Your Queen is Back Surrender Now novel Chapter 12

Chapter 12

But before she could even scan half the place, she suddenly spotted a familiar face.

‘It was him?!‘ she exclaimed inwardly.

“You’re… Narissa?” Jaylen, shining brightly in the middle of a crowd, also noticed her. Back at Regality Academy, he’d already heard about Narissa’s name and reputation from others.

He figured she’d had a tough life–should’ve grown up under the Everton family’s influence like Cressida, but ended up displaced at a young age. The second daughter of the prestigious Everton family, yet forced into all kinds of dangerous situations just to survive.

In Jaylen’s mind, Narissa should be a girl who appeared strong on the surface but was actually fragile.

However, he never expected that she would actually show up at a racetrack right next to an underground black market.

“What are you doing here?” Jaylen asked in surprise.

“What? Does this place have a rule that only seniors like you can come?” Faced with Jaylen’s shock, Narissa just crossed her arms and raised an eyebrow.

She spoke casually, her tone not at all confrontational.

It wasn’t hard to see that Narissa didn’t dislike Jaylen, the guy who had just stood up for her in front of everyone.

“Uh… that’s not what I meant.” Awkward, Jaylen rubbed his forehead and quickly changed the subject. “So, you’re into racing

too?”

“Yeah.” Narissa took a few steps forward, nodding slightly, but her gaze was fixed on the speeding cars on the track ahead.

There were her dreams and pursuits.

And in the past, she had raced countless times on the track because she couldn’t find a goal to pursue. Only by pouring her life into the car, feeling the thrill of life and death on the track, could she find a trace of herself.

So, strictly speaking, racing was her endless pursuit of life.

“You… race?” Even though Jaylen asked that, he couldn’t help but feel surprised when he got Narissa’s reply.

‘Wasn’t the second daughter of the Everton family, who had just been brought back, supposed to have been working odd jobs abroad before?

‘Who knew she had this hidden side? She actually races?‘ he thought to himself.

“What, do you also look down on me, thinking a wild girl like I don’t deserve to play this high–end game with people like you?” Narissa raised an eyebrow in response.

Jaylen didn’t realize that, in Narissa’s eyes, racing was just a game, just a way to kill time.

“No, that’s not what I meant-”

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Chapter 12

“Well, it’s no big deal. People always have to do things they think are crazy–or not crazy–to prove to the world that they once existed, right?” Narissa laughed. “Like how I’ve worked as a cleaner and done plenty of other rough stuff.”

Like… killing.

A lot of people.

Good ones, bad ones, too.

Listening to Narissa, Jaylen was just a bit shocked–shocked by how different this girl was.

After all, in wealthy families, everyone kept up appearances, especially the young ladies. No one would ever show their dark side.

But Narissa was different. She just openly admitted her past like it were no big deal.

This not only gave Jaylen a new perspective on Narissa, but even his friends standing beside him. Originally, they looked down on Narissa, the second daughter of the Everton family, who used to be a cleaner and even did some shady stuff Cressida mentioned.

When they first saw Narissa, they were even thinking of messing with her.

But now…

“Yo! Jaylen, when did you get so close with Miss Everton?”

“This is the first time you’ve ever walked this close to a girl!”

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