Kaitlin_Nandani
I'm Rider Vale, twenty-three, and yeah, the name already sounds like trouble. Fresh out of college, but don't let that fool you. I'm not the kid fumbling for rent money or stressing over job interviews.
I'm the guy New York knows, the one they cheer for when engines scream and lights blur into streaks. I win. That's what I do. Races, trophies, headlines they line up behind me like they were meant to. My father's company keeps me wrapped in luxury. I chase speed.
And yeah, I brag. I grin too wide, wink at cameras, talk like perfection is my middle name. But come on... look at me. Dark hair that never stays in place, eyes sharp enough to make people pause, a smile that gets me out of more trouble than it should. I don't have to say I'm untouchable. You can see it. Cute, arrogant, impossible to ignore. That's me.
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Untouchable? Please. If only he knew. Hi. I'm his guidance angel....the one cleaning up behind his so-called perfection.And when I say I'm his guidance angel I mean I am his guidance angel. Not a metaphor. An actual angel.
He can't see me, but I'm always there, steadying the wheel, keeping him from disaster. Every time he takes a curve too fast, I make sure the tires hold. Every midnight stunt with his idiot friends? I keep bones intact and headlines clean. He thinks it's skill, destiny, charm. I call it babysitting. And I don't get paid enough for the sorry, Holy Father shit he puts me through.
Do you know how many times I've dragged him back from the edge? Too many. He's like a cat who thinks he's king of the jungle adorable, arrogant, and completely clueless someone's been saving him all along. Cute? Sure. Exhausting? Definitely. But he's mine to protect, whether I want it or not. She lifted her flask of holy water and took a slow sip, bracing herself. A sharp crack echoed as her patience snapped. Her eyes rolled heavenward. "I don't know why God still wants him alive," she muttered. "He's done enough."