Se connecter~~Slade~~This kiss had come out of nowhere.One second, I had been staring into the crowds, eyes squinted to make sure I wasn't hallucinatingㅡ was that really Indigo in the stands? What the fuck was she doing here?And then ava came.She had kissed me and for a second, I just froze. I didn't push her away but I didn't kiss her. But I knew what it looked like.Now, I was looking down at indigo who had curled up on herself in the corner. “Indie…” I tried again.She suddenly stood up, wiping her eyes aggressively. “What?!”I flinched at the bite in her voice. Ava had told me that she guessed indie was the girl I was talking about when she saw her with my twin so she thought she was doing me a favor but getting indie jealous.Clearly not.Indigo didn't just look jealous. She looked extremely furious.Running a hand through my hair, I gave her a sigh. “Waitㅡ”“Why should I wait?” she snapped. “So you can finish your little celebration with your girlfriend?”I blinked, confused. “She’s not
~~Indigo~~“Wow…”Was all I could say when we stepped into the bustling stadium. I knew it was a big race but this place was packedㅡ like an incredible amount of people going around the stands, chattering to themselves while some waved flags and others chanted the names of their favorite riders.“Biggest race of the season,” Braxton muttered under his breath, his hands tucked in his pockets as he led us through the row of seats. “London doesn't play.”Clearly, they didn't.“I can tell,” I muttered under my breath, sighing heavily while looking around the people who were there, the ground under me humming with the vibration from the racecars that lined up next to the tracks.Kaitlyn was ahead of me, walking with Bianca while her face glowed with excitement and pride. “You're in for a treat,” She called out to me over her shoulder.I smiled faintly, nodding to myself. “Yeah, I can see that.”This was going to be an epic event. That's if my heart didn't burst out of my chest first.“Our
~~Indigo~~I expected a lot of things from London — but not for it to feel this loud, this alive. Cars honked. People shouted across the street, laughter bursting in waves. Everything smelled like smoke, rain, and a little bit of chaos.I stared up at the giant WELCOME TO LONDON sign and muttered, “This place is definitely… something.”Kaitlyn chuckled softly beside me, fingers clutching the edge of her scarf as she pulled it higher against the cold. “You’ll love it here, Indigo. I was thinking you and the others could stay at my place until the game tomorrow.”That wasn’t the plan. Not even close.I stiffened, forcing a polite smile. “Oh—uh, that’s really sweet, but I’ll just stay at a hotel tonight.”She blinked. “A hotel?”“Yeah.” I tried to sound casual, though my stomach twisted like I’d swallowed rocks. “I kind of want to surprise Slade tomorrow… at the competition. Also, I’d like you all to, you know, keep it quiet. Don’t tell him I’m here.”Kaitlyn’s expression melted into a s
~~Slade~~London hadn’t changed. The streets still pulsed with noise, the air still stank of fuel and rain, the skyline still looked the same.But it didn’t feel right to me anymore.It didn’t feel like home.“Welcome home, superstar!”The shout came before I even shut the car door. Liam jogged toward me, that same cocky grin on his face, like nothing ever changed. Behind him, a few of the crew whistled and clapped like I’d just crawled out of the grave.“Thought you’d quit, man,” Liam said, slapping my shoulder. “Been ghosting the whole team for what—a month?”“Almost two,” someone yelled from the back. “We thought he finally crashed and burned.”Laughter followed, but it grated on me. I tossed my keys in the air and caught them again, smirking out of habit. “Miss me that much?”“Hell yeah,” Liam said, grinning. “We were about to replace you with some newbie, but then I remembered no one drives like Fallon the Mad.”“Don’t call me that.” The words came out sharper than I meant them t
~~Indigo~~The food suddenly felt too bitter in my mouth, and I tried not to choke on the bile crawling up my throat.“He left?” I whispered, my voice cracking like glass.Kaitlyn looked startled but kept her composure, wiping her hands with a kitchen towel before she nodded. “He did, dear. Early this morning.”I blinked. Once. Twice. My stomach twisted like something alive was clawing its way up. “Why would he just leave like that? Without saying anything?”I didn’t even know who I was asking. I just needed someone to tell me I wasn’t losing my mind. Because everything—every damn thing I’d been trying to hold together—was falling apart again, and I couldn’t stop it.Kaitlyn sighed softly, giving me that gentle, motherly look that somehow made my chest ache worse. “He said he’s missed a lot of training already and his manager’s been calling nonstop. I told him to wait until tomorrow, but you know Slade. Once he makes up his mind… He said he already made the plans last night, so he wou
~~Indigo~~It had been several minutes of me just standing in front of the mirror, thinking about what I was going to say to Slade this evening.“Slade, look, I just—” I muttered under my breath, then groaned. No. That sounded pathetic.I stared at my reflection. “Look, Slade. I need to tell you something very important.”God, I sounded like I was about to confess to murder.The night that passed had been torture. Emily had stayed over, curled up beside me on my bed, doing her best to make me feel less like the emotional trainwreck I was. But none of it worked. I couldn’t stop thinking about him. About Slade.Was he asleep? Was he home? Was he thinking about me the way I was thinking about him—restless and pacing, replaying every damn word from the night before?I was going to tell him what I’d done today. He’d be proud. Hell, I was proud. I had made a decision—a real one. I had moved on from Braxton.Now, I looked down at the dress that hung off my body. Something simple, but it felt







