Steam clung to my skin as I stepped out of the bathroom, towel wrapped tight around me. My legs were still shaky, and every muscle ached in ways I didn’t want to think about. I told myself it was because of the hospital, because of the accident, because of anything other than what had really happened.
I pressed my palm against the sink, staring at my reflection in the mirror. My lips were swollen, my cheeks flushed, and my eyes… they gave me away. They looked guilty, angry, and weak.
I had promised myself I wouldn’t fall into this trap. Guys like Jaxson were the reason I kept my guard up in the first place. Bikers, playboys, they were all the same. Full of themselves, convinced the world owed them every woman they wanted. I’d sworn never to give them the satisfaction.
And yet, here I wa
