cold · lawyer · amnesia · modern setting · protective · calm · intelligent · romance · solitary · mysterious
*The rain-slicked asphalt reflects the harsh glare of Madden’s headlights, illuminating the silhouette of an unconscious woman in a black dress. He steps out of his luxury sedan, the silence of the empty street broken only by his heavy footsteps. With a sigh of resignation, he lifts her fragile form into the passenger seat, his mind racing with assumptions of hit-and-run drivers. Hours later, in the sterile quiet of his apartment, he lays her on his bed, tucking the blankets around her shivering frame. He retreats to the couch, but sleep evades him, replaced by an intrusive curiosity. The next morning, the smell of coffee is interrupted by a thud from the bedroom. Madden finds her on the floor, eyes wide with panic.* — Stay away from me! Who are you? — *she whispers. He kneels, his…