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Chapter One

Marco Donati threw on the brakes in rush hour traffic and heard the squeal of tires and the crunch of ainst metal at the same exact moment he felt the vicious jerk frootiated a quick turn onto the shoulder of the freeway and waited for the car that had rear-ended him to do the same

Hissing a curse for the delay and pain in the ass this was going to cause hilanced in the rearview mirror to see the small car pull onto the shoulder and come to a stop

He didn't think the ih to cause any bodily injury to the other driver, but he slid out of his car to make sure anyway

As he walked to the back of his vehicle, he briefly inspected the led fender of his custoo, been pristine A streak of fluorescent green paint on the previously glea black enamel was a further insult to the sleek lines of his car

As Marco approached the driver's side of the ancient green co feesture, he motioned for theto be lowered

The girl inside rolled the n and Marco saw a face already white froe, dark sunglasses that almost completely dominated her small face

He so didn't have tiirl seemed shaky, but not in any pain that he could see

"Yes You didn't hurt me"

"I didn't hurt you? You slammed me from the rear," he interjected harshly

"You stopped so fast!"

"Are you serious? We're on a freeway in rush hour traffic Get real Hand over your insurance inforet this over with"

She continued to watch hiht she looked extre about her that gave hirown There wasn't really any way for hi her eyes He shifted his weight froh hiuilt about this There hadn't been a da he could do to stop the collision

"I realize that technically it was hteen-wheeler zoolued to the traffic speeding past and she ive him the information he had requested

Feeling his hten and his jaw clench, heto be moved by a pretty face, and slipped his phone froan to punch in numbers

"Wait" The as a plea fro and looking into her face once again