When I Was a Wallflower (Leo and Amelie) novel Chapter 72

Chapter 72

Chris’ heart was pounding like crazy. He couldn’t take his hands off the steering wheel and wasn’t in the position to answer Leo’s call.

It was Perez who answered the phone in his stead. He had to relay the message a few times before Chris finally understood what was happening.

“Tell him that the competition has already begun! It won’t stop even if I force them to!” Chris roared, though most of it was muffled due to the deafening wind.

Still, it was still loud enough for Leo to catch what he said.

He gripped the phone so tightly that his knuckles turned white.

He never knew that Amelie would be this insane!

After what felt like ages, he finally turned his eyes back on the screen.

What he witnessed made him freeze!

He couldn’t tear his eyes off the sight.

The car that had been swerving left and right in a precarious manner flew up at the very last turn!

“What?!”

“Oh, no!”

The audience had their eyes peeled on the screen and began exclaiming in shock when they saw the car lifting off the ground.

They could already imagine just how severe the crash would be when the car landed.

Judging from the velocity alone, it would surely be a fatal impact!

Amelie and Julia were doomed!

Someone even started calling the police as this scene appeared before their eyes.

“What the hell?! What the f*ck?!”

The footage soon captured Chris and Perez, who had been desperately trying to catch up to them. Both of them cursed at the same time when they saw that they’d failed to stop the impending accident. T-They’ve been overtaken!” Perez abruptly yelled in agitation as he pointed toward the front.

The video stream didn’t cut to where his hands were wildly gesturing toward, so everyone could only stare at the two men’s expressions in utter confusion.

“Quick! Cut back to the other camera!” One of the onlookers was so frazzled that he shoved his colleague as though he was a bus and was trying to run the dawdling obstacle over!

At last, the footage on the screen changed.

To their immense surprise, they only saw Elyse’s car. Plus, it was the only one racing down the track.

“What about Amelie and Julia?”

“Did they crash?”

“Is there any sign of the wreckage?”

“What a pity.”

Leo’s eyes remained fixated on the screen.

All he could see was Elyse’s car.

His hand clenched even tighter as his muscles tensed!

Even though he loathed Amelie with every fiber of his being, he never wanted her dead…

He never thought that he would one day lose control because of Amelie. His heart was about to jump out of his chest. He had never reacted this way before!

“Look! They’re fine! They’re up ahead!”

The engineer’s voice rang out with sheer relief and excitement.

He had been switching through the cameras, hoping this wouldn’t end in a tragedy.

After he had switched through all three different viewpoints of the track and still couldn’t see a single sign of Amelie and Julia’s car, he had slowly begun to lose all hope.

He never would’ve thought their car would finally show up on the fourth camera he chose!

“Oh, my goodness! Amelie and Julia are alive!”

“They overtook the other car!”

“They’re so far ahead too!”

Everyone began clapping so hard that their palms were red, though it was uncertain what they were truly feeling.

Some were even so overjoyed that they teared up.

There was no way of describing what the crowd was feeling at this moment.

Some of them were in awe of Amelie and Julia’s excellent skills.

A few in the crowd closed their eyes as they exhaled in relief, wholly glad that they weren’t about to witness a double death.

The tension slowly seeped out of Leo’s body as he slowly relaxed.

He didn’t know what had gotten into him.

“I can’t believe it. No one has ever raced blindfolded before.”

“And to have achieved such an excellent result too!”

“I’m willing to bet that she’s Dash!”

Leo caught all the praises and cheers from the surrounding crowd. Then, he clenched his fists again.

Amelie is Dash?

He wouldn’t even bother to entertain this possibility in the past.

However, after he had a front-row seat in witnessing her ability, he couldn’t dismiss that thought any longer.

His confusion began to cloud his eyes.

“Great job, Amelie!” Julia cheered loudly in the car.

It was better to drive blindfolded when racing down an off-road circuit.

Off-road tracks were a lot more complex and relied heavily on the co-driver’s navigational skills.