Upside Down

"You're not coming with me " she states, her spellbounding golden cat-like eyes narrowing , as if daring me to argue.

"But why?" I whine, like a toddler denied their candy. Now is really not the time to appreciate her lethal face card.

She folds her arms, tilting her head in mock disbelief. "Because I have a race to win, and I don't need to babysit a man-child with a hero complex."

"Exactly," I say, flashing my most charming smile. "I want to see you win."

𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓸𝓷 , 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓱𝓪𝓼 𝓽𝓸 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓴

She inhales deeply, pinching the bridge of her nose like she's seconds away from strangling me.

𝔀𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭𝓷'𝓽 𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓭 𝓲𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱

"Fine," she snaps, spinning on her heel and storming towards her bike. "But if you get in my way, I'm leaving your ass on the track."

"Wouldn't dream of it," I say, jogging to catch up.

She mutters a string of loud Russian curses under her breath, and I can't help but grin. This is going to be fun.

*****

Lux Ford, a highly trained notorious Assassin and owner of America's most largest Black market is finally starting her freshman year at UCLA.

Things complicate when her latest assignment turns out to be a student at her college? And to make matters worse, she runs into UCLA's most infamous Golden Boy

Ocean Blackwood----her cute and innocent ex , the complete opposite of her , like fire mixed with gasoline.

When two of them mix , they can also cause pure havoc ...

As the saying goes -

If it doesn't burn a little then what's the point of playing with fire ?