Outrun the Quarterback
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The whole school watched Riley Sharpe fall. Two years later, they played the footage again.
Riley wants the video gone, the track behind her, and everyone to stop turning her worst moment into an inspirational comeback story. Instead, she gets paired on a school sports project with Cole Mercer—Westbridge's star quarterback, her childhood almost-friend, and the last person she trusts to stay out of her business.
"Careful, Mercer. Somebody might think you wanted me."
"As a partner."
"That's what I said."
"No, it wasn't."
Their arguments are supposed to make working together impossible. Somehow, they become the most entertaining part of Riley's day. And when she begins finding her own way back to the track, Cole is there—remembering a nickname she nearly forgot and pieces of their past she can't remember.
But Cole didn't end up beside her entirely by chance.
He knows more about their reunion than he's telling her. And with a track captain making it clear Cole isn't Riley's only option, the secrets between them are getting harder to ignore.
Riley may be ready to run again.
She's just not sure she wants Cole beside her when she discovers how much of their reunion he arranged.
Riley wants the video gone, the track behind her, and everyone to stop turning her worst moment into an inspirational comeback story. Instead, she gets paired on a school sports project with Cole Mercer—Westbridge's star quarterback, her childhood almost-friend, and the last person she trusts to stay out of her business.
"Careful, Mercer. Somebody might think you wanted me."
"As a partner."
"That's what I said."
"No, it wasn't."
Their arguments are supposed to make working together impossible. Somehow, they become the most entertaining part of Riley's day. And when she begins finding her own way back to the track, Cole is there—remembering a nickname she nearly forgot and pieces of their past she can't remember.
But Cole didn't end up beside her entirely by chance.
He knows more about their reunion than he's telling her. And with a track captain making it clear Cole isn't Riley's only option, the secrets between them are getting harder to ignore.
Riley may be ready to run again.
She's just not sure she wants Cole beside her when she discovers how much of their reunion he arranged.


















































