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.
showing off their intimate connection. She was invited by Andrew. I was the uninvited one here. Looking at Andrew, his pink aura was still there, although lately, that pink was swirling with murky, uncomfortable patches of gray once in a We sat in the front row of the spectator stands. The qualifiers started quickly. Vanessa cheered loudly for Andrew, shouting his name over the roar of the
Andrew glanced over at our seats several times. Vanessa leaned in close to me, acting flustered. Look at him! He keeps staring at me! I'm worried I'm distracting him from his I rolled my eyes in my head.
Her concern was entirely unnecessary. Andrew wasn't driving well anyway. The engineering team was simply too dominant. Their cornering speed, overtake strategy, and lap times completely outclassed our department.
By the halfway pit stop, Andrew's team was way behind. Vanessa rushed up to hand him a bottle of water. Only to him, of course. Andrew took it and drank.
But right before taking a sip, he shot another glance at me. The guys in his pit crew started discussing the opposing team. As they talked, they started cracking jokes. Man, car seven on their team is insane. His name is Cole, right?
I heard he's still single. Our department has plenty of hot girls. Maybe we should introduce one to him so he goes easy on us during the main race. Someone noticed me and suggested... Why not let Lyra go?
The guy was slapped on the shoulder. Are you blind? Don't you know Lyra likes Andrew? Even better. She can be our Trojan horse. Once a guy gets a girlfriend, who knows if he'll still have enough stamina on the track, right?