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.
glance at me yeah you caught us vanessa giggled bashfully seeing that i hadn't moved she walked walked over to my bed. Lyra, don't you want some? No, thanks.
I'm not hungry. Vanessa sighed dramatically. What a pity. I got this specially for everyone.
My phone vibrated. It was a text from Andrew. Andrew was always like this. When he rejected my confession in high school, he brought me my favorite muffin the
morning, claiming he went out of his way to buy it for me. When he gave flowers to another girl at the music contest, he waited after the show to drive me home. When he ditched me during graduation to go on a trip with a girl I hated, I ignored him the entire summer.
But right before college started, he came to my house, helped me pack, and promised my parents he would take good care of me. A slap, then a gift. And I used to happily fall for it every single time. I kept telling myself he just didn't want to date in high school, that having girlfriends wasn't a crime.
Because of the aura, I delusionally believed I was special to him. But the truth I wasn't aware of was, he didn't like me at all. He just hated the idea of losing his backup option. So he kept me trapped in ambivalence Lyra. You total idiot. It's time to wake up
The next morning in the boys dorm Cole blanced at the clock and shut down his gaming PC dot Marcus turned around from his Screen confused, bro. Why are you logging off? Keep playing grabbing his phone and stepping out got an elite of class Cole It's just a dumb elective Marcus behind him when I arrived at the elective