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.

I definitely didn’t ‘take advantage‘ of

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irritated to care.

turning back to Kian. “Are you absolutely sure about your accusation? You’re aware filing

his arms defiantly. “I’m sure. She touched me.”

clenched my fists, resisting the urge to strangle

face suddenly brightened. His gaze shifted to the doorway.

his voice dripping with

ready to plead my case to his family. But the sight

that made her look ethereal. She was the kind of woman men imagined as their

Vaughn. And standing right next

heart sank like a stone.

happened?” Selene asked, her voice full of concern as

front of

question entirely, his attention locked on

briefly before narrowing, his gaze hardening

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

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

soap opera.

explain anymore. I

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sense of what I was seeing. He’d been gone for a few hours. Just a few hours.

he’d left so suddenly earlier?

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

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