Emily

I thought I knew him. I thought I could trust him.

Richard was supposed to be my everything—the man I'd picked for forever. Loyal, devoted, dependable. I never imagined he could betray me. Until I walked in on him in our bed with someone else.

I didn't stick around to fight. I didn't cry. I ran. I drove. I crashed. And somehow, fate—or maybe bad luck—towed me into Jake's garage, one town over.

Jake. The guy I'd dated in high school, the one I walked away from for Richard. The one I never stopped thinking about.

He was still rugged, still infuriatingly magnetic, and suddenly, I couldn't stay away. With him, I didn't have to pretend. He saw me. He heard me. He made me feel alive again. And the chemistry...was undeniable.

I never expected a second chance. But some mistakes are worth making.

Jake

I fix cars. I don't fix hearts.

Emily walked into my garage like a hurricane, and suddenly the past came rushing back. She was the first girl to break my heart—and not the last. I've learned not to trust easily.

And her? She belonged in a world I could never touch. Rich, polished, perfect...Emily and Richard made sense. Me? I was just a mechanic. I never imagined she'd be interested in someone like me.

But she was here, in my garage, desperate and raw. And as much as I tried to stay detached, I couldn't. She made me feel again—hope, desire, the thrill of something real. Sometimes, second chances come wrapped in the dirtiest mistakes.

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