Call me baby again
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Last published Sun, Apr 20, 2025
Being a sergeant at Mid-Wilshire was everything Lucy Chen had ever worked for. The late shifts, the high-pressure cases, the moments when doubt crept in-she'd pushed through it all to wear the stripes she'd earned. But today, for the first time, the weight of the uniform felt heavier. Because of him.
Sergeant Tim Bradford. The man she once loved and lost. The man who still had a way of making her heart race with just a glance.
She thought she had moved on. Thought she'd learned how to compartmentalize the past, keep it buried beneath her badge and her ambitions. But then, he was standing there, offering her coffee like they hadn't torn apart everything they'd built together.
What happens when the past you thought was closed comes rushing back in the form of someone you still can't quite forget? And what happens when the lines between duty and desire blur once more?
Lucy knew she wasn't ready for it. But was she ever?
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