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Going 78 Miles Per Hour | ✓

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Reads 775,058
Votes 39,701
Parts 76
Time 18h 32m

Dahlia Gray has the opportunity to leave. In a home that leaves her mentally exhausted at every small occurrences, she manage to snag a once-in-a-lifetime internship that could potentially fund her escape. It meets all her needs: housing, a full-ride scholarship, and if she sticks around long enough-a paid six-figure salary. The only requirement that threatens her chances? Her ability to drive. 

Reid Harlow has no aspirations in his life. Bound to a lifetime of bouncing from foster home to foster home, when he lands on the steps of the Soberano-Godfrey residence, he believes this one isn't any different. In an effort to get away from bubbly greetings, and a family that doesn't know when to shut the hell up, he found himself settle on a park bench with a cigarette for comfort. What he doesn't know is this specific bench happens to belong to a girl that doesn't like to share. 

He refuses to leave. She refuses to back down. 

Their instant love-hate relationship takes a turn when he offers to teach her how to drive.

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