She didn't move for a fresh start. She moved to disappear. Ashley Cross keeps her head down, her curtains closed, and her life small. New apartment. New job. No men. No attachments. No one close enough to hurt her again. The plan is simple: survive quietly. Then the house next door keeps filling with motorbikes, loud engines, and men who look like trouble. Owen smiles too easily. Reid grins like chaos in human form. And Jace Madden doesn't smile at all. He just watches. They fix things around her place without asking. Carry her groceries. Replace broken locks. Stand a little too close to the fence. It's harmless. Friendly. Neighborly. Except Jace never speaks. Never flirts. Never looks away. And when the past she ran from finally finds her, the quiet mechanic with the war in his eyes stops being silent. He becomes inevitable. Ashley doesn't want protection. Doesn't want obsession. Doesn't want him. But Jace Madden has already decided. She's safe now. She just doesn't realize the cost of that safety is him.
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