respect traffic laws, people.”

“I don’t know. This really feels like someone set my man up. He may be bold, but not reckless.”

“Only Howard would dare to pull off something like this!”

“Ugh, that lunatic again!”

“I remember when he raced with my man years ago, and my man just rammed his car off the road. Total legend.”

“Not sure what this move means, but I’ll wait for LS Enterprise’s statement. There’s no way my man would do this.”

“Whether he did it or not, it was his car. And there’s no mistaking it, only one of those exists in Yurelia City.”

Rachel sat quietly beside Jim’s hospital bed, scrolling through the comments on her phone.

This little detour had clearly bought her time. Tyler was now too tied up to come after her tonight. That meant she could spend a bit more time with Jim.

Truth be told, she hadn’t meant to cause Tyler this much trouble.

But she knew that the deeper she got entangled with him, the harder it would be to escape.

She had never expected that one signature on a contract years ago would become the chain that bound her now.

She’d had no other choice. Only Tyler could help her with this. Until she fulfilled Melanie’s final wish, she couldn’t bring herself to leave for good.

No matter how she played this game of chess, it led straight to a losing checkmate.

Ding.

Her phone chimed with a new message. She looked down.

[Nice move, Rachel, creating a diversion like that. You can dodge the first bullet, but you won’t escape the second.]