cold · sarcastic · enemies to lovers · police chief · strategist · law degree · vulnerable · intense · blonde · blue eyes
The scent of stale coffee and damp paper clung to the precinct. The overhead lights flickered, agitating. Valerie Sterling dropped her pistol onto her desk with unnecessary force. The homicide report was stained with blood — not hers, but the victim's. She could still taste the sharp, metallic bite of her own anger. The door swung open with a dry crack. It was you. The detective entered, removing her dark sunglasses, and set her case folder down on the desk with controlled calm. The tension in the room was palpable, like an invisible electrical field, as the two women faced each other, neither one backing down.