“Jordan. He is a winner,” he replied.

“How do you know? It can be a different one this time.”

His caramel eyes locked with me. “I know because my cousin never loses. And that—” he pointed towards the horse that was now slightly ahead of Cage. Even a white one now was giving them competition, “—is Achilles’s horse. He always bets on Jordan.”

My lips parted in surprise. Ace’s horse? That means he was here?

My nerves pulsed, eyes looking around. He was nowhere in the auditorium. But the owner of the horses, the bettors, never sat in the auditorium with ordinary people. Then my gaze lifted.

And there he was. High in the V.I.P section, shielded by glass, he stood even higher with his proud chest and powerful broad shoulders with hands in pockets. Some other suited people stood behind him, watching the race unfold. I couldn’t see where his eyes were as he wore sunglasses.

His name thoroughly did justice to his personality.

I shook my head and fisted my hands. Get to your senses, Em!

I didn’t know he was going to be here. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have come. Now I didn’t like that red horse at all. I’d rather support the white one as it now passed the black one, Cage.

My sister continued to dance. Now I understood why she was on Jordan’s side.

“For a moment, I thought Cage would surpass Jordan. Damn, he was good,” Warner commented, while Tobias munched on popcorn.

That brat! He definitely knew Ace was going to be present here, but he didn’t even think of informing me. Noticing my glare, he raised a brow. To avoid Warner’s overhearing, I pointed to his phone.

He is here. And you didn’t care to inform me!

He looked up at me, frowning, and then went to typing.

Tobias: Who?

Don’t be so saint now! I’m talking about Ace.

Tobias: Oh, but I thought you already knew. After all, it’s a very common thing to attend the race organized by him in his place.

My eyes widened.

Wait, what? Castelo Track was his? I thought his every company or property’s name started with Valencian.

He owns it? And why Castelo? Shouldn’t it be Valencian?

Tobias: Yes. And it’s his mother’s last name.

Oh! I didn’t know much about his family other than him and Caleb, who his family adopted at the age of eleven when his parents passed away in a car crash. They were Ace’s uncle and aunt.They grew up together since then. I had only visited their home a few times. And most of the time, his parents were missing.

When I looked back up, he wasn’t there anymore. Glancing back at the track, I found Cage took the place of Jordan now. Explained why my sister had gone so quiet all of a sudden.