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KAI I hate Knox Vale.There. I said it. And before anyone asks, yes, I have reasons. Very good reasons, actually. Knox Vale is arrogant, annoying, smug, loud, unnecessarily attractive—Okay. Scratch that last one. That wasn't important.The point is, I hate him. I've hated him for years. At least, that's the story I've been telling everyone, including myself.I glanced at the clock on my laptop and groaned. 11:47 p.m. I had been staring at the same line of telemetry data for nearly twenty minutes, which was impressive, considering I was supposed to be analyzing braking patterns, not contemplating homicide. I rubbed my eyes and leaned closer to the screen. Lap fourteen, Turn Seven. Brake pressure dropped by 3.8 percent. Again.There. I highlighted the section."You're doing it again."The voice came from behind me, and I froze. I knew that voice. Unfortunately.I turned slowly. Ethan stood in the doorway of the living room, arms crossed, wearing the same black T-shirt he'd worn earlie

KNOXI knew Kai Bennett hated me.Not I think he hates me.' Not 'maybe he doesn't like me.'No. Kai Bennett absolutely hated me.I had known it for years. The first time I'd realized it, he was eighteen and had looked at me across Ethan's kitchen like I'd personally offended his entire bloodline. I still didn't know what I'd done. Actually, that wasn't entirely true. I'd probably done something. With Kai, there was always a chance. But whatever it was, he'd never told me. Instead, he'd perfected the art of looking at me like I was an inconvenience he'd been forced to tolerate.Which, honestly, was kind of funny. At least it used to be.Now I wasn't so sure.I stood in the spare bedroom, staring at the suitcase I'd brought with me. This was officially happening. I was living in the Bennett house for the entire F4 season.Ethan had made it sound simple. My accommodation had fallen through. The team wanted me close to the circuit. The Bennett house had a spare room. Problem solved. Excep

KAIThere are some phrases you can hear a hundred times and still hate every single time. For me, one of them was 'Ethan's little brother.' I heard it at family dinners, at racing events, at Ethan's work functions, from people who didn't even know my name. And somehow, it always sounded worse when it came from Ethan himself."You're coming with me tomorrow."I looked up from my laptop. Ethan was standing in the kitchen, scrolling through his phone like he'd just announced something completely normal."Where?""The track."I frowned. "Why?""Team testing.""I know what testing is."He looked at me. "I know you know.""Then why are you explaining it?""Because you're difficult."I went back to my laptop. "I'm working.""You can work there."I stopped typing. "Why would I work there?""Because Marcus asked if you could take a look at some of the data."That got my attention. I looked up. "Marcus asked?"Ethan nodded. "He said you've been useful with the telemetry."I tried not to look to

KAIThe next morning, I almost didn't go to the track. Not because I didn't want to. Because I didn't want Ethan thinking he had somehow recruited me into his world again. I could already hear him. *My little brother is helping the team now.*No. Absolutely not.I was halfway through breakfast when Ethan walked into the kitchen."You coming?"I looked up from my phone. "Coming where?"He stared at me. "The track.""I didn't say I was going.""You told Marcus you'd be there.""I said I'd probably be there.""Which is Kai language for yes."I frowned. "Since when do you speak Kai?""Since I've lived with you for twenty-one years."I picked up my coffee. "I'm coming because Marcus asked me.""Of course.""What does that mean?""Nothing.""It definitely means something."Ethan grinned. I hated when he did that."Get ready.""I'm already ready."He looked at my clothes. "You're wearing slippers."I looked down. "So?""We're going to a race track.""I can analyze data in slippers.""You rea

KNOXThere were two things I had learned since moving into the Bennett house.One: Ethan had absolutely no idea how much food he bought.Two: Kai Bennett knew entirely too much about me.The first one was annoying. The second one was starting to bother me. Not in a bad way. Just enough to make me curious.I noticed it properly the following morning. I was standing in the kitchen, staring into the fridge like it had personally betrayed me, when Kai walked in.He took one look at me. "You're looking for the yogurt."I turned. "What?""The strawberry one."I frowned. "How did you know?""Because you always eat it in the morning."I stared at him. He opened the cupboard. "There's another one behind the orange juice."I looked. There it was.I slowly turned back to him. He didn't seem to notice anything strange about what had just happened."You know that's creepy, right?"He looked over his shoulder. "What?""You knew exactly what I was looking for.""Because you always eat it.""How do y