Page 45 of Lust

“Passion, dad said you broke the multi million mark.” He was very impressed. “You’ll be a billionaire before you know it.”

“God I hope not.” I muttered. “Want a tour? If you can walk with that giant a trophy that is.”

He grins, and puts it on the counter.

“Can’t believe my Ivy is a business woman.”

I roll my eyes. “The team makes it an easy job.”

While I walked with Gabe out the back. One question is rolling through my head, how was Kace. He wouldn’t have taken losing very well.

“Geez it’s huge out here.” Gabe states and I nod my head.

“Two expansions.” I say. “I love the area and the block was big enough to do it. So I’ve forked out a ton in upgrades and extensions. And to be honest we are looking at another. I just hired another mechanic.”

“Fuck me Ivory.” That was Gabe’s way of a compliment. He locked eyes with me. “This is massively impressive.”

I shrugged.

“Guess this means you aren’t interested in coming back to me for next season?”

I don’t want to answer that question. “You’ve got a new crew chief. You don’t need me.” I use that excuse to which he gives me a dry expression.

“You know I only won because my main competition pulled out, right?” he says and I frown. “Kace pulled out the same day you did. And he hadn’t heard that you had walked. I didn’t announce it to the team till the following week.”

“Well he didn’t hear it from me, if that is what you are getting at?”

“Come on Ivory. The man walked from the races because he didn’t want to see you.”

“You assume.” I correct him.

Gabe rolls his eyes. “Still want to tell me nothing happened between the two of you?”

“It doesn’t belong in my future, so why bring up the past?” I look him in the eyes. “Now do you want the tour or not?”

He nods his head, and follows me, but I know he isn’t going to let the subject drop.

“What’s this I hear you are modelling one of Elle’s lines?” Gabe asked, and it was my turn to roll my eyes.

“It’s a side hustle.”

“You and her have always got on, but from your Instagram and hers, you two are hardly not together.” He frowns. “She’s a bad influence on you.”

At this I laugh. “Elle and I like having a good time.”

And his eyes narrow on me. “Your having a good time,” and he uses air quotes. “has changed.”

I shrugged my shoulders. “Modelling, a few late weekend nights and a garage. That’s all that has changed.” I give Gabe a smile. “Come out with us this weekend. You’ll see I’m still the same gal.”

He frowns but nods his head.

GABE

Family dinners I hadn’t been to one for nearly four months. And while everyone was used to it. I sure as fuck wasn’t. And that was, the way Elle and Ivory were basically glued together. Elle was snapchatting Ivory as she cut up her food and asking for her rating on the food. Now you would think that was uneventful but the two had a large following on online platforms and have become influencers. And as I watched both my sisters talk to the phone, I can’t help but think I have lost Ivory.

“Ivory?” Links called out for Ivory’s attention who was giggling at the end of the table with Elle.

“Um yeah, Links?” Ivory managed to pull her away from whatever Elle had said. She had changed. Even what she was wearing had changed. I noticed at the garage that she didn’t have one bit of grease on her.

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