Rivals

When a lawful and skilled detective collides with a persistent gang leader merely devoted to his world of composed crime - their intelligence combined emits a dangerous game.

Isabel Costellanos just so happens to obtain one prominent reason to help cover the gang leader's tracks, crime after crime - before one unbearable outcome only leads to rivalry.

She's good, selfless, strong.
He's simply forbidden, driven and determined to strictly focus on his striving criminal business.

But everything changed after her.

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"You picked the King to mess with, sweetheart." He breathes out a low breath through his nose. The hardness of his jaw is visible and evident.

"Bad choice." He adds in whisper - I can almost feel his minty breath caress my lips.

At my sides, my fists clench; my nails piercing my warm skin with a sting.

I refuse to release his lethal gaze.

"What are you going to do about it?" I ask; provoking the challenge he inevitably longs for now.

Then, Rio's gaze traces the features of my face a silent moment. And with his jaw still set, the gang leader's full lips curve.

"You just wait." He concludes smoothly in return, portraying the thinly veiled hostility that I know I have to get use to.

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A riveting Rio Fanfiction. [AU]

(You do not have to watch the show 'Good Girls' to read or understand this book)