Hale heir's ruin

"I can take care of myself," I said, immediately grabbing his arm. "Don't try to be my hero."

"Trust me. Nobody wants that job."

He moved to touch me again, but I slapped his hand away.

"I said, don't touch me."

"Listen here, you little pink-haired bitch," I blinked, taken aback. "I don't like you either," he said, voice low. "But I'm not going back while you're sitting here in pain knowing I can do something about it." He grabbed my ankle again. "So shut the fuck up and let me help you."

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At school, Ivy Clarke is nothing more than the strange pink-haired scholarship student with a sharp tongue, strange eyes, and a reputation nobody understands.

But behind the quiet girl everyone whispers about is a secret she can never afford to reveal. When Ivy accepts a contract to kill Sebastian Hale, one of the most powerful men in the city, she expects a faceless target.

She doesn't expect to have met his son first.

Kingston Hale is arrogant, infuriating, and the worst student she has ever had the displeasure of tutoring. He is rich, reckless, and determined to make her life miserable.

He's arrogant: she hates arrogant people.

He's determined to break her walls: she's determined to keep them standing.

But when enemies become allies and hatred starts feeling dangerously close to something else... Ivy has to remember one thing:

She wasn't hired to fall in love.

She was hired to kill.

It's back!!! I've brought back the classic bad boy x nerd trope... but with a twist. This isn't your typical "he's dangerous and she's innocent" story. Because Ivy isn't the sweet, helpless nerd you're expecting. In fact... she might just be more terrifying than the bad boy himself.

Don't scroll past this one.