When her crush mocks her and dares her to date his rival, a woman turns the taunt into a bold move by marrying the rival instead. Now she must navigate a new marriage built on spite, a dangerous racing world, and the fallout when her old crush refuses to let her go.
It was no secret why Andrew was handsome, had great grades, and was the captain of the campus racing team. Girls threw themselves at him. Why would he tell me?
I pretended not to care. Vanessa smirked knowingly. Aren't you two super close? I thought he'd definitely ask you to come watch him drive. Super close, huh? I guess we were.
After all, we were next-door neighbors and went to the same middle and high school. When I confessed to Andrew in high school, he told me, Lyra, I don't date in high school. Let's talk about it when we get into college. I waited. We both got into A-State University.
But our relationship never moved an inch forward. word. College Andrew was just like high school Andrew, always surrounded by pretty girls. Yet he never officially dated anyone, keeping them all in the friend zone. Gradually, I realized I was just one of many girls in his orbit. Seeing me stay silent, Vanessa smiled trunfantly. Her
gray aura emerged. Our department has a friendly track race against the engineering today. Lyra, why don't you come with me? The rejection was on the tip of my tongue, but I I couldn't say it. Because Andrew was there, I still wanted to see him. When we arrived at the paddock, his teammates recognized me first. Captain, your little fangirl is here again.
Andrew glanced over at me. What are you doing here? My heart sank. Am I really that unwelcome Vanessa immediately stepped forward. Andrew, I asked her to come with me. You only invited me, and I was worried I'd get bored by myself. Her voice was dripping with playful showing off their intimate connection. She was invited by Andrew. I was the uninvited one here.