Luca POV The press conference was scheduled three days after I returned home. My team called it a recovery update. Everyone knew it would become something else. By eight that morning, reporters had already gathered outside the team headquarters. Camera crews filled the entrance. Several sports networks broadcast live from the pavement while commentators repeated the same questions. Would I race again this season? Had the crash affected me mentally? Was the fake relationship with Bianca created to hide another scandal? And who exactly was Riley Hart to me? My manager stood in the mansion’s study with a folder open in front of him. He had arrived before breakfast. That alone told me how serious he believed the situation was. “You will discuss the crash,” he said. “You will thank

