More Than A Favor

Chapter 4

Chapter 4

I never thought I’d find myself sitting in a police station, accused of indecency.

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The boy I’d accidentally knocked down–who turned out to be a seventeen- year–old named Kian Vaughn–insisted I’d done it on purpose. His story was as absurd as it was infuriating.

“She touched me!” Kian declared dramatically, pointing at me like I was a criminal.

The officer leaned forward, his expression carefully neutral. “Where exactly did she touch you?”

Kian’s face lit up with faux indignation as he pointed to his chest and then

below his waist. “Here. And here!”

I stared at him, dumbfounded.

What in the actual hell?

I nearly shouted my disbelief out loud. Me, a woman who hadn’t even touched Logan–someone I’d been in love with for ten years–was suddenly being accused of assaulting a brat who hadn’t even finished puberty.

The officer turned his attention to me, his expression skeptical.

“I didn’t touch him,” I said quickly, my voice firm. “I bumped into him by

accident. That’s it.”

“Had you been drinking?” he asked, his tone pointed.

I blinked, caught off guard. Was that really relevant? But in this world, a drunk man was just a man. A drunk woman? She was indecent.

“Yes,” I admitted. “I had a bottle of beer.”

The officer raised an eyebrow, his disbelief clear.

sighed, frustrated. “Look, I wasn’t drunk, and I definitely didn’t ‘take advantage‘ of this kid.” My words came

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too irritated

officer made a note of my statement before turning back to Kian. “Are you absolutely sure about your accusation? You’re

arms defiantly. “I’m sure. She touched

fists, resisting the urge to strangle him.

I’d regret, Kian’s face suddenly brightened.

he exclaimed, his voice dripping with

his family. But the sight of the two people walking in stopped me cold.

dress that made

Selene Vaughn. And standing right next to

heart sank like a stone.

Selene asked, her voice full of concern

of him.

on Logan. “Hey,

briefly before narrowing, his gaze

his tone cold and clipped. “What’s going on here?”

with exaggerated outrage. “She’s a hooligan! She touched me here and here-” He gestured to his

soap opera.

the energy to explain anymore. I just stared at Logan, trying

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a few hours. Just a few hours. And now he was someone’s “brother–in–law“?

he’d left so suddenly

me, her expression polite but distant. “Elaine, right? I’m Selene, Kian’s sister.”

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