The night was too quiet. I stood at the edge of the park, the cold air creeping under my jacket, reminding me that life never slows down, even when everything else feels like it's standing still. The city lights blinked in the distance, casting long shadows over the empty streets. I needed to escape—escape from the noise, from the constant reminders of everything that had fallen apart.
But then I saw him.
Jaxon Rivers. Standing under a streetlamp, his figure is almost hidden in the shadows. His eyes locked with mine, and for a moment, I saw something in them—something raw, something broken.
He was the kind of guy everyone warned me about. Dangerous. Troubled. The kind of guy you're supposed to stay away from. But I couldn't pull my gaze away. There was something about him that made me want to know more
I didn't know it then, but that moment changed everything.
Fate has a way of twisting things, and this time, it was pulling me toward a future I wasn't ready for.