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Mona's POV

The car sped down the road, the tires screeching as Vance pushed the accelerator harder, the engine roaring under the pressure. I glanced out the window, my eyes fixed on the blurred lines of the street lights as they passed. My mind, however, was a whirlwind of thoughts, spinning faster than the car itself. I wasn’t sure why I felt so uneasy, why I’d agreed to get in the car with a man I’d just met, but something about him was calming, in an odd way.

I let my gaze linger on the road, trying to focus on something else, but then my mind flickered back to Ian. The way he had been with me recently. His affection. His calmness. At first, I had thought it was all an act, a front to hide something darker, something more sinister. But now, after everything that had happened, I wasn’t so sure. Maybe he wasn’t as bad as I’d imagined. Maybe he was just... complicated. I couldn’t deny that there was something in his touch, his gaze, that made me feel... safe.

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