Second Place Was Never Mine
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MatureComplete Mon, Apr 27, 20261h 57m
People think love stories begin with something beautiful.
A glance. A smile. Maybe a moment where the world slows down.
Mine didn't.
Mine began with humiliation.
With a boy who couldn't stand losing, and a girl who didn't know she was about to ruin his perfect life.
His name was Mark Hale.
Golden boy of Westbridge High School. Top rank. Captain of everything. Untouchable.
And then... there was me.
Zoe Carter. The scholarship student from a place no one had heard of. The girl who wore the same two pairs of shoes on rotation. The girl who was supposed to stay invisible.
I didn't.
And that was my first mistake.
Because the day I took his rank...
I didn't just become his rival.
I became his obsession.
And obsessions?
They don't end well.....
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