Given Tyler’s character, shouldn’t he give his dog a more manly name, like Lightning or something? Rachel found it odd.

Tyler glanced at his wristwatch. “You’re headed downtown, aren’t you?”

“Yeah.”

“I need to pick up a document in my office. I can begrudgingly give you a ride.”

Tyler made it sound as though she was begging to sit in his car. However, his condominium was located in a very secluded place in the suburbs. It was convenient for Rachel to come here by bus from the city, but to do the same from here to the city wasn’t that straightforward.

As the saying goes, a wise man submits to his circumstances.

Rachel forced a smile and bit out, “Thank you very much, Mr. Hunt.”

Tyler picked up his car key on the coffee table, hooked it on his finger, and brushed past Rachel, saying lazily, “Next time, don’t smile if you don’t feel like it. That smile was way too ugly.”

Rachel stood stunned for a moment before raising her brow awkwardly. She didn’t want to smile, but it didn’t seem appropriate for her not to smile while thanking him. The eventual result was that fake smile she gave him.

Tyler truly had a nasty mouth. Who would so blatantly call someone else’s smile ugly? She was beginning to understand why he was still single at his age. His girlfriend would need a very strong heart to tolerate his nonsense.

When they got into the car, Rachel’s phone started vibrating. She glanced at her screen and saw a text from William.

[Where are you?]

She hesitated for a moment before texting a reply, worried that William might get suspicious and start to track her down. He would be able to find out that she went to Tyler’s condominium in no time. She wasn’t sure whether William saw her darting into the room upstairs just now.

[I’m out. Heading home right now.]

William didn’t reply.

Tyler drove rather quickly, perhaps because he was rushing for time. His car threaded through the traffic, and Rachel subconsciously gripped the armrest tightly.

She snuck a glance at the man next to her; he was so focused on driving, he seemed to have forgotten about the woman seated next to him. Shouldn’t he be driving at a slower speed with a passenger in the car?

Come to think of it, a man like Tyler wouldn’t know anything about being chivalrous. Since he knew nothing about that, how could she expect him to be chivalrous?

Rachel tried her best to bear with it, but the speed of the car made her heart race and her toes curl up against the floor. Her hair was all tousled by the wind.

“Mr. Hunt, can you please slow down? I know you’re in a rush, but driving at this speed is dangerous.”

She didn’t want to die just yet!

“If you want Howard to catch up with us, I don’t mind that.”

Chapter 61

Rachel looked at the rearview mirror at Tyler’s words and realized that another car, identical to Tyler’s, was hot on their heels. Who else but Howard would be in that car?

Her eyes widened in shock. “Is he crazy? What’s he doing, chasing after us?”

Tyler smirked as he glanced at her. “What do you think?”

Rachel’s brows furrowed. “He wants to tell William that I’m in your car. But I’m just hitching a ride with you. Does he have a screw loose?”

Tyler kept up his speed as he nimbly dodged the cars around them. He looked in full control of everything on the highway as he moved freely along it.

Rachel’s heart thumped even faster. Tyler was already driving at a dangerously high speed, but Howard was pursuing him relentlessly, all caution thrown to the wind.

A car suddenly switched lanes right in front of them, and Tyler immediately hit the brakes. Howard caught up to them, and the front of his car crashed into the back of Tyler’s. Rachel, feeling the huge impact from the crash, lurched forward.

Everything happened in a flash, leaving her with no time to respond.

Howard seized the chance to switch lanes and was almost nose-to-nose with Tyler.

When Howard saw Rachel at the front passenger seat, he cackled wickedly.

“Wow, Tyler! You really do have the hots for her!”