Rose’s POV The broken taillight had been flickering for a week.I kept meaning to get it fixed. Then midnight came, the highway emptied out, and the red-and-blue lights filled my rearview mirror like a verdict.I pulled onto the shoulder, heart already climbing into my throat. Twenty-two years old, still living in the house I grew up in, still untouched in every way that mattered. My hands stayed at ten and two on the wheel like the driving instructor taught me.The officer took his time walking up.Boots on gravel. A long shadow across my window. Then he leaned down, one forearm braced on the roof, and looked straight into the car.Dark eyes. Square jaw. The kind of mouth that didn’t smile unless it wanted something. The uniform fit him too well—broad shoulders, heavy belt, the faint scent of leather and night air.“License, registration…” His gaze dropped, slow and deliberate, to where my bare thighs were pressed tightly together under the short skirt I never should have worn. “…an
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