Addiction to Temptation: His Mischievous Sweetheart Captivates Him-Chapter 254: He Was the One Who Fell First

Natalie Vaughn thought that given her mother-in-law’s concerns about Zane Thorne, she wouldn’t want him to return to the race track. Yet, Eleanor Young gave her an unexpected answer.

"What I think doesn’t matter, Nina. Now that you and Zane are a family, there are many things I can’t interfere with. Your thoughts are relatively more important."

Natalie Vaughn was stunned for a long time after hearing this.

She said, "Mom, my opinion doesn’t matter either. I’ve only become a part of Zane’s life, and I have no right to make decisions for him. As long as he wants to do something, even if I worry or find a decision difficult, I’ll ultimately choose to stand behind him."

Whether he returns to the race track or not, it’s the same. She’s come to understand that what she wants to see is Zane’s carefree joy while racing, which can be realized even outside the track, can’t it?

She loves the Zane who’s a king on the track, but she equally loves the Zane he is now. From the beginning to the end, it’s been Zane’s personal charm that attracts her.

However, Natalie firmly believes that Zane cannot let go of racing.

So, at the GN Group annual party three days later, she secretly conspired with Seraphina Sutton for a surprise. After preparing in Veridia for so long, it was time to reveal it and let Zane see.

The GN Group annual party is different from other company gatherings. With a young workforce and the industry it’s in, the traditional banquet style was abandoned for a barbecue and hotpot party at a resort.

The most important reason for choosing the resort was that there was just the right mountain road for driving.

Natalie Vaughn casually found an excuse to send Zane to the company gathering first, while she drove to Dragon’s Crest Villa to pick up the motorcycle.

Her motorcycle license was taken two days ago, accompanied by Quentin Donovan. After the test, they took a lap around the mountain, and Quentin recorded it.

Growing up, Natalie prepared surprises only a few times; this time, she had been preparing for nearly three months, truly putting Zane at the center of her heart.

Quentin Donovan set aside time to help with whatever Natalie needed. Last time when Zane prepared a surprise, it mistakenly fell through; this time Natalie’s planned surprise couldn’t go wrong.

"Do I owe you and your husband from a past life? Why am I the one getting all these tasks?"

Natalie placed her finger on the fingerprint lock to open the garage door.

"You just happened to cross our path."

Quentin clicked his tongue, but his dissatisfaction couldn’t be contained when he saw the array of cars in the villa and he couldn’t help but swear.

"Damn, half a year away, how did Zane get so many more cars?"

Saying this, he stepped forward with his long legs, reaching out he, unlike Zane, wasn’t as passionate about cars, but no man could ignore a room full of supercars.

Natalie unhesitatingly slapped his hand away.

"Don’t touch them carelessly."

Quentin: ...

"What’s ’touching carelessly’? Do I have a knife or thorns on my hand? Can’t even touch them? Besides, your husband hasn’t paid for the car he promised me."

Even as he said that, Quentin didn’t reach his hand out again but couldn’t tear his eyes away from the cars until Natalie came out wearing a custom racing suit, prompting him to give a wolf whistle.

"You post a picture on Weibo like this, and your fans will go crazy."

Natalie thought of her eager fans on Weibo and felt a bit soft-hearted for a moment.

"How about you endure a little more tonight and act as my photographer?"

"... It’s not like you can’t afford to hire someone. Stop exploiting me."

Natalie didn’t truly want to trouble him, so she sent a message to Zoe Chandler. Zoe always said she was wasting the excellent conditions she had for navigating the entertainment industry. Nearing New Year, she decided to fulfill Zoe’s wish for some promotion.

Quentin came forward to help adjust Natalie’s hair. Although she learned quickly, it was only her second time really riding on the road and mountain today.

"Act according to the situation later, don’t push yourself, safety comes first."

Perhaps Quentin’s deep blue hair retained its allure; Natalie felt a sense of gentleness from him.

"I know, I do cherish my life a lot."

Zane’s favorite cornering move is to lower his body to bring the motorcycle closer to the ground. As a novice, Natalie found this kind of cornering quite difficult; her success depended completely on her state at the moment.

Quentin curled his lips; despite Natalie’s words, her nature is such that she aims to do her best, hardly ever backing down. With this in mind, Quentin unexpectedly sighed.

"Don’t push yourself. If you get hurt, Zane will really kill me."

Even he wouldn’t forgive himself.

...

Over at the resort, in a rare setting outside of work with Zane, what everyone gossiped about in the company group chat now bursts forth with questions to Zane.

"Boss, how did you and your wife meet?"

There are rumors of a family-arranged matchmaking, but isn’t matchmaking just about getting along? But seeing them, they seem to be deeply in love, especially the boss, whose eyes hold a strand of sweetness for his wife.

Zane was in a good mood.

"Don’t you all know?"

Zane hadn’t joined the company group, but Seraphina had. She was long ago won over by Natalie, always finding time amidst her busy schedule to skim through the company group chat and send snapshots to Natalie.

Natalie seeing it equated to Zane seeing it too.

"Boss, was there anything different about your matchmaking?"

"What could be different?"

It was just both families considering various factors, and even though it was called matchmaking, it was essentially about reaching a point of discussing marriage as long as the two liked each other.

"So how did you fall in love?"

Zane remembered the night Natalie, upon learning about the matchmaking, stormed the bar and fiercely beat up three drunken fools in a room. His lips slightly curved into a smile.

The others watched their boss smile quietly, exchanging silent glances.

This... What was he thinking of? Wouldn’t it be great if human eyes could see what others are thinking? It’s really quite urgent!

Someone bold couldn’t resist.

"Boss, share with us, how did you win over your wife?"

Hearing this, Zane looked over at the questioner, raising his eyebrows. Just as the person felt their legs starting to tremble under his gaze, Zane unexpectedly asked.

"Why assume I won her over?"

Everyone didn’t quite grasp Zane’s question.

Zane, with a bit of showiness, said,

"She won me over."

From the start, from five years ago, he was the first to feel the stirrings of his heart.